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June 17th, 2016 08:00
Fingerprint reader problems with Latitude E6420xfr
Fingerprint reader problems with Latitude E6420xfr
I bought a
used dell latitude E6420 XFR with fingerprint sensor(I can see it on the right side of the pad).
The OS was Ubuntu so I reinstalled a windows7. But after installing all drivers et al., neither the DDA software nor the windows control panel could find the fingerprint sensor.
I contacted service staff and she says that my laptop does not include such a sensor according to the service tag(but I see it), so it's just a "dummy".
The OS was Ubuntu so I reinstalled a windows7. But after installing all drivers et al., neither the DDA software nor the windows control panel could find the fingerprint sensor.
I contacted service staff and she says that my laptop does not include such a sensor according to the service tag(but I see it), so it's just a "dummy".
The problem is, I checked the manual downloaded from dell.com, and find that there are some version of e6420xfr without the sensor and there is not a little "gap" on the pad, and mine have such a "gap".
So, what am I supposed to do to get it work, or it just cannot work?
I figured out some ways but I don't know if they will work, or there's something I still don't know:
1.install "some" drivers - I installed all from dell's support program, but nvidia's video card driver didn't appear and I installed myself. I don't know if there's a driver that I can install, at least I cannot find it on dell.com.
2.disassemble my conputer and check if that sensor is a "dummy" or if it's connected well. This could take some time...
thanks!
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DELL-Terry B
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June 17th, 2016 09:00
Although unlikely it is possible that a device may have shipped on a system not listed on the service tag especially if the system was originally sold retail. It could just be a dummy slot but hopefully you have the full finger printer reader.
Please look here for instructions on installing the finger printer reader.
TB