Sticky arrow keys

I purchased, alhtough now regret, a new dv6 1375 in february of this year. SInce then I have learned of man problems which would have deturred me from this product. One of which is the fact that when i try to play games which involve the arrow keys, they always seem to stick. This is not only true for the arrows at the bottom of the keyboard, but also in the number pad, and the WSAD keys. This is reall annoying as I can almost always rely on the fact that my keys will stick.

Jam,
Hi I had this problem too and what I did is I removed the keys by popping them out of place with a flat head screw driver. (Do it lightly). Then I took a q-tip with a little bit of rubbing alcohol and gently wiped down the area where the soda had splashed onto. That totally did the trick. The keys move normally and it is like the soda was never there to begin with.
-NightNinjaPDX

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