IBook Keyboard cleaning/protection

Just looking for suggestions on how to clean my ibook keyboard. Or, if there are any recommended products/keyboard protectors that any one has used...
Thanks.

Wish I could help you out about cleaning your keyboard. I never have to clean mine as I have been using Iskin keyboard protectors for years and wash the Iskin in warm soapy water whenever it appears dirty.
Have you tried the caned product the blows air on the keyboard? Sorry, I can't remember what it's called. never use any cleaners, try Mr Clean magic eraser. Geof

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A couple days ago, flying back to school a flight attendant knocked over my apple juice onto my keyboard. I quickly shut it off, turned it upside down to let it drain out, and then used damp napkins to try to get all of it out. I waited a while, turned it back on and it works fine THANK GOD. However, a bunch of the keys that were spilled on are very sticky (especially the spacebar which is extremely aggravating). Does anyone have any suggestions on cleaning it before I must resort to paying for cleaning or repair?
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Jake

In reality, the keyboard should be cleaned or replaced, and the computer inspected to be sure the juice did not penetrate any further. I don't know about MBP keyboards, but if it had happened to my iBook, I would take the keyboard out and rinse it thoroughly with deionized water until all traces of the juice were gone. I'd probably remove the keycaps to do this. Then I would let it air dry until it was bone dry, maybe setting it up with a fan blowing on it. But removing the MBP keyboard is a lot more involved than the iBook keyboard, and I don't even know if it's feasible to clean it this way. It may not be.
To see what might be involved, you could find your MBP on this link and download the service manual for it:
Index of Stratton Service Manuals
http://node123.cit.geneseo.edu/~stratton/ServiceManuals/
The airline should pay for whatever needs to be done. Even though you didn't get the name of the flight attendant at the time, you still have your flight information and the airline will know who was on duty then. It would be worth a call to the airline's customer service department. I would imagine that they have insurance for this sort of thing. I think calling them is worth a try.
Good luck!

Keeping Ibook G4 clean

Hey guys just got my new hard drive in my ibook g4 cause lat one packed a sad so i got to start from the beginning.
I am wondering How can u keep ya laptop clean so it wont slow down and work 100%
i am after sumthing to scan my laptop once and a while to maintain it??
Any info please on keeping my ibook g4 clean and running 100% would b great
p.s what are sum programms or i already got them?

"…packed a sad…"
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http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/maintscripts.html
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/performance.html
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/lackofram.html

How are you keeping your Apple keyboards clean in student labs?

I might be able to manage the software with ARD - but how do you clean out the keyboards? It's like they were built as dirt collectors.
And - Can ARD be used to admin. Macs on different vlans within a Win 2000 & 2003 server env.? Any tips, tricks re: this?
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I might be able to manage the software with ARD - but how do you clean out the keyboards? It's like they were built as dirt collectors.
It's pretty much impossible to keep computer lab keyboards clean unless you use a keyboard skin. Otherwise, you just have to wipe them down and blow them out every now and then and hope for the best.
Can ARD be used to admin. Macs on different vlans within a Win 2000 & 2003 server env.?
Yes. No special "tricks" are necessary; just set the ARD scanner to scan the appropriate range in the VLAN so you can see and add the computers and it should work without problems (we have multiple VLANs here and ARD works just fine).

Clean an iBook keyboard??

All,
The spacebar on my keyboard has gotten erratic. Unless I depress it exactly in the middle it won't activate and place a space where I desire. Since the laptop is several years old & I'm a bit of a road warrior, I assume the contacts/switches are likely dirty. If I unplug and remove the keyboard from the laptop, can I use spray contact cleaner to clean things up and restore functionality to this single key? I'd probably go ahead and clean entire keyboard in order to forestall further issues with other keys and having to R&R the keyboard later on.
This seems to be a "mechanical" issue, not software driven.
Thanks to all who may respond!
KM

Well, removing each individual key for cleaning is way more work than I would want to do when you can get a keyboard for $15 or $20 on eBay.
I have a link to an Apple Knowledge Base article on reattaching keys:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88106
The article is for PowerBook G4s, but the mechanism is the same.
Look at the underneath side of the key. Are all the little prongs intact and not bent out of position? If they are bent or broken, you will need to buy a new key (but I would recommend a new keyboard instead due to the difficulty involved with multiple keys).
You need to put the little ring back in first. (If you already have it in, you need to grab hold of the outside top and bottom and pull them up like pulling up an ironing board. Go on to the next paragraph about attaching the key.) If you don't already have the ring in, you pull it open like you would an ironing board. The front of the circle part should be down, and the outside frame on the front should come up. Take the two tabs that are now down in the back and hook them under the two metal pieces at the back of the hole on the keyboard. Take the flat front part of the circle part that is down and hook it under the metal tab on the keyboard at the front of the hole.
Next, snap the the key onto the ring part, attaching the front of the key first. Then rock it back and snap on the back part of the key. Pushing in the center of the key, push downward firmly to reseat the key.
Refer to the photos in the Knowledge Base article as you go, but, hopefully, this will help you understand the photos a little better.
Good luck!

My 12" G3 500mhz iBook keyboard problems

Hi, i have a 12" G3 500mhz iBook and the keyboard was working fine two weeks ago but now the "7", "U", and "J" buttons are not working anymore. I tried searching online to see how to fix it but i couldnt find anything. Is there anything that i can do except buying a new keyboard layout? thanks in advance

Hi, and welcome to Apple Discussions.
Has there been anything spilled on the keyboard? Could there be potato chip crumbs in there, or something? (It's been known to happen.)
Have you tried removing and replacing the keyboard to make sure it's seated properly? (While it's out, you could put an old nylon sock over your vacuum nozzle so you don't vacuum the keys off and run the vacuum nozzle over it to clean dust out of it.)
If there are no spills, crumbs, dirt, or debris in the keyboard, and removing it and replacing it doesn't help, then, regrettably, you are probably going to have to replace it.

Water on iBook keyboard

Nearly a year ago my girlfriend spilt a glass of water on my iBook while it was on! I was outside so it took me a few minutes to rush in and turn it off. I disconnected power & battery and turned it over for a few days. It has not worked since, I have tried a few times over the months. I did buy a used motherboard from Ebay but that didn't work as it had the dreaded logic board problem. So Yesterday I tried the original motherboard it and it worked as normal! It was on for 14 hours, today it started but after 6 hours went off and is dead again. Is there any hope, why did it work so well yesterday? Should I try and dry it out with hairdryer? maybe if I give it more time but surely it would be dry after 10 months?

Hi, and welcome to Apple Discussions.
Do NOT use a hair dryer on it. The heat can melt electronic components.
Unless you live in a very humid climate, after 10 months it is as dry as it's going to get.
Here is the recommended procedure for handling spills:
Turn it off, but leave it open.
Turn it upside down, rotating the display toward you so that any liquid runs away from the display. From this point on in the procedure, leave it upside down and work on it in that position. Gravity is your friend and will keep the liquid from getting any further down into your iBook if you leave it upside down.
Unplug it from the adapter.
Remove the battery.
Remove the keyboard. With a clean lint-free cloth or paper towel, gently blot (don't rub) away any visible liquid.
Leaving it open and upside down, allow to sit and air dry (no fans or hair dryers) for another three days before reassembling it and trying to use it.
Never try to use a laptop that has been spilled on before disassembling and drying it out. Doing so can allow the liquid to come in contact with circuit boards and permanently short them out.
If, after allowing to dry for several days, it does not work right, try reviving it by resetting the NVRAM and PRAM in open firmware:
Start up into Open Firmware by pressing and holding the Command-Option-O-F key combination during startup.
If you get the Open Firmware prompt, type: reset-nvram
Press Return.
When prompted for your password, enter it and press the Return key.
It responds OK.
At the Open Firmware prompt, type: reset-all
Press Return.
The computer restarts (hopefully).
I post this for others who may come here, searching for what to do in the event of a spill.
After this long a time, I would suggest trying to reset the PMU and see if that does any good.

How to restore iPhoto and iBooks after clean install?

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Imac Wireless Keyboard Cleaning

Hi guys,
Could I use those L-Type Key Wrench to open from the back of the wireless keyboard? Could that be an easier way to clean it rather than having to extract key by key as some people suggested in the forum?
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Sebastiao

Either get better grade rechargable batteries with charger or just
DItch the Apple wireless keyboard and get their wired version instead.
OR, look at Mac specific keyboards from, Logitech, Microsoft, Kensington, Macally or Matias.
The plus with the wired keyboard is the you get two extra USB 2 ports.
Also, if your Wireless Magic Mouse is eating batteries, same strategy, use better rechargable lithium batteries and charger or try Apple's wireless track pad ( reports indicate that it is better on batteries than the Magic Mouse) or look and better wireless mouse offerings from Microsoft, Logitech, Kensington or Macally.
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Clamshell ibook keyboard problem

I just added some RAM to a 300 mhz blueberry clamshell iBook and upgraded to OS X. Everything went smoothly until it came time to type in the registration info, when I discovered that one diagonal row of keys on the keyboard -- the 9 O L and . keys, to be specific -- no longer worked.
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I can't see how the Ram could be the problem from what you describe. I suggest removing and then connecting the keyboard ribbon just to make sure all the pins are well attached. The pbfixit site has good instructions if you need them...
http://www.pbfixit.com/Guide/49.4.0.html
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After keyboard cleaning, problems

After cleaning my keyboard, my delete and return keys don't work, though all other keys register. any suggestions?

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G4 iBook keyboard entering bizzarre letters

Hello, I have an iBook G4 that was loaned to a student here at my school. It was working fine, but now the keyboard is very funky. When I type an a, for instance, a weird combination of letters appears. The same happens for all the letters. I did plug in a usb keyboard, and it works fine. I have picked up the keyboard, and don't see anything obviously spilled there. Sadly, the student who borrowed it refuses to admit to what happened, so it's hard to diagnose.
Any ideas at all? I'd hate to pay to have it replaced or repaird if it's a simply fix. I cannot create a new account and try that because I can't enter the password to create one.

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If the USB keyboard gave the same odd results, I would wonder about settings.
Perhaps a replacement keyboard would cure the problem?
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You have posted in the iBook G3 (Dual USB) Forum.

IBook Keyboard.

I just recently got an iBook G3 for collage. I am using my iMac G5 20'' for more heavy things like Photoshop etc. I am interested about getting the G4 keyboard as I do not like the G3 ones. It is a 700mhz model so has teh exact same look as the G4 except for the keyboard. Is it possible to replace my G3 keyboard with a G4 one? I saw this on eBay:
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But I am unsure as to wether it would work, even though it says G3.
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