Just sat down with a fresh cup and knocked it into my keyboard. Turned it off and started pulling keycaps off, then soaked it up best I could to no avail.

Wouldn't turn back on after so I dug out every screw, pulled the back off, soaked up as much coffee as I could on the pcb, and ran some isopropyl alcohol under the other side of the PCB where I couldn't reach.

To my surprise this was enough to get it to turn back on. Keys were registering their neighbors too so I had to scrub it with a toothbrush, but afterwards it's fully functional and saved me $250 for a replacement

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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Congrats! I did the same. I think I cooked the Bluetooth chip, but it still works wired.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago

    There's a separate wireless board underneath where the light speed logo is on the front. It's not held on but much so I could totally see some corrosion causing issues there. Gave it some extra attention just in case. Wired is better than nothing tho

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