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Cleaning the computer keyboard. Cleaning a laptop keyboard. How to clean a laptop keyboard How to clean a keyboard

No matter how carefully you work with electronics, there is no escape from the manifestations of human nature: someone sins with food near a laptop, someone likes to drink aromatic coffee and eat crispy crumbly cookies. Therefore, if you do not observe computer hygiene, after a short time the question will definitely arise: how to clean a laptop keyboard at home?

Why clean and wipe your laptop?

Any device, be it asus, hp, lenovo, acer, that is powered by electricity attracts dust to itself, such is the nature of electromagnetism, and if the device is also equipped with a forced ventilation system, then dust and dirt will collect inside like bees in a hive. Just such a device is a laptop.

Care and prevention in relation to the laptop comes down to the timely and proper disposal of dust and stains. This is necessary not only to maintain a neat appearance, but most importantly, for the normal operation of the device and extending its service life.

Important! If your PC is several years old and you need it for work or powerful games, you may find ours compiled from models of the latest release useful.

What can a laptop keyboard get dirty?

If dust and dirt gets inside the keyboard of a regular computer, the only harm they will do is ruin the keyboard itself. But when dirt and dust from the laptop keyboard get on its “stuffing”, then the following troubles await you:

• Due to the ingress of mechanical debris inside, one or more buttons may sink.
• The failure of all keys can occur if you accidentally knocked over a glass of liquid on the surface.
• Damage to the internal parts of the laptop can also occur due to moisture getting inside;
• The laptop shuts down due to overheating - this can happen if dust and dirt get on the radiator. As a result, the ventilation system stops passing air.

Given all these factors, it is necessary for each owner to know how to clean a laptop keyboard and regularly do it on their own if there is no time to take the device to specialists.

Important! Do not forget that you need to monitor the cleanliness of the system itself. Solve both problems at the same time by choosing the more appropriate option from the ones we suggested in a separate article.

How to clean a laptop keyboard?

First, figure out what kind of cleaning you need - superficial or deep:

1. Surface cleaning involves cleaning the keys, as well as the space between them.
2. Deep cleaning will help remove dust from the contacts so that it does not settle on the internal devices of the laptop.

Important! The keyboard of the device needs two types of cleaning, but the more often you do superficial cleaning, the less often you will have to resort to deep cleaning. Consider also the fact that not all models can simply remove the buttons. In some laptops and netbooks, they are a single design with a panel. Therefore, if you have just such a technique, you will have to almost completely disassemble the device for deep cleaning.

Notebook cleaners

The surface cleaning of the keyboard should be carried out regularly, at least once a month. In specialized stores you can buy a cleaning kit. It includes a brush, cloth and cleaning fluid. This set will help you clean your keyboard more thoroughly. If special liquids for wiping the buttons are not at hand, use improvised means to clean the laptop keyboard.

We offer some of them:

• Diluted isopropyl alcohol. This is the best cleaner to help get rid of stubborn dirt. Soak a soft cloth with alcohol and gently wipe all the keys. Handle the keyboard carefully, do not overdo it with liquid so that it does not drip between the keys onto the contacts.
  

  Important! Acetone and other aggressive substances cannot be used, as they can not only erase the paint of the keyboard, but, worst of all, melt the laptop case. Ethyl alcohol and vodka can also ruin the paint on buttons.

• Soapy water. Soak a swab or Q-tip in soapy water and gently wipe any dirt from the buttons. After the procedure, be sure to wipe the keyboard with a dry cloth, since moisture is contraindicated for the device.

Basic rules for the use of cleaning products

1. Use only special liquids, as well as lint-free wipes, which are sold in any computer stores. Users recommend high-quality cleaning products for computer equipment from Defender.
2. Use special soft brushes to remove dust and dirt between the keys, and it is better to clean the buttons themselves with napkins.

Important! Before you clean your laptop keyboard at home, completely unplug your laptop and remove the battery.

How to remove dirt from under the keyboard?

Dirt and debris also collects under the keys, which interfere with the normal operation of the laptop. The easiest way to get rid of debris is to turn the device upside down and shake out the contents.

For the same purpose, you can use:

• a brush with a long hard bristle;
• hair dryer - lift the laptop and tilt it, blow the keyboard with cold air;
• household vacuum cleaner using a narrow nozzle;
• portable can of compressed air - such an aerosol is sold in computer stores.

Important! When vacuuming, do not turn it on at full power.

Deep cleaning laptop keyboard

If you want to be sure that there is no dirt left in the keyboard, then do a deep cleaning. You need:

• disassemble the clave;
• remove the keys using a screwdriver;
• clean the rubber bands and contacts using a cleaning agent and soft cloths.

Important! All this must be done very carefully, so if you are not confident in your abilities and the result, do not take it, but contact the service center. There, the specialists will remove the buttons with a special tool without damaging them, and after carrying out the necessary cleaning, they will return everything back.

If you still decide to thoroughly clean and wash your laptop at home, use the following algorithm:

1. Take a picture of the keyboard so that everything returns to its original place at the end of the work.
2. Remove the keys with a screwdriver. The fastening of the keyboard buttons, although simple, is very weak. Therefore, proceed carefully so as not to damage the cable.
3. Once the keys are detached, use a brush or a special laptop vacuum cleaner to remove dust (a vacuum cleaner for upholstered furniture is also suitable).
4. Return all keys to their places.
5. If after cleaning a couple of keys do not work, and you are sure that you did everything right, then replace the keyboard. Most likely it's not the dust.

Important! After you have done all the work, check the operation of the device. You may need to give it a little more time. To do this, we have prepared a selection of ways,.

What difficulties can arise in caring for a laptop?

There are times when ordinary keyboard cleaning is not enough. For example, when you filled your laptop with juice or tea. Here you will have to completely disassemble the keyboard, rinse it with a special solution.

If the laptop keyboard is flooded or stained with crumbs, you can clean it at home. How exactly, find out in the article.

Even if someone else has not encountered such a problem as a keyboard filled with liquid (and this happens very often!), Then clean it from dust, food crumbs or sebum that got there, which everyone has even with regular using a laptop remains on the keys, over time everyone will have to. Therefore, the question of whether and how to wash, clean and refresh the keyboard is very relevant.

Can you wash a laptop keyboard?

It is possible, even necessary, especially if any liquid has been spilled on it. Moreover, this must be done immediately, without waiting until it (tea, coffee, beer, cola, etc.) penetrates the laptop and does not spoil not only the keyboard, but also its other components.

IMPORTANT: It is clear that we are not talking about washing with strong water and full immersion. It is necessary to carefully remove and clean the keyboard itself

If cleaning is carried out in order to get rid of dust, because the buttons began to sink, or for some other reason, then for this you need to allocate two or three hours of your time, because the work is painstaking.
You can, however, take the device to a service center, where specialists will work on it. You can do everything yourself.

How and how to clean the buttons on a laptop?

It is best to clean the buttons on a laptop with isopropyl alcohol or special keyboard liquid, which is sold in computer departments.

IMPORTANT: Before you start cleaning the keyboard, you must turn off the laptop, unplug it and remove the battery from it

If the "rescue" of the keyboard takes place in emergency mode, then you can not turn off the laptop, just unplug it and remove the battery

1. Before removing the buttons, you need to make sure how to properly return them to their own places. To do this, you either need to take a picture of the keyboard, or lay the buttons in the same order as they were removed (this method is only suitable when the person himself is cleaning the keyboard, so that no one moves these buttons while they are waiting for their return to their place, neither the child nor animal, nor an accidental movement of one's own hand).
2. An ordinary knife, a small screwdriver or a nail file will help to remove the buttons. The tool used is brought under the angle of the key and carefully pry it up. It is better to learn how to remove keys from a laptop keyboard, starting with some little-used key, for example, from a hard sign or from the letter “ё”.
3. You can wash the keyboard buttons with a brush (toothbrush, napkin, cotton pad), removing them from it and lowering them into a soapy solution and cleaning their inner and outer surfaces from dirt and dust.
   Before attaching them to the keyboard again, they must be thoroughly dried.
4. If you managed to carefully remove all the keys, then putting them back is also not difficult. The key must be carefully adjusted to the desired position and then pressed lightly. If the key is placed correctly, an audible click should occur - the key is fixed.
   For larger keys, spacebar, shift, enter, you may need to attach a metal mount first, but this is also not difficult at all.

VIDEO: How to remove and insert back the laptop key?

How and how to clean the keyboard from dust, debris, dirt?

You can clean the keyboard from dust and dirt by doing a superficial cleaning, or doing a “general” one.

1. Surface cleaning includes wiping the keys with a damp (not wet!) napkin or cloth, cleaning the gaps between the keys with a brush, vacuum cleaner, hair dryer or compressed air canister.
2. "General" cleaning means that you have to remove the keys, all or part of them and wash them with soapy water or wipe with isopropyl alcohol.

The algorithm of actions will look like this:

• finish work on laptop
• disconnect it from the power supply
• take out the battery
• take a picture of the keyboard if there is a “general” cleaning
• carry out clean-up work
• assemble the buttons on the keyboard

You can remove the buttons from the keyboard with a screwdriver.

On sale there are special rubber Velcro nozzles for cleaning the keyboard.
Such a nozzle is superimposed on the keys and slightly pressed down. Due to its properties, it fills the interior of the keyboard and absorbs dirt from it. After it is easily removed.

How and how to clean a flooded laptop keyboard?

A flooded laptop keyboard must be cleaned and dried, otherwise the liquid that was splashed or poured onto it will flood the parts, they will begin to rot and fail. Worse, all sorts of Coca-Cola and other drinks can enter into chemical reactions with the details of the laptop, which will also lead to big problems with it.

1. The buttons on the keyboard will have to be removed, washed and dried thoroughly.
   You may need to disassemble the keyboard further, removing and cleaning the layers under the keyboard buttons (three film layers with contacts and tracks on them). If the liquid has flowed on or under these layers, they will also have to be removed and washed.
2. The layers are connected and glued. They need to be carefully separated from each other, trying not to hurt the tracks and contacts. First, the rubber gasket that protects them is removed. She pulls out with no problem.
3. Each layer is washed and dried.
4. A hair dryer will help speed up the process, only its air stream should not be hot, otherwise the contacts may melt.

The question of how to wash the keys and the inner layers of the keyboard remains open.

1. Water, especially tap water with impurities, is not the best remedy. If you really use it, then take distilled water for this purpose.
2. The best option is alcohol, ethyl 96%. It will wash well and quickly disappear, and will also absorb water.
3. You can flush with the same isopropyl alcohol.
4. The keyboard rubber pad can also be washed under running tap water.

Wiping the layers, be sure to pay attention to the tracks - they should not be damaged. Unfortunately, if the keyboard is thoroughly flooded, or time has passed, the tracks may be damaged - oxidized, crumbled, cracked, and so on. But they can be restored using conductive varnish. It is sold in auto shops. With such a varnish, those parts of the tracks that are damaged are drawn.
Lacquer must be applied carefully so that there is no short circuit between the tracks.

VIDEO: L izun keyboard cleaning

How to properly remove keys from a laptop keyboard: disassembling the keyboard

The buttons are located on the so-called elevators. They are made of plastic, their role is to ensure the mobility of the button.

1. You can remove the buttons first by removing the surfaces that cover them, then the elevators on which the surfaces are located.
2. You can also get the hang of removing the buttons at the same time as the elevators.
   By removing one face of the button (with or without a lift), you can see that each of them has three or four holes. For connecting elevators, each of which is fixed on one side with a hook, and on the other side with two latches. When disconnecting the lift, first you need to disconnect the latches, and then the hook.
3. Assemble the washed and cleaned keyboard in the reverse order, guided by the photograph of the keyboard, which was taken in advance in order to put all the buttons in their place: attach the button; hook the hook; press the button where the latches are to hear the click and feel the button lock.

How to clean a computer keyboard without disassembling?

Without disassembling the keyboard, the computer is cleaned of dust, crumbs and dirt:

1. Vacuum cleaner (car vacuum cleaner). It must be set to blow, so that the resulting wave of air blows out crumbs and dust.
2. Using a can of compressed air or a compressor. In the same way, crumbs and dust are blown out.
3. With the help of a hair dryer, setting it to blow with a cold (not hot !!!) jet of air.
4. Rubbing with alcohol or a special solution of the button and the gaps between them with cotton swabs.

Laptop Keyboard Cleaner

On sale there are special kits for cleaning laptops, which include a special liquid, a napkin and a brush.

Of the home-grown products, it is best suited:

• isopropyl alcohol, which can be slightly diluted
• distilled water, moisten a cloth or napkin with it and clean
• ordinary soapy water, which, however, must be used with care so that the cloth moistened with it is not too wet and moisture does not get on the laptop

VIDEO: K how to clean laptop keyboard?

The computer keyboard is one of the busiest parts of a computer. In the modern rhythm of life, users spend a lot of time at the computer: they eat, work, sometimes even sleep. And, of course, a large amount of garbage accumulates in the keyboard over time; it's dust and crumbs. The longer the keyboard is not cleaned, the more dirt collects both on the keys themselves and in the space, under and between them.

Liquid spilled on the keyboard is a whole story. If there is time to search the Internet with gradual contamination and find out how to properly clean the computer keyboard at home, then if tea or coffee is spilled on the keyboard, you must act quickly, without delay, otherwise the keyboard cannot be saved.

First of all, to clean the computer keyboard at home, we disconnect it from the network, if it is a wireless keyboard, then it is enough to remove the batteries from it.

Conventionally, cleaning can be divided into three types: it is light - superficial cleaning, cleaning of medium complexity, and full cleaning.

Easy cleaning

When they don't eat at the computer, there are no animals in the room, from which small villi collect in the space under the keys. And cleaning the computer keyboard is carried out regularly, in this case, in fact, it is not necessary to disassemble the keyboard (provided, of course, that it works properly). Let's figure out what we need for cleaning.

For such cleaning, it is enough to arm yourself with a specially cleaning cloth for the computer, or a damp cloth, ear sticks, a vacuum cleaner, a hairdryer, a can of compressed air.

1. To clean the keyboard at home with a hairdryer, you need to blow out all the dust and crumbs from the keyboard as much as possible, on the cold air mode. If you have a compressed air tank, it is more convenient to use it.

2. Use a vacuum cleaner to collect everything that could not be removed with a hairdryer, then wipe the surface of the keys with a damp cloth.

3. In hard-to-reach places in the corners of the keys, ear sticks dipped in alcohol can remove the fatty deposits from the hands, which inevitably appear over time during active work at the computer.

In case of slight contamination, it is not necessary to use any additional means, surface cleaning is sufficient without disassembling it.

Cleaning with partial disassembly of the keyboard

How to clean the keyboard when heavily soiled, if the computer keyboard has not been cleaned for a long time, and the keyboard itself on the computer is regularly bombarded with crumbs from sandwiches, cookies, cigarette ash, and particles of animal lint? In this case, you need to partially disassemble the computer keyboard.

1. As in the first case, any cleaning should be started no earlier than the keyboard is completely de-energized.
2. Using a nail file, a table knife or a screwdriver, you need to pry the key from one edge, it should jump off its socket with a characteristic snapping sound, you do not need to make a lot of effort, the keys, in principle, should be easily removed.

3. Before dismantling the keys, you should find a photo with your keyboard on the net, or take a photo with a camera or phone so that you don’t get confused when assembling which keys to insert.
4. The keys themselves should be washed: how, and with what detergents - it does not matter. Just before use, make sure that the cleaning agent does not harm the stability of the paint on one key, so as not to accidentally wash off all the characters.
5. After all the keys are removed, washed and dry in anticipation of assembly, we will start cleaning the platform itself, here it is the same, it all depends on the amount of pollution.

You can use a vacuum cleaner, ear sticks, cotton pads, alcohol. It is necessary to thoroughly clean the entire surface of the plastic container with fasteners for the keys from dirt. After that, we proceed to the assembly, referring to the photograph of the keyboard, we return the keys to their place, setting them in place, you should hear a characteristic click, indicating that the key is installed correctly.
7. Some keys have stabilizing springs, you need to carefully install these keys so that the curved edges of these springs fall into special grooves, these springs do not allow large keys such as space or Enter to warp. And when you click on them anywhere they work evenly.

Full keyboard cleaning

Many users spilled some drinks on the keyboard. How can you work without your favorite cup of tea, or play your favorite toy without beer. With awkward or abrupt movements, the contents of the drink, until then tasty or healthy, appear on the keyboard.

There is little pleasant, but everything can be fixed, and quite easily, you just have to use either the on-screen keyboard for at least a day, or connect another, spare one, if anyone has one.
How to clean a computer keyboard with difficult dirt or spilled liquids.

1. Disconnect the keyboard from the network.
2. We unscrew all the screws on the back cover, there may be a different number of them, depending on the modification.
3. The keys also need to be removed, how to do this is described in detail in the previous paragraph, so there is no point in writing the same steps again.

4. Using a plastic card or pick, if available, around the perimeter of the case, snap off all the retaining clips and remove the back and front cover of the keyboard.
5. Disconnect the contact board before cleaning the keyboard. If liquid is spilled, you need to remove moisture with a swab dipped in distilled water from the contact board, then wipe it with alcohol, since to remove moisture all layers must be separated, but not torn, and they cannot be folded until completely dry, you can hang the board on a clothesline to dry .
6. Inspect for any damage or darkening on the film, this may indicate a contact failure, as a result of which some keys will not work.
7. It is necessary to collect all parts of the keyboard not before complete drying.

How to wash your keyboard

Sometimes it happens that the keyboard has to be washed, in the truest sense of the word. Not separately and in parts, but almost entirely. This applies to non-separable computer keyboards, where when removing the back cover and the top panel with buttons, it turns out that the contact board is enclosed on both sides in a protective casing consisting of two metal plates riveted around the perimeter at high temperature with plastic terminals.

They removed everything that can be removed and everything, further, either break it to get to the board or wash it entirely. Ideally, this should be done in distilled water, but in my practice, after a solid portion of sweet coffee on such a keyboard, when there was no distilled water at hand, I actually had to wash it in a basin with detergent, and then rinse it for a long time in running water . But such an impromptu does not happen often, fortunately, and on average I clean the keyboard once, disassembling it completely every six months and weekly from above with a damp cloth and a vacuum cleaner.

After such a shower, a non-separable keyboard should be dried for at least 3 days in a warm place. Further, it will not be difficult to assemble and connect the keyboard, as described above.

Content

When you see a solid layer of dust, and the apple, hp, acer or asus icons are no longer visible behind the husk from the seeds, a serious keyboard cleaning is planned. How to clean it? Your input device requires careful handling. In the event of a breakdown, there is a chance not to find the same model in stores, or it can be expensive even in comparison with the original purchase price. But cleaning the keyboard in different ways is useful knowledge and invaluable experience. How to properly clean the keyboard and in what cases is this procedure required?

When should you clean your keyboard?

The keyboard requires regular cleaning in order to prevent problems in the operation of the device. Preventive measures of this kind are important in order to preserve the original appearance and working appearance for longer. But there are cases when urgent cleaning is required:

1. The keys began to stick, sink when pressed. May remain in the same pressing position due to strange stickiness at the edge or at the base.
2. For the key to work, you need to press it several times.
3. The buttons, the keyboard, the space between the buttons are “decorated” with streaks, dirty layers and stripes.
4. When pressing the buttons, strange sounds are made (not a soft click, but a creak or an unpleasant squeak).
5. It can be seen with the naked eye that between the keys there is a lot of garbage, dust, crumbs, pieces of paper, and the buttons themselves are dirty and sticky.

How to disassemble the keyboard

Cleaning should be not only the outer case, but also the inner case, so even before the question of how to wash the keyboard of a laptop or computer, an additional step is needed. How to disassemble the device? Parsing the device on a laptop and a computer is significantly different. Therefore, we will consider two options for disassembling the keyboard in order to avoid additional difficulties or breakage. You also need to figure out how to safely clean the contacts, wash the buttons, and work with the fasteners.

On a laptop

1. Take pictures of any keyboard before disassembling to avoid the situation “Where was this button?”.
2. Turn off the laptop, the battery must be removed.
3. Buttons with different functional purposes are attached in different ways. The mechanisms by which this happens are called microlifts. After removing the plastic part, set it aside with the mount.
4. To clean the laptop from dust, start disassembling with the letter keys. Snapping off the plastic button, you will see a pair of fasteners that need to be snapped off with tweezers where the microlift is fixed vertically.
5. Work with the side mounts carefully, do not rush, they are very fragile. Removing all microlifts at the same time threatens to break.
6. Next, go to the buttons, in which the microlifts are different. The PgUp, PgDn keys, cursors, the letter Y button under its plastic button are attached with a black / white mount. We derive the ears from the hooks (on the left side, top and bottom).
7. Space and Shift are removed in the same way, but differ in that there are not one latches per button, but two.
8. The last buttons are: alt, fn, ctrl and win. To remove them, side ears are displayed on the right (top and bottom).
9. Then remove the black stencil. On it, each button corresponds to the desired triangular-shaped elastic band.
10. Under the stencil is a three-layer base film with contact points. They suffer from short circuits when liquid is spilled on the keyboard. The layers are very thin, fragile, so work with extreme care so as not to damage the film base.

For computer

1. We disconnect the keyboard from the computer, take pictures from the outside.
2. It will be more convenient to work on a table sent with a tablecloth. The keyboard is turned over, all the bolts are unscrewed with a Phillips screwdriver. First unscrew in the center, then along the edges, fold everything separately on a tablecloth or in any convenient container.
3. We separate the parts of the body. We raise the upper part, remove the keys, prying with a screwdriver along the edge. The button will rise up and off the mounts.
4. How to remove the "Space", Enter, Shift buttons? They are additionally fixed with metal fasteners, more effort must be applied to remove them from the fixation.
5. To replace the light diode or cord, remove the bottom of the keyboard, then the control board. You will see a thin film with contacts: you should not touch it.
6. After cleaning and replacing everything you need, the keys are put in their places and fixed by pressing a finger until a characteristic click. Collect all the buttons on the top of the keyboard, align with the bottom, close all latches.
7. Install the previously elongated bolts into the inverted case, twist it in half so that the case does not move and all the parts fall exactly into their sockets. Your keyboard will work for a long time, efficiently, quietly.

How to clean keys

The keyboard is disassembled, the keys are all neatly stretched out, let's start cleaning them. There are many ways to beat dirt, stickiness and creepy streaks on the keys. Each cleaning method differs in the labor intensity, strength, amount of time and money spent on the process. Choose how to thoroughly clean your keyboard according to your preference and ability.

Suitable materials for cleaning:

1. Alcohol wipes. The process is time-consuming, since each key will have to be thoroughly wiped with wet or alcohol wipes. But the result will be as ideal as possible, because you approached each detail individually. Plus, the moisture on the surface of the buttons evaporates quickly after such cleaning, you do not have to wait long for the end of drying.
2. Dryer cleaning. Blowing an upside down keyboard with a hair dryer is a very quick and easy process. Even with the help of a hair dryer, the liquid spilled on the keyboard is dried.
3. Cotton buds. You'll have to tinker, but with a cotton swab it will be possible to clean the buttons and the space between the buttons. The main thing is to change the cotton swabs often and, if desired, moisten them with diluted isopropyl alcohol (it will not damage the paint, unlike ordinary alcohol). You can also replace cotton buds with a brush.
4. Specialized vacuum cleaner. If you are looking for how to clean a laptop keyboard at home, then for surface cleaning you will be offered a cleaner specialized for keyboards. Another device-assistant is a car vacuum cleaner. It is easy to buy a special aerosol can with compressed air to blow everything well in the keyboard.
5. Lizun. A well-sticky special tool helps to effectively clean the laptop from dust or stickiness. Slimes are sold in stores or prepared independently at home. - detailed instructions. The sticky consistency tends to clean the most finicky areas and at the same time does not stick completely to the device.
6. water procedures. Putting all the keys in a container, pour warm water, add a little washing powder or detergent. Leave for a couple of hours and dry after cleaning. The main thing is to carefully check all the buttons inside. They must be free of moisture and dirt.

How to properly clean your keyboard

When the keyboard is already disassembled, you need the correct algorithm for further actions:

1. We wipe a large microcircuit with a damp ordinary napkin. We go around the green part so as not to harm.
2. We are cleaning the buttons from dirt.
3. The back and front covers are washed with warm water or wiped with napkins.
4. Be sure to dry all the parts well and assemble our device. If the keyboard does not work after assembly, disassemble it, check everything down to the smallest detail and reassemble it.

Video tutorials: how to clean your keyboard at home

Service centers will be happy to clean your device, but isn't it better to do a useful job yourself? Watch educational videos on how to clean your keyboard at home. Processing from dust, spilled liquid on the laptop keyboard, superficially, without removing the keys - you will learn all these nuances by viewing an informative master class.

Learn new things, take information literally "first hand"! Professionals will share their experience with beginners in this business. The nuances of choosing a method, type of liquid, "general" cleaning will open the video. So you can easily avoid difficulties and keep your favorite keyboard working well. Choose the method that suits you, and you will succeed the first time!

Cleaning a laptop from dust and spilled liquid

How to clean a computer keyboard without removing the keys

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All owners of laptops and computers sooner or later decide to clean the keyboard, because dust constantly settles on it, dirt gets in and it happens that the buttons are simply accidentally flooded with something.

Most owners of smart technology have a question about how to quickly clean the keyboard so as not to harm the equipment and increase its service life.

Keyboard Cleaning Methods and Tools at Home

To clean the keyboard, it is better to use tools designed for this purpose. They are available in specialized computer stores. You can purchase a cleaning kit that includes a specialized liquid, a brush and a napkin.

In the store you can buy special wipes, keyboard liquid, as well as small brushes.

A napkin is used to clean the buttons on the keyboard from a variety of surface dirt, a brush can remove dust and dirt between the buttons. Using these items, you can quickly clean the buttons without disassembling the keyboard.

In addition to special preparations, other means are widely used, but their use must be done with great care.

You can take isopropyl alcohol diluted in a small amount of water and wipe the keys, this method will allow you to easily get rid of stubborn dirt.

When wiping the keyboard, you need to carefully ensure that diluted alcohol does not get on the button contacts. You can not use ordinary alcohol for these purposes, they can erase all the paint from the buttons.

Instead of a special brush for cleaning the keyboard, you can use a regular brush with soft and long bristles. The napkin can be replaced with a cloth based on non-woven fabric. The buttons should be wiped as often as possible with soapy water, and then wiped dry so that no moisture remains.

What can a dirty keyboard lead to?

Cleaning the keyboard from dirt helps to improve its appearance and prevent possible malfunctions, such as:

• sticking or jamming of the buttons on the keyboard;
• the laptop may break due to contamination of the buttons;
• due to dust and dirt, there is a possibility of malfunctions of the unit.

The keyboard must be cleaned of dirt that has appeared in a timely manner, otherwise it may break.

In a regular computer, it can be easily replaced with a new one. In a laptop, this is not so easy, and if it breaks, then some problems may arise with its replacement and the cost of the work will be appropriate. It is for these reasons that regular cleaning of the keyboard from dust is necessary.

Surface cleaning of the computer keyboard

Any cleaning must be done very carefully so as not to damage the keyboard. If you regularly clean the keys superficially, then in some cases you can do without deep cleaning.

Surface cleaning should be done at least once a month to remove the appeared dust and all kinds of pollution. computer keyboard you need to turn it over and shake it carefully, some debris will fall out of the keys. Using a brush, you need to walk between the buttons, and remove stuck debris from there.

To clean dirt from hard-to-reach places, you can use a special small keyboard vacuum cleaner or a can of air (compressed), which can be purchased at computer stores.

To clean the buttons from adhering dirt and grease, you can wipe them with napkins or a rag. Care must be taken to ensure that liquid does not get inside the buttons.

To clean the laptop keyboard, the first step is to disconnect it from the power supply and use a can of compressed air to clean the buttons. After that, the surface of the keys must be wiped with a special cloth and wiped dry with a cloth.

If there are no wipes, you can moisten a cloth with soapy liquid and thoroughly clean the surface of the buttons.

If necessary, you can remove the keys using a small screwdriver. The buttons are carefully wiped and installed in place, in this case it is necessary to know their location.

Deep cleaning of the keyboard when heavily soiled

It is desirable to carry out superficial cleaning at least once a month, and deep cleaning once every three months. When the keyboard has been superficially cleaned of dust, and the buttons are still poorly pressed or stuck, you will have to wash the keyboard after disassembling it.

For deep cleaning, you need to remove the keyboard, but you need to do this with extreme care, otherwise you can damage any parts and it may fail.

After the keyboard is disassembled, the keys can be washed in a warm soapy solution, the contacts and the base of the keyboard just need to be cleaned with a soft bristle brush. If the contamination is severe, then you can wipe the contacts with a cloth slightly moistened with soapy water or a solution to clean the keyboard. Next, all contacts must be wiped dry so that no moisture remains.

After the cleaning procedure is completed, it is necessary to leave the base and buttons until completely dry. After complete drying, the keyboard can be assembled.

If, after deep cleaning, some keys do not work well or do not respond at all, then repeated cleaning is pointless, this means that there is some kind of malfunction and the keyboard needs to be replaced or the laptop needs to be repaired.

Cleaning the Keyboard After a Spilled Liquid

Cleaning a flooded keyboard is a fairly common occurrence, especially for people who prefer to eat in front of a monitor. If this problem is not corrected in time, the unit may fail. According to statistics, every third computer that broke down and entered the workshop was filled with some kind of liquid.

If liquid has been spilled on the keyboard, the following actions should be taken as soon as possible:

1. The first body to disconnect the equipment from the power supply, otherwise a short circuit may occur.
2. Next, you need to turn the keyboard or laptop over and wait a bit until all the liquid flows out of there.
3. The remaining moisture must be removed with cotton wool and dried with a hair dryer, setting it to the cold air supply mode at the highest power.

If there was a sufficiently large amount of spilled liquid, then it is necessary to proceed with disassembling the keyboard or detaching the buttons. When the keys are removed, the keyboard surface is wiped with alcohol (isopropyl alcohol), then it must be wiped dry with a cloth or sponge.

In some cases, it will be necessary to change the membranes (protective). If the spilled liquid has left behind sticky stains or stains, then these places must be cleaned with a special cleaning agent.

After carrying out all the procedures for cleaning the keyboard from spilled drinks, it must be thoroughly dried, connected to the network and checked for operability.

Disassembly and assembly of the keyboard

Many PC users do not know how to disassemble and clean the keyboard, this issue must be approached with all seriousness in order to eliminate problems that arise due to the loss of a button or its mechanism:

1. Before you start parsing the keyboard, you need to disconnect it from the PC and take a photo of the location of the keys. This is done so that after cleaning it can be assembled with the correct installation of each button. Parsing is preferably done on a hard surface.
2. The keyboard must be turned over and starting from the center, unscrew all the bolts using a screwdriver (Phillips). All spare parts must be put in one place so that they are not lost. After that, you can separate the parts of the body from each other.
3. If you plan to disconnect the keys, then this is done with a thin screwdriver, picking them up from one side and disconnecting them from the top of the keyboard. The key begins to rise slightly and pops out of the latch. Larger buttons will be a little more difficult to pull out, because. they have an additional metal retainer.
4. On the bottom of the keyboard there is a thin film, there are contacts on it, it is strictly forbidden to touch it.
5. After the keyboard is cleaned, it needs to be assembled, for this both parts must be connected and pressed a little so that a click occurs. Next, you need to put each key in place, guided by a pre-taken photo. After collecting the buttons, you need to tighten the bolts on the bottom of the keyboard. Tightening must start from the edges so that the keyboard does not move.

With a laptop, everything is not as simple as with a regular PC, where you can easily purchase a new keyboard if necessary.

1. The first step is to disconnect the laptop from the power supply and remove the battery from it. Each key has an individual mount, which is desirable to put aside together with the button itself.
2. It is advisable to start parsing with letters, the button is hooked with a screwdriver, under it there is a mount that needs to be snapped off very carefully, starting from the top, so as not to damage it. The side parts of the fasteners are very fragile and must be detached with extreme care so as not to break the latches.
3. After the buttons with letters are detached, you can proceed to detach other keys. Some of them will have white fasteners.
4. After disconnecting all the keys, you need to remove the stencil, on which there are special triangles corresponding to the buttons. Under the base of rubber, there is a thin film, which must be handled very carefully, it can easily tear.
5. The assembly of the laptop keyboard occurs in the same way as the analysis was carried out.

Features of cleaning a laptop keyboard

If the laptop owner does not have the skills to disassemble and assemble the keyboard, then it is better to give the device to the master. If the unit is under warranty service, then it is strictly forbidden to disassemble it.

If there are no skills in disassembly, then it is better to perform surface cleaning. You can also remove some heavily soiled keys and clean them.

If such cleaning did not bring results, then you need to give the laptop to the master or do everything yourself, after taking a photo of the location of the keys and remembering the parsing sequence.

Each laptop model has its own individual location and this must be taken into account when parsing.

Modern means and devices for cleaning the keyboard

To clean the keys, you can purchase special tools in computer stores.

On sale there are special liquids and wipes for cleaning the keyboard from dirt. Silicone rags (lizuns) are also widely used, which, due to their sticky properties, collect all the available dust and dirt.

Apply it several times until the stickiness completely disappears. You can use a small keyboard vacuum cleaner that sucks all the dirt out of the buttons. In addition to cleaning the keyboard, you need to clean the cooler. , can be found here.

Precautionary measures

When cleaning the keyboard, it must be disconnected from the PC or unplugged from the laptop to avoid a short circuit. After cleaning, be sure to wait until all the buttons and other mechanisms that have been cleaned have dried.

When disassembling a laptop, you need to be very careful with the film and the fastening of the buttons, otherwise the film can be torn and the fasteners broken.

To prolong the life cycle of a laptop or PC, it is recommended to regularly clean the keyboard from dust and dirt. Surface cleaning is done quickly and does not take much time.

If, after a quick cleaning, the keys continue to stick, then you need to carry out a deep cleaning. If you have any doubts about the ability to assemble and disassemble the laptop, it is recommended to take it to the workshop to avoid damage to any parts.