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I am a computer science major and my dad is an Electric Engineering, so my life has revolved around computers. For as long as I can remember, I have been buying and selling computers. I tend to travel a lot, so I have always had a laptop. I have bought 5 of them for myself, and bought around 30-40 for friends and family. I have dealt with the good and the bad of various version and brand names. If you are in need of buying a laptop, feel free to contact me and I'm sure I will be able to guide you into purchasing the laptop that will be the best fit for you. I will custom build you computers for you to choose from so you can get an exact idea of what to go and buy when you do it yourself and so that you have an exact price. However, I am in the USA and am only knowledgeable about computers here in the US. I do not know about foreign currency or the quality of computer brand names outside the US.

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Laptops - Dell Inspiron 630m with Faulty Keyboard


Expert: Lauren Bennett - 6/14/2007

Question
Hello!

I am using a Dell Inspiron 630m and have just discovered that
1. The right Alt key is not responding at all.
2. Many symbol keys have switched places with each other. Meaning, pressing @ produces ", pressing # produces £, etc.

Do you know of any solution to this? Thank you very much for reading this! :)

Answer
I had a problem like this and I unplugged the keyboard from the laptop (it isn't hard to do - you can find diagrams online to walk you through it) and then just plugged it in again, making sure the keyboard look pretty clean.  If this doesn't work, the keyboard will most likely need replaced.  If your computer is no longer under warranty, you can get them off ebay for pretty cheap.

If you can't find a diagram online, you may be able to figure it out.  If not, check www.pchelpforum.com.  I bet someone on there has your exact model and can help you out with removing it.

Thanks!

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