[P1] stinky keyboard?

[Ally Maddox]

Hi Rosie,

Is it kind of sweet smelling? Do you live in the country/rural areas? 
Even if you live in town, well, here's one possibility. It might be 
mouse urine. :-( I know that sounds gross and horrible, but it could 
happen. Do you ever leave it open when not in use? It probably isn't, 
but just thought I'd toss out that one.

Sign me, Country girl gone iBook,
Ally

Rosie Redfield wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've recently noticed that the keyboard of my iBook has begun to give 
> off an unpleasant smell.  The computer is a 500MHz white iBook, about 14 
> months old.  The smell began a month or so ago and has been getting 
> worse - it's a rank sweaty smell, a bit worse when the iBoook is warm, 
> and definitely coming from the keyboard itself, not the internal 
> hardware.  I don't think it's dirt (the keyboard is spotless) but some 
> sort of breakdown product produced by aging plastic.
> 
> Has anyone else noticed this?  There's a recent thread on Mac's iBook 
> support discussions about it, but no consensus on the cause and no solution.
> 
> Rosie
> 
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