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    Keyboard malfunction.

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by vesurka, Jun 3, 2012.

  1. vesurka

    vesurka Notebook Guru

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    My keyboard in my xps m1330 has been hardly working since I changed out the motherboard. It works, but half way. I'll press a key like 7 times and maybe it will come up 2 times. My friend told me I should update the keyboard driver but I went to the dell support Site and couldn't find any drivers for a keyboard. I've taken the keyboard out and out it back in but same problem. Am I going to have to buy a new keyboard or is this a driver issue, if so could someone please post a link. Thanks!
     
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    dave-p Notebook Deity

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    I would vote that its a keyboard issue

    they are not that expensive

    other than checking the alignment and seating of the ribbon cable, keyboard is the next logical step
     
    dave-p, Jun 3, 2012
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  3. intarweb

    intarweb Notebook Consultant

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    If you disable the trackpad, does it have any effect on the keyboard?
     
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    vesurka Notebook Guru

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    i didn't note this, but the track pad acts weird too. it hangs and moves around like it's lagging or something. it's unusable. i updated the synaptics drive but still no dice. it wouldn't let me disable the track pad in the device manager, it was grayed out, but i did uninstall it and it had no affect on the keyboard :( i feel like it's something else because they are both barely working, but unusable. i don't mind using a mouse, but they keyboard is a real bummer
     
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    OK. So, what happens if you unplug the trackpad (i.e. remove the ribbon cable from the slot it plugs into on the motherboard)?
     
    intarweb, Jun 3, 2012
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