my spacebar is not working anymore. i split coffee on my keyboard. so no more posting for me anymore til i get a fix for it. i hate the online keyboard .

That's to bad. You can always pick up an inexpensive keyboard at WallyWorld. Or if you're ambitious you could try this out... http://steampunkworkshop.com/keyboard.shtml

I always pick up cheap keyboards at Wallyworld because our keyboards get a lot of abuse! They work find and are cheap enough that you don't mind replacing fairly often.

...my two cents, I buy pretty much everything from my local second hand computer store. I'm lucky there are two close by. The bonus is your supporting local business, dealing with someone you know and pay a fraction of the new price.

Now that's a good plan, I like that idea. Anytime I can avoid going to WallFart, that's money well spent.

You can remove the keys on some keyboards and clean the membrane/contacts.

If it's a cheap keyboard or if you're going to have trash it anyway, you can fill a spray bottle with distilled water (which is an insulator) and spray out the sticky keys. Just let it dry out completely before using it again. I've did that on several occasions and it does work. It's worth a try as a last resort.

I generally go through two or three keyboards every year, what with coffee, cigarette ashes, and bread crumbs clogging up the works. I also have a computer in my wood shop whose keyboards never last very long.

I always try to keep spares on hand. Whenever I see a keyboard at a thrift store or a rummage sale for a dollar or two, I pick it up -- I know I will eventually need it. This year I picked up three at a church auction. I also never turn down a free one.

Not only is this cheaper than buying new keyboards, but the quality of older keyboards is typically better than the new ones (nothing beats an old Model M). Admittedly, I occasionally have to deal with some bad ones but even still... the only new keyboard I've bought in the last ten years is when I needed a USB one for a computer with a bad PS2 port.