Spider under the keyboard!!!

Question

Yeah it happened in front of my eyes. A little spidey of about 1cm walked on the keyboard of my XPS1530 laptop and suddenly disappeared under the keys. I tried to blow it but it didn't come out. I used a vacuum cleaner and hopefully got rid of it. My question is: Is there a hole/passage under the keyboard that leads to the interior of the laptop? I mean when an insect/spider were to crawl underneath the keyboard like yesterday, could it reach the mainboard and possibly damage it?

How about pouring a liquid onto the keyboard? I am sure the laptop gets damaged when you did that...?

Oz.

DeathRider · Answer

The water on the keyboard will kill the laptop. A few spiders will be fine.

compeng100 · Answer

They also make a spray (I think its CO2) that is used to clean keyboards.  We used it at school all the time to clean all the dirt that was stuck under the keys.

chrisaroz · Answer

I highly recommend NOT pouring liquid on the laptop.

franbo57 · Answer

Just try to view the spider as 24 hour on-site tech support for your laptop.

TheRealFireblad · Answer

@compeng100 wrote:

They also make a spray (I think its CO2) that is used to clean keyboards.

Aye... they're cans of compressed air... sometimes called "Air Duster"'s or "Spray Duster"'s.

They're available in different sizes - i.e. 400ml/12oz, and cost will depend on the size of can you buy.

Here're a few examples:

Powerclean Air Duster Belkin Blaster

It should be noted that they get very cold, due to the pressuried compressed air, so either wear a glove when you use it, +/or use it in short burts!

Kafkar · Answer

Thank you for the spray suggestion, I wasn't aware of that kind of cleaners.

And... "franbo57 wrote: Just try to view the spider as 24 hour on-site tech support for your laptop." That is a good point :smileyhappy:

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