Help me fix my keyoard!

[Ben Kenobi]

My keyboard is not working properly right now. Is it possible to fix the board or will I have to bite the bullet and buy a new one?

Keys that are not working include the n, b, ?, spacebar, escape and the directional keys. Don't ask how I am typing this sentence.

I've had the keyboard for 4 years without complaints. I suspect that I must have spilled some pop on the keyboard.

Any suggestions?

[Agathon]

sly grogging, eh Ben?

I'll tell the Lord.

[Frozzy]

Sell the keyboard and use the on screen one

[Urban Ranger]

You could try to clean the keyboard out a bit. Also you might attempt to pop the keys out and clean the contacts inside with alcohol, but it's not recommended.

[Frozzy]

I am typing this sentence using the on screen keyboard. It is awfully slow to type with though. Maybe a new keyboard isn't such a bad idea after all?

[Urban Ranger]

If you are a touch typist, definitely.

[Skanky Burns]

Keyboards are cheap. Very cheap.

[Ben Kenobi]

I type at 70wpm, so I won't go the onscreen keyboard route. It's brutal right now to even type a sentence having to cut and paste.

Sounds like I'll have to buy a cheap keyboard. I was so looking forward to getting caught up on all my reading before the new school term.

Thanks for the help.

[notyoueither]

If you buy a $10 key board you can't read?

[Skanky Burns]

Not while he is out shopping for it, presumably.

[Ben Kenobi]

It's no fun to reply to posts right now. I'd rather post to all those threads I've missed rather than just lurk.

[Frozzy]

Onscreen keyboards aren't too bad once yo get used to them

[Urban Ranger]

They suck

[MrFun]

If I helped you fix your keyboard Ben, then that means you can continue participating in Apolyton's Off-Topic forum.

[BustaMike]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
Keyboards are cheap. Very cheap.

Exactly!!

I think you can get one for under $5 at Fry's Electronics. Why in the world would you bother trying to fix a broken one at that price?