[Drinking] Tech support advice. Cider v laptop.

[Pevenseagull]

Hypothetically of course.

If someone knocked a bottle of Henry Weston's medium dry vintage cider (8.2%) over their £700 laptop last night and now finds that the keyboard is absolutely f***ed could they just get a cheap USB keyboard and use that?

Would that work?

 

[Eeyore]

Hypothetically of course.

If someone knocked a bottle of Henry Weston's medium dry vintage cider (8.2%) over their £700 laptop last night and now finds that the keyboard is absolutely f***ed could they just get a cheap USB keyboard and use that?

Would that work?

When someone mentioned using Apple they clearly miss-heard.

 

[jcdenton08]

Hypothetically of course.

If someone knocked a bottle of Henry Weston's medium dry vintage cider (8.2%) over their £700 laptop last night and now finds that the keyboard is absolutely f***ed could they just get a cheap USB keyboard and use that?

Would that work?

Hypothetically yes, assuming the USB connections are undamaged.

 

[Pevenseagull]

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Hypothetically yes, assuming the USB connections are undamaged.

Yeah, the mouse is working fine on 3 of the USB slots.

Hypothetically the booze incident only ruined everything up to U,J and N.




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[beorhthelm]

cider will win.

 

[Pevenseagull]

Fortunately Glorious Goodwood has just paid for the keyboard and some more booze.

 

[Pevenseagull]

Hypothetically yes, assuming the USB connections are undamaged.

As an aside .... And you seem to be the person to ask ... Is it reasonably easy to get Deus Ex (the old one) up and running on a slightly cider soggy laptop?

 

[jcdenton08]

As an aside .... And you seem to be the person to ask ... Is it reasonably easy to get Deus Ex (the old one) up and running on a slightly cider soggy laptop?

Absolutely. Runs like a dream. There’s a whole load of third party mods too for quality of life (better resolution, right through to whole game conversions). Your laptop will easily run it, without me even knowing the spec.

The GOTY edition on Steam (currently £5.99 but regularly goes down as low as 99p in sales) runs perfectly on my Windows 11 laptop.

 

[Easy 10]

Should be able to get a wireless bluetooth keyboard with USB connector easy enough. I use one all the time for my work setup (which has, thus far, remained largely ciderless).

 

[schmunk]

If someone knocked a bottle of Henry Weston's medium dry vintage cider (8.2%) over their £700 laptop last night and now finds that the keyboard is absolutely f***ed could they just get a cheap USB keyboard and use that?

To order some more cider...?

 

[RandyWanger]

You can 'un pick' the keys, clean the board and put the keys back. There will be plenty of videos online showing how to do this.

 

[Pevenseagull]

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Edit ^ sent from my laptop.



Should have read.


"Thank you for your advice


Lessons have been learnt."

 

[hart's shirt]

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The last time I read something like that on NSC, it was Digweed's Trousers office party.

http://nortr3nixy.nimpr.uk/threads/an-emotional-apology-to-all.42216/

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Depending on make and model of the keyboard you may be able to replace the whole keyboard quite easily. I find it a pain having to card around an extra USB keyboard. Kind of defeats the point. Unless the laptop is always located in one place.

 

[Bodian]

Hypothetically of course.

If someone knocked a bottle of Henry Weston's medium dry vintage cider (8.2%) over their £700 laptop last night and now finds that the keyboard is absolutely f***ed could they just get a cheap USB keyboard and use that?

Would that work?

Can you claim the cost of repair from @Bozza for encouraging you? http://nortr3nixy.nimpr.uk/threads/good-deal-for-cider-drinkers.408428/

 

[phoenix]

Depending on make and model of the keyboard you may be able to replace the whole keyboard quite easily. I find it a pain having to card around an extra USB keyboard. Kind of defeats the point. Unless the laptop is always located in one place.

This is usually not difficult i did a Asus one for about £16 in 15 minutes all very easy. Just look on youtube and go step by step it gives you so much confidence. I then tried replacing iphone screens that the kids had dropped bit more tricky but no big deal.

 

[Pevenseagull]

Can you claim the cost of repair from @Bozza for encouraging you? http://nortr3nixy.nimpr.uk/threads/good-deal-for-cider-drinkers.408428/

He played a part in this fiasco.

 

[Albion my Albion]

You can 'un pick' the keys, clean the board and put the keys back. There will be plenty of videos online showing how to do this.

Of course the OP wouldn't need these videos and will never look for them because the whole situation is purely hypertheatrical.

 

[Goldstone1976]

He played a part in this fiasco.

On behalf of the owner may I pass on our sympathies for your situation; we feel your pain and share your frustration.

However, after due and careful consideration, I fear that I am obliged to communicate the following on behalf of NSC, its owner, and his descendants and antecedents: we reject your claim in full.

An explanation for our decision follows: it appears to us that your current woes are due exclusively and entirely to your fuckwittery/cockwomblery*.

We thank you for your continued patronage of our esteemed site and wish you a pleasant day.

* delete as appropriate, though deletion is not really required tbh.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Hypothetically of course.

If someone knocked a bottle of Henry Weston's medium dry vintage cider (8.2%) over their £700 laptop last night and now finds that the keyboard is absolutely f***ed could they just get a cheap USB keyboard and use that?

Would that work?

Could have been worse. It could have been a careless gesture with a hand full of pork scratching. The dust at the bottom of the packet gets into all the crevices. You'd have been seriously disgruntled..