Mouse drift on Dell Latitude c840 running Feisty 7.04

Adam M ubuntu at irotas.net
Mon May 14 22:01:57 UTC 2007


Thanks for the tip. The instructions seem to be pretty clear, so I went
ahead and ordered a refurbished keyboard from Dell for $35. It should
arrive some time next week. I'll post back when I get it installed to
let everyone know whether or not it corrected the problem.

Thanks again,
Adam


On Mon, 14 May 2007 14:31:42 -0700, "NoOp" <glgxg at mfire.com> said:
> On 05/14/2007 01:38 PM, Adam M wrote:
> > Hi Casey,
> > 
> > That's interesting. Mind if I ask how much they charged for a
> > replacement keyboard? How difficult was it for you to replace it
> > yourself? I'm not much of a hardware technician (let's be honest, I'm a
> > terrible hardware technician), so I'm always concerned about the
> > difficulty of doing these sorts of things myself.
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Adam
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, 14 May 2007 22:21:52 +0100, "Casey Stamper"
> > <casey.stamper at gmail.com> said:
> >> I had the same issue w/my Inspiron 5160. I bought a replacement keyboard 
> >> from Dell and have had no problems since.
> > 
> 
> 
> Have a look through the service manual:
> 
> http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/latc840/en/index.htm
> 
> It's not that difficult to replace, just follow the instructions.
> 
> 
> 
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