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I just did a "poor man's" repair to my laptop's keyboard.

Some keys were no longer responding normally to key presses. "R" was the worst.

I pulled the "R" keycap off the keyboard. I cleaned the switch underneath and put it back, but it was still not working well. If I tapped the switch directly without the keycap, it worked fine. I figured tolerances must have gone off somewhere, so I slapped 4 layers of masking tape under the keycap. It works much better now. I also did the "E". I have other keys to do, but I'm taking a break from the repair to consider my options, and see whether what I've done holds up.

I do welcome advice regarding the use of alternative material rather than masking tape for this fix.

I used this article:

ifixit.com/Troubleshooting/Del

And this video:

youtu.be/ORL-uA9coGE

from @iFixit to have an idea of what it would entail.

My laptop is a Dell XPS 15 9530.

www.ifixit.comiFixitFind free step-by-step repair instructions, manuals, schematics, community support, and other DIY resources. You can do it! We show you how.
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I had to do this yet again, so I’ve documented these steps in a blog post—along with the near-superstitious-level tips that I’ve learned along the way.

The next time your Dell XPS laptop won’t boot, give this a try and let me know if it works?

cassidyjames.com/blog/dell-xps

💬 Note: I’ve enabled comments on this blog post, so replies here on Mastodon will show up on the blog post.

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Ooh, it looks like the Intel MIPI IPU6 webcam driver should land in Linux 6.10! 🤞

lore.kernel.org/lkml/202405160

This is the type of webcam used in recent laptops like the Dell XPS series, which only worked ootb with Windows and Ubuntu. This should mean it will be easier to guarantee webcam support across Linux distros again, soon!

lore.kernel.org[GIT PULL for v6.10-rc1] media updates - Mauro Carvalho Chehab

Does anyone have hands on a laptop with a Copilot key? If so, what actual keycode does it emit? Apparently Super+C is the standard shortcut for Copilot on Windows 11, so I would not be surprised if the key just emits that like the "Presentation mode" keys emitting Super+P…

(I could help you figure this out in a Linux install, but I have no idea how to investigate it in Windows)

#Linux#Dell#Copilot