The keyboards on these machines seem to have a reliability problem that perists as the machines age even though current/new owners replace them as it happens and I'd bet many of them are replacements. I'm on my 5th keyboard with my E6540 (4 replacements/1 factory) so it's a common fault. The keyboard is a consumable part with how often it fails.
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The keyboards on these machines seem to have a reliability problem that perists as the machines age even though current/new owners replace them as it happens and I'd bet many of them are replacements. I'm on my 5th keyboard with my E6540 (4 replacements/1 factory) so it's a common fault. The keyboard is a consumable part with how often it fails. Since my warranty expired I moved to a model of waiting until the keyboard controller shows obvious failure signs that are causing it to fail with how expensive it would be to fix over a key failure, especially if you don't use it a lot or at all.
You want a keyboard with a solid warranty to cover yourself as even the replacements share this problem almost as bad as the ones these laptops generally came with. In addition to needing a good warranty (but paying more for the part), you can install a backlit one if you cannot find the non backlit part if yours didn't come with it - Dell designed it with a single flatflex and the keyboards are easily interchanged. The keyboards from PartsPeople have a 1 year warranty but you will pay a lot more for it. The backlit keyboard can be found [https://www.parts-people.com/index.php?action=item&id=15435|here]. You can get the non backlit part if you don't want to do the upgrade but it's easier to get then the non-backlit in some cases as they seem more common on used machines.
The keyboards on these machines seem to have a reliability problem that perists as the machines age as current/new owners replace them as it happens. I'm on my 5th keyboard with my E6540 (4 replacements/1 factory) so it's a common fault. The keyboard is a consumable part with how often it fails.
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The keyboards on these machines seem to have a reliability problem that perists as the machines age even though current/new owners replace them as it happens and I'd bet many of them are replacements. I'm on my 5th keyboard with my E6540 (4 replacements/1 factory) so it's a common fault. The keyboard is a consumable part with how often it fails.
You want a keyboard with a solid warranty to cover yourself as even the replacements share this problem almost as bad as the ones these laptops generally came with. In addition to needing a good warranty (but paying more for the part), you can install a backlit one if you cannot find the non backlit part if yours didn't come with it - Dell designed it with a single flatflex and the keyboards are easily interchanged. The keyboards from PartsPeople have a 1 year warranty but you will pay a lot more for it. The backlit keyboard can be found [https://www.parts-people.com/index.php?action=item&id=15435|here]. You can get the non backlit part if you don't want to do the upgrade but it's easier to get then the non-backlit in some cases as they seem more common on used machines.
The keyboards on these machines seem to have a reliability problem that perists as the machines age as current/new owners replace them as it happens. I'm on my 5th keyboard with my E6540 (4 replacements/1 factory) so it's a common fault.
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The keyboards on these machines seem to have a reliability problem that perists as the machines age as current/new owners replace them as it happens. I'm on my 5th keyboard with my E6540 (4 replacements/1 factory) so it's a common fault. The keyboard is a consumable part with how often it fails.
You want a keyboard with a solid warranty to cover yourself as even the replacements share this problem almost as bad as the ones these laptops generally came with. In addition to needing a good warranty (but paying more for the part), you can install a backlit one if you cannot find the non backlit part if yours didn't come with it - Dell designed it with a single flatflex and the keyboards are easily interchanged. The keyboards from PartsPeople have a 1 year warranty but you will pay a lot more for it. The backlit keyboard can be found [https://www.parts-people.com/index.php?action=item&id=15435|here]. You can get the non backlit part if you don't want to do the upgrade but it's easier to get then the non-backlit in some cases as they seem more common on used machines.
The keyboards on these machines seem to have a reliability problem that perists as the machines age and current/new owners replace them as it happens. I'm on my 5th with my E6540 (4 replacements/1 factory) so it's a common fault.
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The keyboards on these machines seem to have a reliability problem that perists as the machines age as current/new owners replace them as it happens. I'm on my 5th keyboard with my E6540 (4 replacements/1 factory) so it's a common fault.
You want a keyboard with a solid warranty to cover yourself as even the replacements share this problem almost as bad as the ones these laptops generally came with. In addition to needing a good warranty (but paying more for the part), you can install a backlit one if you cannot find the non backlit part if yours didn't come with it - Dell designed it with a single flatflex and the keyboards are easily interchanged. The keyboards from PartsPeople have a 1 year warranty but you will pay a lot more for it. The backlit keyboard can be found [https://www.parts-people.com/index.php?action=item&id=15435|here]. You can get the non backlit part if you don't want to do the upgrade but it's easier to get then the non-backlit in some cases as they seem more common on used machines.
The keyboards on these machines seem to have a reliability problem that perists as the machines age and current/new owners replace them as it happens. I'm on my 5th with my E6540 (4 replacements/1 factory) so it's a common fault.
You want a keyboard with a solid warranty to cover yourself as even the replacements share this problem almost as bad as the ones these laptops generally came with. In addition to needing a good warranty (but paying more for the part), you can install a backlit one if you cannot find the non backlit part if yours didn't come with it - Dell designed it with a single flatflex and the keyboards are easily interchanged. The keyboards from PartsPeople have a 1 year warranty but you will pay a lot more for it. The backlit keyboard can be found [https://www.parts-people.com/index.php?action=item&id=15435|here]. You can get the non backlit part if you don't want to do the upgrade but it's easier to get then the non-backlit in some cases as they seem more common on used machines.