Let out enough gas so that the plastic bag inflates visibly, and the proportion of the air to gas is small enough to seem deadly for the ants. Press the lighter button, but don't light it, obviously.Suck the air out with your mouth, it should not be dangerous unless your keyboard already contains deadly gases or you tried bug poison earlier.Put the keyboard inside a plastic bag where you can see what's going on inside and have good control of the lighter.Don't attach the keyboard back too soon after taking it out of the freezer though to avoid short circuiting due to possible condensation due to temperature difference.Įxtreme solution: put your notebook in a sealed container, vacuum air out and insert a deadly gas >:) One easy gas is butane from a regular lighter. Don't forget to take out your keyboard from the notebook to avoid blowing something unwanted inside.Īlso you might want to try freezing them.
One way is to lure them out with something sweet and then not let them go back inside the keyboard.Īnother is to suck them out with a vacuum cleaner or blow them away with a vacuum cleaner on reverse.