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    Inspiron 6000 front media buttons not working

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by katas, Nov 9, 2008.

  1. katas

    katas Newbie

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    Hi-

    I have had my Inspiron 6000 for quite a while now and recently upgraded the hard drive and ram (80 gb hard drive and 2 gb ram). When I rebooted into windows (xp mce) I did my normal stuff but when I went into windows media player, I noticed that the media buttons on the front of the computer didn't respond. Only the play/pause button works. If you could help me get them to work again, that would be great. And sorry if this has been asked already.
     
    katas, Nov 9, 2008
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  2. Liopleurodon

    Liopleurodon Notebook Consultant

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    Reïnstall your sound drivers from your recovery cd. Then look that there is a microphone displayed at the right-bottom of your screen (near your clock).
     
    Liopleurodon, Nov 10, 2008
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  3. katas

    katas Newbie

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    when i did that it said that my system doesn't support that driver. anything else i can do?
     
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  4. goodspeed(TPF)

    goodspeed(TPF) Notebook Deity

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    I have the same problem on one of my 6000 lappys. Hopefully someone has a solution. I even took it apart to make sure the wires didn't come lose but to no avail. Drivers didn't help me and sound works fine, MIC too. Just the buttons.
     
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  5. katas

    katas Newbie

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    i did that awhile ago too. i might contact dell support (despite how horrible their service is right now) and ask them to look at it because, as i now recall, this issue came up after a tech came and replaced my motherboard. ill keep looking for drivers and tell you the outcome of the repair.
     
    katas, Nov 11, 2008
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