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    Dell Travel Remote M'08 not working with Studio 1537

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Postaldude, Oct 27, 2009.

  1. Postaldude

    Postaldude Newbie

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    I ordered a Dell Travel Remote M'08 a while back and I received it yesterday. The problem is that I can't get it to work at all. I have checked the battery and it's ok.

    I formatted the hard drive and installed Vista x64 shortly after I got the laptop so could it be that the driver for the IR receiver is missing?
     
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  2. Reality.Bites

    Reality.Bites Notebook Consultant

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    Yes, almost certainly. Go to the support site for your model and under Input Devices you'll find ITE Driver for your remote
     
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    Postaldude Newbie

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    I've tried installing the driver several times now and still nothing, guess they sent me a broken remote. :(
     
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  4. Mercellus

    Mercellus Notebook Geek

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    Have you merged the Dell.reg file into the Registry? This is what is responsible for making the Dell Travel Remote work correctly - without performing that step, even with the ITE driver installed it'll do nothing.
     
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    I installed the reg files and as far as I can tell it's not working now either.
     
    Postaldude, Oct 28, 2009
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  6. Mercellus

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    That's odd. Did you try reseating the coin cell battery? (that thing's a pain in the rear at times). If that doesn't do anything, you might have a dead remote or a dead battery.
     
    Mercellus, Oct 28, 2009
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