Fixed my M6400 keyboard flex

I'm posting this out of the M6400 owners lounge as the post got buried under a mountain of video card issues.

My keyboard had an annoying amount of flex.

QUICK FIX:

I've lessened it now by putting very slim hyperglide mouse feet stragically on parts of the chassis directly under most affected regions of the keyboard. If I could find something to bridge the two open memory slots under the 'g','h' area of the keyboard it'd be pretty perfect.

So, for those who are brave enough, go to hyperglide, or suchlike and get some very thin teflon feet. Hopefully mine won't melt or slip off! It is very easy to take off the keyboard. In fact, those with flex might be advised to tighten the screw holding the keyboard and chassis in place in case that helps on its own. I'm satisifed with my keyboard now.

I know this may seem quite severe to some, but I had a Dell 8xxxx Inspiron that didn't have a keyboard, it had a trampoline! A bunch of people discussed it, and we fixed it by rolling up tinfoil and placing it under the keyboard! The mouse feet fix suddenly doesn't seem so severe

 

Maybe some of those stuck on my E6400's display bezel would keep it from colliding with the palm rest. Some small bits of double-sided tale might also work. That was part of the keyboard fixing on the Fujitsu S6510.

I don't remember that problem. I remember the heat and fan noise which prompted the birth of I8kfanGUI. My other memory of the I8000 was the weight, particularly since I had both the modular FDD and CD burner to carry around.

John

 

Does I8kfanGUI work on M6400 btw?

Anyway, my 2nd keyboard was better than the first regarding flex. Will see how the 3rd one is before I try this out. Thanks for the tip.

 

I think it only works for monitoring, not controlling.

I use it sometimes to find out if my E6400's fan is running!

John

 

hmmm,
it tries to.If you set the fans to max, they do speed up for a few seconds, then the covet takes control again and sets them back to normal!

 

My new M6400 has keyboard flex on the right side. I noticed on eBay, there are ones that have a solid back. I have had replacement keyboards from Dell and those were always much better. No flex. Where is the best place to get a replacement?