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    My Backspace button is lopsided!!!

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by warhead56k, Nov 29, 2009.

  1. warhead56k

    warhead56k Notebook Guru

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    So I'm not sure what happend but one day I just noticed my backspace was really lopsided. So I popped off the piece and saw that one of the "clamps"on the left side was broken. How do I get this fixed, or even replaced?
     
    warhead56k, Nov 29, 2009
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  2. chewyeong90

    chewyeong90 Notebook Evangelist

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    Just call Dell
     
    chewyeong90, Nov 29, 2009
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  3. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    If you're not under warranty, you should probably just buy a new keyboard. For older models, these things really come cheap, and if you're not under warranty, I'd assume you have an older model -___-
     
    Commander Wolf, Nov 30, 2009
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  4. chewyeong90

    chewyeong90 Notebook Evangelist

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    I beg to differ. Some old things don't come cheap, I used to have a real old computer few years back. Not wanting to completely discard it, I chose to upgrade its ram, which was a SD ram. And guess what ? It costs few times more than DD ram even though it's older. Why ? Because the supply was low and there was not much demand.

    So it's better to double check again ;)
     
    chewyeong90, Nov 30, 2009
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  5. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Eh, old memory is really kind of an exception... that does tend to be disproportionately expensive. But go look for a D600 keyboard or a mobile Pentium III or a Inspiron 6000 GPU, and it's a different story. Even with something relatively new like the E6400, you've got $50 keyboards at launch; now you're down to $20 a piece.

    What laptop does OP have?
     
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  6. AlexSochi

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    call dell for replacement, its their problem that their product breaks easily.
     
    AlexSochi, Nov 30, 2009
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