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    Studio XPS 1640 multimedia keys/buttons above keyboard not working.

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by dafifth, Mar 7, 2011.

  1. dafifth

    dafifth Newbie

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    Last night someone spilled bear near my Dell Studio XPS 1640. The computer seemed fine. However, today when I turned my computer on I realized that the row of touch-pad like buttons above the keyboard on the right side were not illuminated and did not work.

    Does anyone have a solution to this problem? I don't even know where to access the settings for this row of keys. I've tried taking the battery out and holding the power button for a minute... that doesn't work. The buttons don't work at all.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated!
     
    dafifth, Mar 7, 2011
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    spud387 Notebook Guru

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    Other than uninstalling the drivers & reinstalling them you could attempt (if comfortable) removing the palmrest
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    and making sure its clean (no dried beer) there.
     
    spud387, Mar 14, 2011
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