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I have a MX3000 wireless key board/mouse combo. Both work good
Problem is that the keys are starting to stick, due to loss of lubricant. It's around 5 years old and out of warranty. I use to, on other keyboards just take the case off, take the keys off, and lubricate the slides with WD40 by using a Q-tip. Can I get away with that trick now? Thanks |
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"Ace" wrote in
: I have a MX3000 wireless key board/mouse combo. Both work good Problem is that the keys are starting to stick, due to loss of lubricant. It's around 5 years old and out of warranty. I use to, on other keyboards just take the case off, take the keys off, and lubricate the slides with WD40 by using a Q-tip. Can I get away with that trick now? Thanks Assuming the surface you lubricate is plastic and not metal I would instead use spray silicone on q-tip. No harm done though if it isn't plastic. -- pcbldrNinetyEight |
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"Ace" wrote in message . .. I have a MX3000 wireless key board/mouse combo. Both work good Problem is that the keys are starting to stick, due to loss of lubricant. It's around 5 years old and out of warranty. I use to, on other keyboards just take the case off, take the keys off, and lubricate the slides with WD40 by using a Q-tip. Can I get away with that trick now? Thanks 5 years old? Wouldn't it be easier to buy a new keyboard. You've gotten more than your money's worth out of it, for sure. -Dave |
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5 years old? Wouldn't it be easier to buy a new keyboard. You've gotten more than your money's worth out of it, for sure. -Dave The date of manufacture on the keyboard I'm typing this on is 12-14-92 Made in USA. I've got some older ones around here somewhere, but I don't have any working computers that take the old style AT keyboard plug. Bill Yeah, I've got some old ones sitting around also. But with decent name-brand keyboards starting just over ten bucks delivered? I sure as heck wouldn't worry about trying to lubricate a keyboard, if for some odd reason I thought it needed lubricating. -Dave |
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"Bill" wrote in message news:MPG.2209536a35991a039897b1@localhost... In article , says... I have a MX3000 wireless key board/mouse combo. Both work good Problem is that the keys are starting to stick, due to loss of lubricant. It's around 5 years old and out of warranty. I use to, on other keyboards just take the case off, take the keys off, and lubricate the slides with WD40 by using a Q-tip. Can I get away with that trick now? Thanks Never use WD-40 for a lubricant on computer gear. It eventually dries to a nice sticky grease like consistancy that will attract dirt and gum up parts. Now you know why your keyboard is sticking. Use a non-drying light weight silicon based oil. Bill -------------- I agree with Bill, but I'll go one step further. Never use WD-40 as a lubricant for anything. It is not formulated to act as a lubricant at all. It is for freeing up parts that have corroded or oxidized together. It has very little lubricating qualities at all. I also agree with non drying light weight siliconE based oil. Not silicon. There is a huge difference between the two. Lubricant for electric motors, if there is no manufacturer's recommendation, should be limited to 3-in-1 types of lubes and then in very, very small and accurately deployed quantities. Oil can become a fire hazard if misapplied. Ed Cregger |
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On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:23:18 -0800, Bill
put finger to keyboard and composed: Yup, though I find the 'feel' of membrane switches crappy. The problem I have with cheap modern keyboards is I wear the letters off the keytops long before the keyboard dies electrically or mechanically, and I'm not a touch typist. I'm a huntenpecker. The keytops on this one is still easily legible and if I ever wear them off the keytops are replacible. Old IBM Model M keyboard. Bill AFAIK your Model M is actually a membrane keyboard but with a tactile mechanism. - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. |
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