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Keyboard replacment
My laptop had hot cocoa spilled on the keyboard and after a substantial
drying off period it restarts but the scroll lock key will activate itself as if it were pressed. I have removed and unpluged the keyboad and resarted machine with an external keyboard and no problems now for three hours. Would that indicate that replacing the keyboard will resolve the issue or could the malfunction be deeper than the keyboard ...like say the interface connector for the keyboard? any ideas? |
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wrote in message oups.com... My laptop had hot cocoa spilled on the keyboard and after a substantial drying off period it restarts but the scroll lock key will activate itself as if it were pressed. I have removed and unpluged the keyboad and resarted machine with an external keyboard and no problems now for three hours. Would that indicate that replacing the keyboard will resolve the issue or could the malfunction be deeper than the keyboard ...like say the interface connector for the keyboard? any ideas? I'd suspect the notebook keyboard itself. Depending on the model of your system, probably cost $30 or less to get a new replacement from Dell. |
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"S.Lewis" wrote in message . .. wrote in message oups.com... My laptop had hot cocoa spilled on the keyboard and after a substantial drying off period it restarts but the scroll lock key will activate itself as if it were pressed. I have removed and unpluged the keyboad and resarted machine with an external keyboard and no problems now for three hours. Would that indicate that replacing the keyboard will resolve the issue or could the malfunction be deeper than the keyboard ...like say the interface connector for the keyboard? any ideas? I'd suspect the notebook keyboard itself. Depending on the model of your system, probably cost $30 or less to get a new replacement from Dell. Good Luck getting DELL to send you the right one though.... I have been trying to get a new keyboard for over a month now. They have sent the wrong one once and the right one is supposed to be delivered today...it is for an old Inspiron 8000.....my daughter in grad school. Oh I had given DELL the exact part # because I had replaced it twice before...she spilled on it before....but they sent me an external Spanish labeled keyboard. She now has a new E1505 and had spilled something on her old one like coffee. One thing you can try is an external keyboard and mouse. fathergoose |
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Your daughter is a slow learner? How many times does she have to spill coffee
on a keyboard before refraining from drinking anything around a computer? .... Ben Myers On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:47:24 GMT, "Fathergoose" wrote: "S.Lewis" wrote in message ... wrote in message oups.com... My laptop had hot cocoa spilled on the keyboard and after a substantial drying off period it restarts but the scroll lock key will activate itself as if it were pressed. I have removed and unpluged the keyboad and resarted machine with an external keyboard and no problems now for three hours. Would that indicate that replacing the keyboard will resolve the issue or could the malfunction be deeper than the keyboard ...like say the interface connector for the keyboard? any ideas? I'd suspect the notebook keyboard itself. Depending on the model of your system, probably cost $30 or less to get a new replacement from Dell. Good Luck getting DELL to send you the right one though.... I have been trying to get a new keyboard for over a month now. They have sent the wrong one once and the right one is supposed to be delivered today...it is for an old Inspiron 8000.....my daughter in grad school. Oh I had given DELL the exact part # because I had replaced it twice before...she spilled on it before....but they sent me an external Spanish labeled keyboard. She now has a new E1505 and had spilled something on her old one like coffee. One thing you can try is an external keyboard and mouse. fathergoose |
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she doesn't have to learn if she has a dad that keeps buying replacement
computers for her "Ben Myers" wrote in message ... Your daughter is a slow learner? How many times does she have to spill coffee on a keyboard before refraining from drinking anything around a computer? ... Ben Myers On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:47:24 GMT, "Fathergoose" wrote: "S.Lewis" wrote in message t... wrote in message oups.com... My laptop had hot cocoa spilled on the keyboard and after a substantial drying off period it restarts but the scroll lock key will activate itself as if it were pressed. I have removed and unpluged the keyboad and resarted machine with an external keyboard and no problems now for three hours. Would that indicate that replacing the keyboard will resolve the issue or could the malfunction be deeper than the keyboard ...like say the interface connector for the keyboard? any ideas? I'd suspect the notebook keyboard itself. Depending on the model of your system, probably cost $30 or less to get a new replacement from Dell. Good Luck getting DELL to send you the right one though.... I have been trying to get a new keyboard for over a month now. They have sent the wrong one once and the right one is supposed to be delivered today...it is for an old Inspiron 8000.....my daughter in grad school. Oh I had given DELL the exact part # because I had replaced it twice before...she spilled on it before....but they sent me an external Spanish labeled keyboard. She now has a new E1505 and had spilled something on her old one like coffee. One thing you can try is an external keyboard and mouse. fathergoose |
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"Ben Myers" wrote in message
Your daughter is a slow learner? How many times does she have to spill coffee on a keyboard before refraining from drinking anything around a computer? Hahaha... I have been using keyboards since 1981, I'm klutzy and my hands are not as stable as they once were. It maybe because of this, I never spilled more than a few drops on any keyboard which was too small to get in between the keys. And I also have pop, coffee, water, and sometimes beer around my keyboards all of the time. I do have one of those fully rubberized keyboards which you can't type worth darn as a backup if anything ever did happen. -- Bill |
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And for you, and anyone else interested, I am selling original clicky-clacky IBM
101-key AT keyboards, with PS/2 connector, of course. In addition to having the best tactile feel in any keyboard ever made, they are nearly impervious to damage. If you dump coffee on the keyboard, you can open it up and clean it with Q-Tips and some cleaner like Windex or isopropyl alcohol. The keycaps NEVER wear out, unlike modern keyboards with lettering that wears off. These don't come cheap. Refurbing them is a labor of love. Dell once bought IBM or Lexmark keyboards with a Dell logo. I have a few of these, too... Ben Myers On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:59:28 -0500, "BillW50" wrote: "Ben Myers" wrote in message Your daughter is a slow learner? How many times does she have to spill coffee on a keyboard before refraining from drinking anything around a computer? Hahaha... I have been using keyboards since 1981, I'm klutzy and my hands are not as stable as they once were. It maybe because of this, I never spilled more than a few drops on any keyboard which was too small to get in between the keys. And I also have pop, coffee, water, and sometimes beer around my keyboards all of the time. I do have one of those fully rubberized keyboards which you can't type worth darn as a backup if anything ever did happen. |
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"Ben Myers" wrote in message ... Your daughter is a slow learner? How many times does she have to spill coffee on a keyboard before refraining from drinking anything around a computer? ... Ben Myers On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:47:24 GMT, "Fathergoose" wrote: "S.Lewis" wrote in message t... wrote in message oups.com... My laptop had hot cocoa spilled on the keyboard and after a substantial drying off period it restarts but the scroll lock key will activate itself as if it were pressed. I have removed and unpluged the keyboad and resarted machine with an external keyboard and no problems now for three hours. Would that indicate that replacing the keyboard will resolve the issue or could the malfunction be deeper than the keyboard ...like say the interface connector for the keyboard? any ideas? I'd suspect the notebook keyboard itself. Depending on the model of your system, probably cost $30 or less to get a new replacement from Dell. Good Luck getting DELL to send you the right one though.... I have been trying to get a new keyboard for over a month now. They have sent the wrong one once and the right one is supposed to be delivered today...it is for an old Inspiron 8000.....my daughter in grad school. Oh I had given DELL the exact part # because I had replaced it twice before...she spilled on it before....but they sent me an external Spanish labeled keyboard. She now has a new E1505 and had spilled something on her old one like coffee. One thing you can try is an external keyboard and mouse. fathergoose Well I know about the slow learner. If your being a wise guy then forget you but if not sometimes people do not always do the smart thing....also accidents do happen unless you are one of the perfect ones, grins One replacement was due to a spill the other one was because bad keys....so maybe I wasn't clear but I see you are wanting to jump right to someone's defense, Eh? fathergoose |
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"Christopher Muto" wrote in message news:aNNXg.12$AR6.9@trndny02... she doesn't have to learn if she has a dad that keeps buying replacement computers for her Chris, She paid for the E1505 herself and I just help her keep them running. Replacement computers.... I don't think one every 6 years is too soon. As far as I am concerned she has done a good job ...:0) fathergoose |
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