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    Aienware Area 51 M5550i R3 Keyboard Problem

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by vzv, Feb 9, 2009.

  1. vzv

    vzv Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, I've had this laptop for almost 2 years now and it has some problems with the graphic card which is not waking up after sleep mode, but I get used to it. This time, my friend's laptop was broken for a week and she has to do homework and stuff. So I let her borrows it for a week as she asks. Finally I got it back last night after over a month. Because I thought she is a girl and she doesn't know much about computer and stuff, so I let her borrows my 3g gaming machine that long, and I realized that something is really wrong with the keyboard. Every time I turn it on, it keep going to bios system set up like up hold one of the keys such as F2, F12... and after that it just keeps beeping at me until I hit the "Backspace" key so many times. Finally it goes to the log on screen, and I can't type in number "4". So the key number "4" is not working anymore, and there is one or more keys still stuck. I try to type on a notepad and it skips number "4" key every time press on it :confused: . Does anyone out there have the same or similar issue with the keyboard of this machine like mine? Is there a way I can fix or replace the keyboard? I know it's out of warranty already. :mad: Please help me! Thanks a lot!!!
     
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    A wireless keyboard might help.
     
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    vzv Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for your help guys!...I guess I have to purchase a new keyboard for my AW laptop, but has anyone done this before (taking apart the AW laptop and replacing the keyboard)? If some one who knows how to do it, please help me...!!!
     
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    Thanks a lot for the link linuxguy!!!
    Now I'm just waiting for the new keyboard arrive and install it. I'll post the result later. Thanks again!!!
     
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    I got my new keyboard today, and after 5 min, everything works in order. Thanks again for your help linuxguy!!!!!