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Spilled Hot Sauce on Corsair K70 - How To Fix


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I have a Corsair K70 Cherry MX Blue keyboard for my desktop PC. I had a little container of sauce on my desk that I picked up, but the people at Buffalo Wild Wings didn't secure the lid, and it spilled on my keyboard. Most of the left third of the keyboard was covered in the sauce. I was drunk, so against my better judgment, I spilled water on it to try and clean it. I don't think anything got into the board underneath, but I'm not totally sure. The next morning (it was dry by then), I took off all the key caps and used cotton swabs with dish soap and water to clean the spaces between the keys as well as I could, and I washed the key caps. I used cotton swabs with very warm water to clean the surfaces of the keys and pressed them repeatedly (I got this technique from a Paul's Hardware video on cleaning mechanical keyboards). The keys in that area still seem sticky, and no matter what I do, when I turn on my computer, the keys don't register. Some of the LEDs still work, but not on the regular keys - just the brightess key and the other couple keys on the very top right of the keyboard (the ones that aren't removable), so the keyboard is getting power. It just won't type. Do I need to disassemble the whole keyboard?
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Hi Greg,

 

If keys aren't registering presses at all, that implies there is either a physical impedance blocking the keypresses from registering or the water causes an electrical short, either which would require replacing actual components on the PCB. Unfortunately for liability reasons, we are unable to provide specific repair instructions -- unless you are pretty comfortable working with PCB and a soldering iron, you might have to call this one a loss. I am extremely sorry there isn't more we can do to assist here.

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I did the almost same thing with my k95 platinum. Hummed and ahhd about it for a week or so, but, eventually just stuck it in the dishwasher (Keys down) on a wash no hotter than 60 degrees, (Don't use a tablet, just fresh water..) and then after shaking it out it went into the airing cupboard for a week.

 

Works perfectly. You have nothing to lose at this stage I'd guess..!

 

Good luck!

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