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2006/1/30-2/1 [Computer/HW/Laptop] UID:41597 Activity:nil
1/30    Any suggestions for cleaning underneath a ThinkPad keyboard?  I've got
        to stop eating crackers over my laptop.
        \_ Flip, shake.
           \_ Yeah, only moderately effective.
              \_ You could open it but you'd probably be breaking the warrantee
                 and it might be a problem getting it back together properly.
                 I've seen some laptops that were easy to close back up and
                 others that were a mess of *very* short cables between the
                 2 halves.  YMMV.  I'd stick to flip/shake unless you're
                 missing key strokes.
        \_ I thought thinkpad keyboards are easy to pop off?
           \_ They are.  -tom
           \_ Ah, the real answer! -op
        \_ For Dell Latitude notebooks there are full instructions for
           removing/reinstalling the keyboard, and eBay sells a whole bunch
           of kb's.  I suggest you google for a Thinkpad maintenance manual
           (online HTML or downloadable PDF) for your model.
           I don't believe doing something like this for Dell notebooks will
           invalidate the warranty (within limits), not sure about Thinkpads.
        \_ Compressed air keyboard cleaning bottle?  -John
        \_ For desktop keyboards you can pop individual keys and then vacuum.
           Don't know about ThinkPad.
           \_ Yes, but they are more delicate and prone to damage. --Jon
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