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    Acer 5920G has Arrived and ...... :(

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by GunnerKes, Sep 15, 2008.

  1. GunnerKes

    GunnerKes Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi all, well, basically I live in Cyprus serving as a squaddie so it takes like 3 weeks for electronics to get delivered to me. I was super chuffed to get my laptop today but upon loading up windows for the first time, I have some dead keys on the keyboard. Now if I was in the UK, Id send the laptop back ASAP but tbh, posting it back via forces post is loads of hassle and will take up to over a month plus expensive and Im not really willing to wait that long.

    My question is, is it hard to fix the keys myself, is there a guide anywhere? Im proper stressed about this and sooooo annoyed as Ive waited so long for it to finally come. Is it a hard/expensive job for a pc shop to repair it? Thanks for your advice, a rather miffed an gutted,
    Kes x
     
    GunnerKes, Sep 15, 2008
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  2. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    Try cleaning up the keyboard first. Or buy a new keyboard from ebay....
     
    Andy, Sep 15, 2008
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  3. bigozone

    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    i'm with andy... many acer keyboards can be purchased for $10 to $20us on ebay... and repairing keys is not likely a realistic option,,, unless you just need to re-seat the keyboard ribbion cable in the KEYBOARD CONNECTOR...

    that is where i would start... and if no luck there,, time to order a replacement keyboard
     
    bigozone, Sep 15, 2008
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  4. hoggie

    hoggie old boy

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    now this my not be the case but....when a friend had a laptop delivered over seas. the language settings where all wrong and he had a few dead keys. but the dead keys worked when using shortcuts.check keyboard settings in control panel

    then im with BigO. maybe in transit the connector has popped out a touch.

    Keep your head down and stay safe mate.
    Phil :D

    EDIT: can you get your hands on a USB keyboard ?
    try that if possible
     
    hoggie, Sep 15, 2008
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