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Keyboard producing double-spaces
Recently my keyboard space bar seems to be playing up. Not always writing a space and on other occasions writing two.
Any ideas of the problem? Is this dirt? drivers? bios? etc
Please help - its driving me crazy!!
DELL-BobT
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September 29th, 2003 21:00
Mgx2972,
Thank you for using the Dell Community Forum.
There is a solution to this posted in the Keyboard / Pointing Devices FAQ.
catherinepa
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October 3rd, 2003 02:00
MGx2972
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October 16th, 2003 19:00
I have updated my bios to the latest version and tried uninstalling the keyboard and rebooting.
Neither have made any difference to the space bar problem.
Any other suggestions?
MGx2972
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October 30th, 2003 12:00
03codyn
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November 2nd, 2003 22:00
MGx2972,
Perhaps your Repeat Rate / Delay is set incorrectly. Go to Control Panel > Printers and Other Hardware > Keyboard. Check the setting on this screen or change them to see if it helps. Hope this is helpful.
MGx2972
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November 4th, 2003 19:00
I have checked that and it seems to be ok. Thanks.
siriusbowman
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January 27th, 2004 07:00
Had the same problem--seems to be common! In my case, it turned out to be contaminated contacts. I fixed this on my i8000 by pulling off the keys (CAREFULLY), and cleaning all the hair and crud that had accumulated under most of the keys. Works great now.
Dave
amywu11
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January 29th, 2004 21:00
DELL-BobT
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January 30th, 2004 12:00
amywu11,
There are instructions for replacing keys posted in the Keyboard / Pointing Devices FAQ.