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    Keyboard Missing Keystrokes

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by zarzak, Nov 26, 2010.

  1. zarzak

    zarzak Notebook Consultant

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    This problem started happening the other night.

    I'm a fast typist (90-100 words per minute), and I noticed that recently when I am typing full pace the keyboard will start missing keystrokes. Is this a hardware issue that alienware should be fixing, or is the keyboard just not up to typing speeds like that?

    Thanks!
     
    zarzak, Nov 26, 2010
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  2. livethakly

    livethakly Newbie

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    Dell tech support totally fixed this issue for me. I have an Alienware M17 - last month the keystrokes started missing. Totally random and in every application in which you would type. Also changed day to day. Some days it would work fine, some days it would skip. Incredibly annoying!

    It was a simple bios update that solved my problem! Turns out my bios hadnt been updated for a year. Update the bios and you should be good to go!
     
    livethakly, Feb 8, 2011
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  3. slickie88

    slickie88 Master of Puppets

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    You've had yours long enough and presumably have been typing at that speed without any problems up to this point, right? If this just started typing then something's wrong. Ring up support and have them send you another keyboard.
     
    slickie88, Feb 8, 2011
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