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    DV2500 has cheap-looking keyboard

    Discussion in 'HP' started by O-pos, Dec 21, 2007.

  1. O-pos

    O-pos Newbie

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    My dv2500 has very cheap-looking (and feeling) keyboard. Is there any way to replace it with better one? OR maybe sony vaio or other brand has a particular model with keboard matching the one of dv2500?
     
    O-pos, Dec 21, 2007
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  2. allan_huang

    allan_huang Notebook Deity

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    All dv2xxx and dv6xxx uses the same keyboard, so it would be pointless unless there is actually something wrong with yours.
    And I am 99.9999999% sure that you cannot put a different brand keyboard in.
     
    allan_huang, Dec 21, 2007
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  3. j-dogg

    j-dogg Notebook Evangelist

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    maybe you have a defective one. go to best buy and feel another dv2500's and compare. i love mine, once i started using it alot and got used to it all other laptop keyboards felt weird. at first i really didn't like it but once i got used to it, it was fine.
     
    j-dogg, Dec 21, 2007
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  4. neofx19

    neofx19 Notebook Consultant

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    Learn to adapt my friend. I feel the same way with my DV2402CA notebook. I find the keyboard does not feel as good as the Sony, but in time I've gotten use to the feeling, and if you've been using the keyboard for a while I'm certain you will get use to it as well.
     
    neofx19, Dec 21, 2007
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  5. mystery905

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    If the 2500 is the verve edition with the gold design, it does seem to have a cheap looking and feeling keyboard that is different from the other dv2000 series notebooks.

    You may want to buy a replacement keyboard off e-bay and replace the one you have with it.

    There are video instructions on the HP web-site showing how to do this.
     
    mystery905, Dec 22, 2007
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