Keyboard Porn

True Geek Love :) The perfect rainy day activity Ode to keyboard: Still lovin’ my Dell “QuietKey” classic generic server keyboards (Thank you Pat and Gabe!! :) It’s nice and heavy… doesn’t slide around on the desk like the featherweight Dells we get at work these days The rubber pads under the keys (ocean blue dots in first photo) give a pleasingly solid thunk feel but still fairly quiet, not rata-tat-tat (which matters a whole lot more lately, when trying to sneak in some quality PC time next to the little one’s nest ;) I highly recommend a simple jet wash versus popping all those keys off. By my second round it was a quick matter of: unscrew, hose down, blow dry, screw back on… <15 minutes that way Just 8 easy screws to separate the all-plastic key tray top side from its electronic underbelly (great cleaning copacetic design there… good job random Asian manufacturer!) Then you can focus on blasting away the furry gummy bears rotting under your keys with nary a concern… a shower/sink sprayer with decent pressure comes in handy here. Still into poppin’ keys? Lesson #1 - have another keyboard handy for reference when it’s time to pop the caps back on Careful, there was a micro spring under the space bar on mine Careful #2, those rubber pads are very fragile… the slightest nudge knocks them off their gossamer adhesive… fortunately, very easy to super glue back on but they just sit on a flat glossy surface with no guide bumps or anything so you have to be mindful of re-positioning when you commit new glue The plastic standoffs on mine (white pile in middle of first photo) are keyed so they fit back the right way without any thought … so feel free to let those chips fall where they may when you disassemble… the F and J were vertically slotted, all the rest were horizontal