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    m17x keyboard issue

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by mneumonicxx, Dec 6, 2009.

  1. mneumonicxx

    mneumonicxx Notebook Guru

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    Hi everyone. I tried to look for this in the forum but I couldn't find quite what I am having a problem with, so I am sorry if it is there and i didn't see it.

    Anyway. I love my m17x, it is working great. The only one slight annoyance I am having is that the keys on the keyboard seem like maybe there sensitivity is weird or something. Like occasionally I will look up and see i misspelled something and i know I didn't actually misspell it. Also when playing games sometimes it just doesnt register the WASD keys for a second when i pushed them in. Is this something where I just need to use more pressure (a sensitivity issue). I am just wondering if this is a "problem" or if its just how the keyboard is.
     
  2. BatBoy

    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    If you have the M17x all powerful (not sure on the area-51 m17x) and have the synaptics touchpad driver installed, take a look at the palm check sensitivity settings in the mouse/touchpad control panel. It may need to be adjusted. I had to adjust mine as it would back up the cursor on occasion and I was noticing miss-typed words.

    Other than that, not sure what else could be causing this behavior.
     
  3. mneumonicxx

    mneumonicxx Notebook Guru

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    Currently i'm using it with a mouse with the synaptic touch pad disabled.

    Its an all powerful also, not n area-51
     
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    My bad - I was reading your post from my phone and have signatures disabled. Just saw the 'm17x' (lowercase 'm') and figured it could possibly be the area-51.

    Yeah - not sure at all. Very odd behavior.
     
  5. mneumonicxx

    mneumonicxx Notebook Guru

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    Yea like i said, if i just use a little more pressure than i normally do the keyboard works fine. It just seems like the occasional light press doesn't register...nothing too bad really and not enough for me to be really bothered by it.