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    1520 and squeaking W key

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by wagswvu, Nov 4, 2007.

  1. wagswvu

    wagswvu Notebook Enthusiast

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    Got my 1520 about two weeks ago and everything has been great, I go over to my buddies house and we played some quake wars and after a few hours I started to notice my "W" was squeaking bad. So I'm not a happy camper at this point, I go to bed and get up the next morning and all of a sudden it's fine, doesn't make a sound. Is that weird? Also, how well does the 1520 keyboard hold up to some casual gaming?
     
    wagswvu, Nov 4, 2007
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    bmnotpls Notebook Deity

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    the backspace key on my M1330 is also squeaky. it's really annoying, but I haven't found a way to fix it. I'll second the request for a solution.
     
    bmnotpls, Nov 4, 2007
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    wagswvu Notebook Enthusiast

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    I don't' think this is a way to fix it other then get a keyboard replacement, in my situation my W key was squeaking badly and now it's fine.... I think that's kind of weird
     
    wagswvu, Nov 4, 2007
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    wagswvu Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well it seems that my 'W" key only squeaks under heavy usage (i.e playing games, repeated taps for about 2-5 mintues) when not used for awhile it stops. Kind of weird I guess not I'm just going to live with it.
     
    wagswvu, Nov 8, 2007
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    Some of my keys squeak as well, but not horribly bad.
     
    Gunner, Nov 8, 2007
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