| Author | Comment |
victora
Probe
Posted: 29 Mar 2006
09:54 GMT
Total Posts: 1 | I got my calculator back from a friend & now the number keys are sticky, they are hard to press down. I believe something got spilt on it, but am unsure.
Is there a way to take the case apart to clean the inside?
Should I send it in or what?
Thanks |
TI Freak
Probe
Posted: 29 Mar 2006
10:01 GMT
Total Posts:
Edit | I would recommend sending it in, because there is a lot of sensitive stuff in there, but it is possible to dissassemble it... |
threefingeredguy
Ghost
Posted: 29 Mar 2006
13:22 GMT
Total Posts: 1189 | Cleaning is pretty easy. Be careful when you take it apart and open it. Rub the underside of the keys with a dry cloth (a cloth diaper is the best) and carefully do the same on the place where the keys meet the chip. Then put it back together (make sure you've got the keys on right) and enjoy.
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Someone call for an exterminator? |
ryantmer
Wraith
Posted: 29 Mar 2006
15:10 GMT
Total Posts: 692 | Actually, it is possible to clean electronics (including calculators) using a normal clothes washing machine. Naturally, you'd have to be very careful as to temperature, and you should not use much soap, but it is possible. However, you'd have to wait for a long time to let it dry completely. Also, you'd have to put it in the pocket of something so that it doesn't hit anything in there.
I don't suggest his, but I have seen it done (twice , actually), and wanted to put it out there. Kinda cool, actually. |
jessef
Goliath
Posted: 29 Mar 2006
22:59 GMT
Total Posts: 192 | I get this image of a calc bouncing around in a metal tub, I really don't see it surviving. especialy if it doesn't have it's case. don't forget to remove all of the batteries though. |
ryantmer
Wraith
Posted: 30 Mar 2006
08:34 GMT
Total Posts: 692 | Oh, no, you'd certainly want the case on it, and I don't suggest, but I have seen it done. |
calcul831415
Marine
Posted: 30 Mar 2006
13:08 GMT
Total Posts: 33 | it'd probably be okay if the water was purely distilled. |
calcprogrammer1
Probe
Posted: 30 Mar 2006
13:55 GMT
Total Posts: 1 | It would probably be possible to clean yourself, but if the 89 is anything like my 84, it won't have normal screws and you might have a hard time removing them if you don't have the right kind of screw driver. |
ryantmer
Wraith
Posted: 30 Mar 2006
15:12 GMT
Total Posts: 692 | The screws you speak of aren't actually that abnormal. That kind of allan key/star key can be found at most hardware stores, and, if not, an electronics store. |
threefingeredguy
Ghost
Posted: 31 Mar 2006
13:18 GMT
Total Posts: 1189 | Torx screws, I was told on the MC boards.
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Someone call for an exterminator? |
arti
Probe
Posted: 2 Apr 2006
15:52 GMT
Total Posts: 5 | That's why I hate lending things to others, noone cares but about their own things.
- Alex |
