My ASUS won't work!

[KommissarReb]

I posted this elsewhere but it didn't get a response yet. I know some of you are really tech-savvy, so I'm posting this in hopes you can help me.

This morning I accidentally spilled coffee on my keyboard, and now some of they keys are sticky and whenever I press the "A", it types both"A" and "S". Whenever I try to use it, the screen goes black as though its been on long enough for the screensaver to activate. It does this every second, and I was hardly able to do anything but press the power button to go back to what I was attempting to do. Yesterday I used my computer all day, and it gets used a lot daily so I'm wondering if that caused the problem. My ASUS computer is a desktop with Windows 7 on it (NOT a laptop). Can anyone help me?!

The only reason I was able to post this is I switched to my other desktop computer which is a lot slower (the computer is like 15 years old!)

 

[Dr Super Good]

Try using a new keyboard. You can also try taking your keyboard apart and cleaning it but that does not always work (some times the damage done by the fluid will be permanent).

 

[fladdermasken]

Hehehe. I read anus.

 

[Dr Super Good]

The black screens can be caused by input overload due to constant key presses. Constant key presses would be the result of fluid connecting the pads of keys to their contacts.

Hence why either a new keyboard or trying to fix the old keyboard will help.

 

[KommissarReb]

This thread must've slipped my mind. I didn't get emails about replies here until this morning.

About 2 hours after posting this I used the computer again to do a video demonstration of the issue, and suddenly the ASUS computer worked fine with no problems except for the "Z" key still being sticky. I was mostly stunned by this, but thanks for your help anyway! If i run into this problem again, I'll know what to do.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

i once spilled water on one of my keyboards and i put it on the bathroom floor to dry. it worked well once it dried up.