Manjaro/KDE: Turning off internal keyboard and is a replacement part possible?

[LittleWalter]

So I accidentally spilled a cup of joe smack dab on my PBP's laptop like a clumsy moron.  I immediately shut the machine down and pulled power.  Then I opened the system up to dry anything out by hand and let it sit and dry for 48 hours before putting back together.

I'm mainly using Manjaro via SD card but will probably move off a card for performance reasons.

My busted keyboard will sporadically type of 7's and then stop.  Is there an easy way to disable the internal keyboard in the settings?  Quick searches didn't yield any answers on first glance.

I'm also assuming that there are no parts available to replace a broken keyboard and that I'm SOL.

Sorry, if this is a basic question as I'm basically a Linux desktop noob.

Thanks!

[matze79]

Being late but... did you try to clean the keyboard with distilled water ?

pretty sure there is still something sticky inside of it.

[tllim]

So I accidentally spilled a cup of joe smack dab on my PBP's laptop like a clumsy moron.  I immediately shut the machine down and pulled power.  Then I opened the system up to dry anything out by hand and let it sit and dry for 48 hours before putting back together.

I'm mainly using Manjaro via SD card but will probably move off a card for performance reasons.

My busted keyboard will sporadically type of 7's and then stop.  Is there an easy way to disable the internal keyboard in the settings?  Quick searches didn't yield any answers on first glance.

I'm also assuming that there are no parts available to replace a broken keyboard and that I'm SOL.

Sorry, if this is a basic question as I'm basically a Linux desktop noob.

Thanks!

Pine store not yet setup the replacement spare parts for Pinebook Pro. Please contact sales@pine64.org for the Pinebook Pro bottom case with keyboard replacement quote and they can make the arrangement. My takes the price should be similar to Pinebook spare part price (except the two prices of Magnesium alloy top and bottom cover piece which cost higher).

[MIchael]

Rubbing alcohol works great for cleaning electronics too

[LittleWalter]

Being late but... did you try to clean the keyboard with distilled water ?

pretty sure there is still something sticky inside of it.

That's a good point, the coffee wasn't black and had some half-and-half in it that time.  I'll have to try that out and open each key individual problem key.

(Shame that it happened right then, too, as I was getting into the groove of using it.  I had the system mostly set up the way I liked it.  Pretty cool computer.)

Thanks for the suggestion, I appreciate it.

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So I accidentally spilled a cup of joe smack dab on my PBP's laptop like a clumsy moron.  I immediately shut the machine down and pulled power.  Then I opened the system up to dry anything out by hand and let it sit and dry for 48 hours before putting back together.

I'm mainly using Manjaro via SD card but will probably move off a card for performance reasons.

My busted keyboard will sporadically type of 7's and then stop.  Is there an easy way to disable the internal keyboard in the settings?  Quick searches didn't yield any answers on first glance.

I'm also assuming that there are no parts available to replace a broken keyboard and that I'm SOL.

Sorry, if this is a basic question as I'm basically a Linux desktop noob.

Thanks!

Pine store not yet setup the replacement spare parts for Pinebook Pro. Please contact sales@pine64.org for the Pinebook Pro bottom case with keyboard replacement quote and they can make the arrangement. My takes the price should be similar to Pinebook spare part price (except the two prices of Magnesium alloy top and bottom cover piece which cost higher).

Ah, OK, gotcha.  I'll try that avenue if the I can't get the keyboard to work via the individual sticky key cleaning route.

From what I can tell, nothing got (possibly) damaged other than keyboard.  So, the system is fairly resilient at least.  If I did that to a MacBook, it probably would have been much worse—even if I had pentalobe security screw drivers to open the system up.

Thanks for the suggestion!