How to clean the keyboard and how to disassemble it correctly?

Computer keyboards are an easy to clean tool. After all, they are a subject of very frequent use, and at the same time - the habitat of a huge number of microbes. Most people touch the keys every day and not always with clean hands. In fact, you do not remember hygiene every minute, especially when you hasten to print a message. Sometimes you will still touch the buttons with fat / dirty fingers. And there are many more fans to eat at the desk. Firstly, moving the lunch to the workplace is very convenient when you are involved in an important project. Secondly - it really saves time. With this statement, of course, you can not argue, but the result is almost always deplorable. Here you and the crumbs, hammered under the keys and worsen the contact, and dirt. Not to mention the huge amount of dust that is not so easy to get rid of. And if you also pour sweet tea from above, then at the most successful course of events, the buttons begin to stick tightly every time you press. After that, there is nothing left to do but clean the keyboard. But superficial wiping with a damp cloth in such cases will not help.

Therefore, it is very important to know how to properly clean the keyboard, and periodically do it. It's not such a difficult task as it might seem at first glance. If you are going to do this for the first time, then it's time to get acquainted with some ways. Strangely enough, the first and most important rule concerns not how to clean the keyboard. On the contrary, it will be a reserve for the future, how to assemble it. Very much in this business will help a digital camera. Think only how difficult it will be to return all the buttons to their original places, not remembering their location. So, if you can not boast of photographic memory, you should make a couple of clear pictures of your keyboard. It is important that they are well visible to all keys. In extreme cases, you can arm with a pen and redraw their location on paper. Or find an image of a similar keyboard on the Internet and print. Or to prepare a box from your gadget, where he certainly is depicted from a beautiful perspective. In a word, there are plenty of options to insure yourself.

After the preparations made, finally, you can come close to the question of how to clean the keyboard. There are several ways. Trying to rinse it out so hard to rub with a rag and pour water on top is highly discouraged. After this, you will have to dry the gadget for a long time in its completely disassembled state. And still there will be a risk of burning thin equipment when plugged into the network. By the way, as you probably guessed, before any further manipulation of the keyboard, it, like any electrical device, must be disconnected from the network. What next? To begin with it is necessary to disassemble it, now it to do it is not terrible. The keyboard is placed on the table with the buttons down, preferably on the stands (so that nothing presses on the keys). Then screw the screws that hold the bottom of the case with a screwdriver. Everything, now this cover needs to be carefully removed and put aside. Under it is a sensitive plate that transmits signals when the keys are pressed. It also needs to be removed and put next to it.

The inside of the keyboard opens. Now you can use the same screwdriver to extract each button individually. On any should be present specially made latches, which hold the part in place. Just pull out a single key does not work, you need to wring out these fixers. And some of the buttons are equipped with a stronger iron latch, and with them you need to be even more careful. Usually this is a commonly used "space" and "Shift". How do I clean the keyboard after this? Now it remains only to brush off the dust from stationary parts and rinse the keys themselves. Here, too, there are different options that depend on the imagination of the owner of the keyboard.

Here's one of them: to collect and put all the buttons extracted in such a difficult way into a bag of polyethylene and go to them in the bathroom or to the sink. The main thing is not to forget to close the drain plug with a cork to avoid accidents. This refers to the risk of washing one or a couple of buttons in the sewer, saying goodbye to them (and at the same time with the keyboard), forever. Then you need to add water and a detergent, such as a washing powder, to the package, and carefully mix everything for a couple of minutes. The contents should be washed and repeated if necessary. Clean keys get enough sleep on the towel. Then you can either wait long for them to dry themselves, or take advantage of the technical progress and dry them with a hair dryer. It is important to do this in good faith, so that any undersized button does not cause a short circuit. In conclusion, it remains only to find the photo / picture / picture and collect the keyboard from them by resetting everything back into place. If after turning it on it does not work or not all keys will react to the click, then you have collected something wrong. I'll have to repeat the procedure anew. But usually everything works. It is best to clean the keyboard regularly, at least once every 2-3 months. And do not forget about the special napkins created to maintain cleanliness.