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achilles21
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July 7th, 2005 02:00
GAP on the replacement keyboard.
I sent my notebook lastweek for a faulty ESC character.
After 3 days,the notebook arrived with a new keyboard installed.
The problem is that, there are these gaps on the four side
of the keyboard. The largest gap is on the upper side( near the power button).
From that gap I can see the internal part of the notebook and
also I can read serial numbers of some parts.
And on the left side(near the PCMCIA slot), there is a hole under
the SHIFT and CTRL key. From there whenever I insert
a PCMCIA card, I can see the PCMCIA card from that hole.
Another thing is that the original keyboard's cover under the
keys covers the entire keyboard, while the new one doesn't cover
the entire keyboard, there are some metallic parts visible from above
under the keys.
From these differences(gap,hole, cover) from the original keyboard, anyone
can conclude that the keyboard is not designed for the system.
Maybe it was designed for other Dell laptop but not on my system.
By the way, my system is an Inspiron 510M, almost looks identical
with the inspiron 600M.
Anyone having these gaps on their keyboards?
After 3 days,the notebook arrived with a new keyboard installed.
The problem is that, there are these gaps on the four side
of the keyboard. The largest gap is on the upper side( near the power button).
From that gap I can see the internal part of the notebook and
also I can read serial numbers of some parts.
And on the left side(near the PCMCIA slot), there is a hole under
the SHIFT and CTRL key. From there whenever I insert
a PCMCIA card, I can see the PCMCIA card from that hole.
Another thing is that the original keyboard's cover under the
keys covers the entire keyboard, while the new one doesn't cover
the entire keyboard, there are some metallic parts visible from above
under the keys.
From these differences(gap,hole, cover) from the original keyboard, anyone
can conclude that the keyboard is not designed for the system.
Maybe it was designed for other Dell laptop but not on my system.
By the way, my system is an Inspiron 510M, almost looks identical
with the inspiron 600M.
Anyone having these gaps on their keyboards?
- If there isnt some sort of transparent plastic I think u should get the keyboard changed because u dont want to spill coke or get dirt on these parts.
(My keyboard (i6k) has a plastic bottom with borders, wonders what happens when I spill coke on it :P, will be like swimmingpool, but at least the rest of the computer will stay clean (I hope :P))
hunterelite
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Posted July 8th, 2005 13:00
i have an inspiron 9300 and i can't see as much of the notebook internals as you can. was your previous keyboard like that too? if not, call dell and ask them for a replacement. good luck