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Feb 28, 2007, 11:34 AM
 
I just purchased a used MAC, a G3 ibook. I love it, but the plastic keyboard emits an odor much like body odor. I have googled this and I am not the only one having this issue. Does anyone have a solution?
     
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Feb 28, 2007, 12:27 PM
 
eBay get a new keyboard and fit it!

     
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Feb 28, 2007, 12:34 PM
 
Originally Posted by cop1152 View Post
I just purchased a used MAC, a G3 ibook. I love it, but the plastic keyboard emits an odor much like body odor. I have googled this and I am not the only one having this issue. Does anyone have a solution?
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Feb 28, 2007, 12:41 PM
 
Originally Posted by ashleyman View Post
eBay get a new keyboard and fit it!

If I remember correctly, the problem isn't so much the keyboard as it is the components underneath the keyboard. Keyboard is simply the messenger.
     
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Mar 1, 2007, 01:12 AM
 
I think I remember it being the glue used on the sticker under the keyboard.
     
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Mar 1, 2007, 07:15 AM
 
ah, that makes sense
     
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Mar 1, 2007, 11:32 AM
 
Are you sure it wasn't used on an episode of Seinfeld?
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