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April 30th, 2008 20:00
Vostro 1310 keyboard layout
I received my Vostro 1310 today and was perfectly happy with it... until... I started typing (I touch type) and some of the letters were wrong.
The bottom row of letters has been shifted to the right by one!
When I go to type a 'C' i get an 'X'.
My bottom row looks as follows:
SHIFT, /, Z, X, C
which is fine on a full size keyboard but on the 1310 this means it's not aligned.
All the pictures on the Dell's website and elsewhere show:
SHIFT, Z, X, C
Has anyone else noticed this??? What's going on?
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Balaji Ramanath
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April 30th, 2008 20:00
Balaji Ramanath
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May 1st, 2008 16:00
REVM
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May 1st, 2008 16:00
Thanks Balaji,
Will call them tomorrow.
REVM
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May 2nd, 2008 08:00
DELL WILL NOT REPLACE THE KEYBOARD!
Just got off the line with a support representative who agreed with me that the keyboard layout was wrong.
However the customer care line is that this is the normal keyboard layout for the 1310 and 1510 despite all the pictures showing otherwise.
Do not buy a DELL 1310 or 1510 if you touch type.
I am furious at this. I really like this laptop apart from the fact that the keys are in the wrong place. This is not a QWERTY keyboard.
p_john
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May 2nd, 2008 08:00
Silly work-around here until Dell are forced to fix this glaring oversight:
Prise the bottom row of keys off and move them all along one space to the left, then put the pipe/backslash key at the end of the row. Then download and install RandyRants SharpKeys which allows you to remap keys at the OS level in Windows.
Grim88
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January 22nd, 2013 09:00
I have the same laptop [Replacing soon] and have had the same issue for a while. Got a new keyboard installed that didn't have "/" between "shift" and "z". Great laptop all around, most comfortable keyboard I've experienced though this was a pain for two weeks I tell ya.