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From: AES on 20 Jan 2010 14:35
Any simple way to disconnect/disable MacBook Pro laptop's keyboard,
preferably NON-mechanically?

Spilled a little coffee into 2008 MacBook Plus keyboard.

Mac appears to be functioning OK, and can be operated (to some extent)
using an external USB keyboard.

But, laptop's keyboard appears to toss in random unwanted characters or
act like there's a stuck key from time to time -- makes life difficult.

Any simple way to disable/disconnect the built-in keyboard, until we can
get to nearest repair location? (which is some distance away)
From: isw on 21 Jan 2010 01:57
In article <siegman-33F1AC.11350720012010(a)news.stanford.edu>,
AES <siegman(a)stanford.edu> wrote:

> Any simple way to disconnect/disable MacBook Pro laptop's keyboard,
> preferably NON-mechanically?
>
> Spilled a little coffee into 2008 MacBook Plus keyboard.
>
> Mac appears to be functioning OK, and can be operated (to some extent)
> using an external USB keyboard.
>
> But, laptop's keyboard appears to toss in random unwanted characters or
> act like there's a stuck key from time to time -- makes life difficult.
>
> Any simple way to disable/disconnect the built-in keyboard, until we can
> get to nearest repair location? (which is some distance away)

If the coffee was black -- no cream, no sugar -- the keyboard may
recover just as soon as it dries out. Wait a few days, and keep it
warm...

Isaac
From: J.J. O'Shea on 23 Jan 2010 04:25
On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:35:37 -0500, AES wrote
(in article <siegman-33F1AC.11350720012010(a)news.stanford.edu>):

> Any simple way to disconnect/disable MacBook Pro laptop's keyboard,
> preferably NON-mechanically?

No.

>
> Spilled a little coffee into 2008 MacBook Plus keyboard.

If the coffee had sugar in it, kiss the keyboard goodbye. Depending on how
deep the liquid got, maybe kiss the laptop goodbye.

>
> Mac appears to be functioning OK, and can be operated (to some extent)
> using an external USB keyboard.
>
> But, laptop's keyboard appears to toss in random unwanted characters or
> act like there's a stuck key from time to time -- makes life difficult.

Sugary liquids destroy keyboards. At the least the keyboard will have to be
replaced. Depending on what else got nailed, your motherboard may go, too.

>
> Any simple way to disable/disconnect the built-in keyboard, until we can
> get to nearest repair location? (which is some distance away)

Sorry, in all probability it will get worse with time.

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From: Stefan on 23 Jan 2010 07:05
Am 23.01.10 10:25, schrieb J.J. O'Shea:
> Sugary liquids destroy keyboards. At the least the keyboard will have to be
> replaced. Depending on what else got nailed, your motherboard may go, too.

Not necessarily. Disassembling the MacBook and washing everything with
distilled water may reanimate it.
From: J.J. O'Shea on 23 Jan 2010 10:13
On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:05:25 -0500, Stefan wrote
(in article <85fe3$4b5ae605$d9a2cde3$21223(a)news.hispeed.ch>):

> Am 23.01.10 10:25, schrieb J.J. O'Shea:
>> Sugary liquids destroy keyboards. At the least the keyboard will have to be
>> replaced. Depending on what else got nailed, your motherboard may go, too.
>
> Not necessarily. Disassembling the MacBook and washing everything with
> distilled water may reanimate it.

That sometimes works with sugary soft drinks, but I've found that it usually
doesn't work with coffee or tea. And I've never got it work with certain
classes of sugary soft drinks; Jolt and Mountain Dew, I'm looking at _you_.
In one case I even tried the dishwasher method of ungunking a keyboard. It
didn't work. This guy <http://plasticbugs.com/?p=263> seems to have got
lucky, though maybe it was 'cause he spilled beer instead of Jolt or
coffee...

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