What measures should be taken if the liquid gets on the keyboard?
1. Turn off the laptop from the power network...
2. ... then immediately turn off the accumulator. The accumulator is generally fixed with clips, on one of them there is a fuse limiting an accidental disconnection of the battery. This fuse must be unblocked before withdrawing the accumulator.
3. If the liquid is splashed on the accumulator battery the metal contacts and the battery must be dried with a dry cloth or a tissue.
4. The laptop to be placed on a flat surface with the keypad facing down in order to expire the liquid splashed on it. Care should be taken not to fall fluid on the display because from the moisture will damage the contact of the matrix, which will lead to unrealistic colour reproduction.
5. If you are not qualified, do not attempt to repair the laptop and its keyboard. Attempts for a self repair typically lead to difficult and the expensive repair service.
6. Laptop flooded with liquid should as quickly as possible to be diagnosed in a costing repair or in the need of replacing with a new one.
Attention! Do not attempt to remove the moisture with a hairdryer, because the hot air can melt the keys, which would hinder the subsequent repair.
What should be done at a damage to the keyboard of a laptop?
1. If there are separate buttons from the keyboard you should not attempt to repair, so as not to damage the attachment. The separate buttons and the elements of attachment both with the laptop should be delivered to the specialized service center.
2. You should not try to glue the buttons to the respective places because at ingress of glue in the contacts of the keyboard follows a repair with a complete disassembly of the laptop.
3. At a strong hit on the keyboard which has caused a deformation to the corps, immediately should be removed the accumulator battery from the laptop to avoid short circuit in the power system.
Reasons:
1. The keyboard of a laptop may refuse to work when the operating system is infected with viruses or after installing a software which contains malware.
2. It is possible to be removed the driver for the keyboard in the device manager.
3. Sometimes the keyboard does not work in the event of problems in the operating system.
4. Often the keyboard stops working at a failure of the chipset of the laptop's motherboard. Normally, this is accompanied by a refusal of working of the USB-ports.
