You will see that I had just listed my TR3 on Ebay - now removed.

http://www.siliconpopculture.com/sonytr/viewtopic.php?t=1818

Last night, some friends came over - and a glass of red wine was spilled on the keyboard

I quickly turned it upside down, spashed a little water on it and patted it dry.

I left it overnight upside down.

There are a number of keys which do not now work

Suggestions will be REALLY appreciated

thanks

OUCH that sux… Happened to my old Dell too… You’ll probably have to go to the Sony Parts and Repair site to order a new part.

But you’ll probably have to open up your TR to find the part number of the keyboard.  In which case refer to Gr00vy’s review of installing Bluetooth.

replace the keyboard..i think they are like around 75 dollars..1-478-035-21 Keyboard Unit (US) do a search for the step by step guide.

The two problems with liquids in keypads or electronics in general is that water (primarily the minerals dissolved in the water) cause signals and power to go all sorts of places they’re not supposed to go. Wines and soda add the element of gunk to sticky things up. With the power off and batteries removed there’s little if anything inside any electronic device that water can hurt, perhaps a label.

Before I went replacing a keyboard assembly, I’d strip it down, short of total disassembly, and give it a good bath… rinsing with distilled water and, perhaps, blowing it off with a “canned air” aerosol you can pick up at most electronic and photo stores. Let it dry a good long time, days, not hours.

Don’t use detergent and if you must scrub, use something like a soft artists brush.

welwyngc, sorry to hear about the mishap.  It looks like you’ve got some good suggestions here.  There are a few people on this forum who have replaced the keyboard on the TR.  I did a search and cannot find the threads.  Although there are no walk-thrus contained therein.  I would try the solution that dbs recommended first, then replace the keyboard through Sony if that fails.  Good luck! :D

thank you for all of your helpful comments

my local tech company will order a new keyboard and replace it for me.

I will let you know - they said a week

my other concern is that the red wine may have damaged other components - any chance of that do you think?

[quote author=“welwyngc”]thank you for all of your helpful comments

my local tech company will order a new keyboard and replace it for me.

I will let you know - they said a week

my other concern is that the red wine may have damaged other components - any chance of that do you think?

You will get your fair share of yes and no to that question.  Unfortunately, the only way to tell is to continue to use the TR as usual.  If your company fixes for you, then that is one less hassle to worry about other than down time without the precious.

You can try plugging in a USB keyboard and mouse while your new KB is being ordered to test the functionality of the system if any other components that may have been damaged by your accident need to be replaced. If there’s anything else wrong, you might have to take your system to a technician to find out the other damages and, in the long-run, prepare to spend a small investment.

Someone’s son in ebay spilled colk all over his TR1 and he cleaned it off and waited for an entire week for it to dry. Sad to say, the system never rebooted again so it ended up in ebay. Anyways, I hope your system recovers—I’d hate to see a TR go that way.

-best,
Concura

19 July 2004

Just to update.

I picked up my TR today

Had a new keyboard installed.

Everything is working perfectly

Good news…..that was a close one. :shock: