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Old 10-10-2006, 07:58 PM   #1
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Dell Multimedia keyboard not working...
Just got this, its a nice keyboard, but i cant get the media keys to work... it is a USB keyboard, it types fine... but the play button, stop button, mute button, volume, home key, my computer key, all that stuff doesnt work. the model number is SK8135 and it looks like this...
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Old 10-10-2006, 08:22 PM   #2
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I think you have to dl extra stuff, not positive though. Dell would make you do that, or charge $5 to "activate" the features.
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Old 10-10-2006, 08:32 PM   #3
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From my understanding this keyboards extra multimedia features will only work on the following dell systems:
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...9&sku=310-7879

i think you gain the multimedia functionality by the system software that you can download on each of the systems below.

Dimension 1100
Dimension 2100
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Dimension 2350
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Dimension 3000 Media Center
Dimension 3100
Dimension 4100
Dimension 4200
Dimension 4300
Dimension 4300S
Dimension 4400
Dimension 4500
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Dimension 4550 (400MHz Front Side Bus)
Dimension 4550 (533MHz Front Side Bus)
Dimension 4600
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Dimension 4700
Dimension 4700 Media Center
Dimension 4700C
Dimension 5100
Dimension 5100C
Dimension 5150
Dimension 5150C
Dimension 8100
Dimension 8200 (400MHz Front Side Bus)
Dimension 8200 (533MHz Front Side Bus)
Dimension 8250 (400MHz Front Side Bus)
Dimension 8250 (533MHz Front Side Bus)
Dimension 8300
Dimension 8400
Dimension 8400 Media Center
Dimension 9100
Dimension 9150
Dimension 9200
Dimension 9200C
Dimension B110
Dimension C Series
Dimension C521
Dimension E310
Dimension E510
Dimension E520
Dimension E521
Dimension L series
Dimension M Series
Dimension P Series
Dimension V Series
Dimension XPS
Dimension XPS Generation 3
Dimension XPS Generation 4
Dimension XPS Generation 5
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Inspiron 6400
Inspiron 640m
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Inspiron 8500
Inspiron 8600
Inspiron 9100
Inspiron 9200
Inspiron 9300
Inspiron 9400
Inspiron B120
Inspiron B130
Inspiron E1405
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Inspiron E1705
Inspiron XPS
Inspiron XPS Gen 2
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Latitude C540
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Precision WorkStation 730
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SmartStep 250N
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Old 10-11-2006, 01:39 AM   #4
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i have the Dimension 8400...
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Old 10-11-2006, 02:04 AM   #5
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I don't see a download anywhere at Dell for software/drivers for that keyboard. Call them.
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Old 10-12-2006, 04:45 PM   #6
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I just plugged it into my dell laptop and it worked fine..... what could be causing it not to work on my dell desktop?
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Old 10-12-2006, 05:36 PM   #7
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OK i figured it out, here's what the problem was if anyone has this problem in the future...

looking in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\HidServ\Parameters

I deleted the ServiceDll string (you might not have one) and manually created an EXPANDABLE string value called ServiceDll with the value %SystemRoot%\System32\hidserv.dll
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