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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: [QB] Well, my laptop is just two months shy of being two years old. And in that time, I have not once cleaned its keyboard, aside from occasionally running a Post-It note between the keys to pick up a few loose hairs. Unfortunately, with between two and four cats living in the house, there's always a LOT more hairs than there appears. And so, last night I shut down my computer, pulled the keyboard out of the frame, and proceeded to pry out every single key from the board and spend a full hour cleaning out everything that was underneath. I think I'm lucky... I only broke one key getting them all out -- a tiny plastic nub to hold the mechanism together underneath the "6" key. And the spacebar, being especially wide, was an interesting task to get back into place. The entire keyboard is made of a strange mechanical design I've never seen before... I took pictures, but I'm about five or ten years behind the times, and will have to wait until I can finish the film roll and get it developed, rather than import the file directly to my hard disk. ;) The funny thing, though (which I'm finally getting to) is the method which I used to get underneath the scissor mechanisms that make the keys go up and down... dental floss. Yes, that's right -- Oral-B's unwaxed "ultra floss," with extra-thick strands that were actually pretty good at getting around the teeny corners and getting those random remaining cat hairs left over after I pulled most of them off using that gummy "stick-tack" that we used to put up posters in the dorm room. I wonder... will I stop being so inventive after I graduate from college? ;) Anyway, the moral of the story is: be sure to clean your keyboard at least KIND OF frequently. Otherwise, it's a complete bitch to take care of. I got everything cleaned out, but I must've spent an hour cleaning those dang keys and putting them back in place! [/QB][/QUOTE]
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