How to maintain your laptop keyboard to extend its life

Usual maintenance on your Laptop is important to extend its life and save you from needing costly laptop keyboard repair services. It is very important that you manage your laptop and keep it in its best condition so you can take advantage of its full life.

Consider the germs harboring on your keyboard for instance. More than likely you do not clean your hands every time before you start to type, not a great deal of persons do. If your keyboard is white it is easy to see how much dust has accumulated on the keys but if it’s black you do not have a clue.

There is a constant flow of dust in the air. If you clean your own house, you've a good idea of how much dust accumulates in a short period of time. It's time to do your Laptop spring cleaning even if spring is long past. Here are some instructions for cleaning your laptop keyboard.

One word of advice if you are playing around with the LCD the backlight inverter can give you quite a nasty shock if the laptop is powered up. So ensure that the laptop is switched off and unplugged from the mains.

Then turn the keyboard over and very carefully shake the board and press the keys to free any particles of dust, dirt or food that slipped between the keys. Turn the keyboard upright again and spray around the keys with a can of compressed air acquired from any computer store. This could lose any remaining particles. Now it's time to clean off the keys.

There are three ways in which you can clean the keys. Do not spray any cleaner directly onto the keyboard. Take a clean soft fabric and spray it with a disinfectant then wipe the keys or use disinfecting wipes or dip swabs in rubbing alcohol and wipe every individual key. You will be dazzled at how much dirt comes off. This simple procedure could save your cash. After everything is dry and clean, plug the keyboard back into its slot. Who knows you may find you can now even type a lot quicker - but don't count on it. For more advice about Laptop repair, Laptop Motherboard Adjustment visit columnist website here: http://service.ztronics.com/laptop-keyboard-repair.html