It is very important that you manage your laptop and keep it in its
best condition, so you can take advantage of its full life.Consider the
germs harboring on your keyboard for instance. More than likely you do
not clean your hands every time before you start to type, not a great
deal of persons do. If your keyboard is white it is easy to see how much
dust has accumulated on the keys but if it’s black you do not have a
clue.
There is a constant flow of dust in the air. If you clean your own house, you’ve a good idea of how much dust accumulates in a short period of time. It’s time to do your Laptop spring cleaning even if spring is long past. Here are some instructions for cleaning your laptop keyboard.
If you are playing around with the LCD, the backlight inverter can give you quite a nasty shock if the laptop is powered up, so ensure that the laptop is switched off and unplugged from the mains.
Then turn the keyboard over and very carefully shake the board and press the keys to free any particles of dust, dirt or food that slipped between the keys. Turn the keyboard upright again and spray around the keys with a can of compressed air acquired from any computer store. This could lose any remaining particles. Now it’s time to clean off the keys.
There are three ways in which you can clean the keys
There is a constant flow of dust in the air. If you clean your own house, you’ve a good idea of how much dust accumulates in a short period of time. It’s time to do your Laptop spring cleaning even if spring is long past. Here are some instructions for cleaning your laptop keyboard.
If you are playing around with the LCD, the backlight inverter can give you quite a nasty shock if the laptop is powered up, so ensure that the laptop is switched off and unplugged from the mains.
Then turn the keyboard over and very carefully shake the board and press the keys to free any particles of dust, dirt or food that slipped between the keys. Turn the keyboard upright again and spray around the keys with a can of compressed air acquired from any computer store. This could lose any remaining particles. Now it’s time to clean off the keys.
There are three ways in which you can clean the keys
- Do not spray any cleaner directly onto the keyboard.
- Take a clean soft fabric and spray it with a disinfectan.
- Wipe the keys or use disinfecting wipes or dip swabs in rubbing alcohol and wipe every individual key. You will be dazzled at how much dirt comes off.