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Dell Inspiron 3000 (1997) F1 key no longer functioning
Dell Inspiron 3000 (1997) F1 key no longer functioning
This issue popped up after reinstalling win98. The CMOS battery appears to be dead, and the only way i can repair it is to disassemble the entire laptop in order to do so. However, the first few times I used the laptop, I was able to strike f1 and continue to windows. But now it looks like F1 doesn't do anything to the error screen. I'm not sure if the BIOS screen is preventing me from pressing F1 or just that specific key failed. I have to use an external keyboard in order to bypass this screen. Any ideas?
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Re: Dell Inspiron 3000 (1997) F1 key no longer functioning
Do any other keys work? When you boot into 95, can you use a keyboard check utility to see if the F1 key is truly dead, and if any others are affected. The trace that goes through the F1 key may be broken.
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The efficiency of two screens equally sized with equal numbers if pixels are equal. The time spent by a 4:3 user complaining about 16:9 is proportional to the inefficiency working with a 16:9 display, therefore the amount of useful work extracted is equal.
The efficiency of two screens equally sized with equal numbers if pixels are equal. The time spent by a 4:3 user complaining about 16:9 is proportional to the inefficiency working with a 16:9 display, therefore the amount of useful work extracted is equal.
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Re: Dell Inspiron 3000 (1997) F1 key no longer functioning
No offense meant, but I think you should check on Dell forums, not on IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad ones.
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