i cleaned my ideapad notepad keyboard with contact cleaner but now some buttons are not responding and some respond three times, Help please what do i do?
Key board problem?
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- 3+ months ago by florence
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- keyboard, board, key, button, cleaner, problem, notepad, contact, time
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i cleaned my ideapad notepad keyboard with contact cleaner but now some buttons are not responding and some respond three times, Help please what do i do? buttons on the keyboard dont respond
Added 3+ months ago:
how do i deal with a key board which doesn'
t respond
Answers (2)
Contact cleaner is usually isopropyl alcoholI & can contain 30% water, so it is advisable to make sure that it is thoroughly dry before using. It could be you have been unlucky by cleaning in uncovering an existing fault, as contact cleaner is usually considered safe (without soaking it, cleaning with the laptop off & not restarting while still wet!).
At the moment I can only suggest drying it or recleaning & drying. I do not suggest taking laptop keyboards keys off as the plastic sissors or other type mechanisms used, can be damaged easily by disassembly and are difficult to put back together & stay together afterwards!
At least if all else fails, the keyboard is the easiest item to remove & replace, and Lenovo usually have superb manuals on line to help you (Utube may have good guides too (Dell ones are 2 a penney there)).
You could try a warranty claim if within the guarantee period!
Sorry if this has not been as helpful as you had hoped.
Best of luck & let us know how you got on as the feedback could help others following this.
Isopropyl alcohol is in fact miscible in water, that means it can mix with it any proportion, so 30% stands! Of course it forms a homogeneous solution & water/Isopropyl alcohol evaporate away together.
It is easy enough to look right beside the isopropyl alcohol 70% in the drug store and pick up the 90% usually different color writing. Only 10% water dry's and evaporates quicker. Also good for cleaning ears, prevents ear infection that usually comes from water in ear..
Still find that 30% water strange, anyway I have just looked at my wifes Lenovo G580 ideapad & all screws to do with the keyboard are marked with a Keyboard symbol, (has not changed from my old IBM R52! in this respect).