OneAndOneIs2

A few days ago.. Wednesday, I think... I spilled some water.

Salt water.

On my keyboard.

I don't usually buy particularly expensive or high-end computer parts. I prefer the good mid-range stuff: No fancy, cutting-edge stuff that hardly ever works. Just tried & tested and reliable.

A while ago, I made an exception. I needed a new keyboard, and I bought a Logitech G15.

It's a great keyboard. It has lots of extra buttons, it has USB sockets, it has backlit keys. It's a superb keyboard.

Or it was, before I spilt salt water over it.

I know the drill for keyboard spillages. Rinse with water, leave to dry. But this keyboard has more gadgetry than most, I wasn't sure this would work. But I tried anyway. A quick rinse, leave to stand.

Plug it in next day, the lights flash on and off, and nothing works.

Bugger. It's dead.

"Kill or cure" time, I give it a really thorough rinse, then start in on it with a screwdriver. If any water got into the innards, it's going to take a while for it to get out, so I wanted to open it up to help out.

Plug it in the next day, and it seems to work. Then I try typing, and about half the keys do something they shouldn't. Improved, but still not fixed.

Last resort: Praying it's only surplus water STILL in the workings, I re-assemble the whole thing and leave it on a radiator overnight.

Plugged it in just now, and tried typing the alphabet.

And it worked!

The water has been purged, and there seem to be no lasting ill-effects.

That's a big relief, as although it's my birthday next week, it's too late to ask for a new keyboard. And I can't easily afford to replace one as expensive as the G15 is...