Keyboard going crazy and typing random symbols, letters, and numbers after cleaning it.

[HelpComputerTrouble]

Okay, so I just got a used keyboard (which I tested before and it was working perfectly), so naturally I wanted to clean it out - I used this video > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uqsc7M6xIc to do so, and all of a sudden upon plugging the keyboard back in it started typing random letters and symbols when I only typed one letter (ex. Instead of "A" it types "A32k") and other menus pop up and the wepage keeps refreshing over and over again - its like everything went crazy!!! Please someone help me fix this - I have already tried taking the dell keyboard apart and putting it back together several times.

 

[Chiisu]

Chances are you plugged a still wet circuit board into the computer.

 

[manicmike]

The simplest solution would be to buy a new keyboard. I'm assuming that it's the one that came with your PC? You can pick up a cheap 107 Key (Standard) windows keyboard for around $10-$15US.

Beyond that, you can let it dry for a minimum of 24-48 hours standing up against a wall, with the short side of the keyboard touching the ground. I did that after my 2 year old dumped my morning coffee all over my Logitech G510, and 6 months later it still works like it did fresh out of the box (I gave it 72 hours to be safe)

PLEASE NOTE that if you fried circuits by plugging a wet board into your PC, the keyboard is now a paperweight. Drying it is only going to work if the circuitry is intact and the water/solution is only allowing electricity to pass onto unintended circuits.