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    Need OEM keyboard for Inspiron E1705

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by etcetera, Dec 18, 2008.

  1. etcetera

    etcetera Notebook Evangelist

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    Ebay seems to be full of them for low prices, but are any of them OEM? I am skeptical.

    Any places where to find one at a discount?
     
    etcetera, Dec 18, 2008
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    millermagic Rockin the pinktop

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    They are all either from Dell (and just taken off of laptops and sold for parts) or people got ahold of them directly from the companies that supply the keyboards to dell.
     
    millermagic, Dec 18, 2008
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  3. etcetera

    etcetera Notebook Evangelist

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    great thanks
     
    etcetera, Dec 18, 2008
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    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    They would all be the Dell part because they aren't interchangeable.
     
    atbnet, Dec 18, 2008
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  5. etcetera

    etcetera Notebook Evangelist

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    I fixed the keyboard, pretty easy.

    It doesn't very heavy duty to say the least, I would think need another replacement in a year assuming heavy use.

    I ended up plugging an external keyboard to it and use the laptop keyboard in emergencies only.
     
    etcetera, Dec 23, 2008
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