Get the keyboard from a site with a proper warranty - the keyboards on these Haswell Dell laptops seem to be the major sour spot on the machines. I go through PartsPeople for troublesome Dell parts as they have a 1 year warranty as a layer of insurace. You can get a used pull for stable parts if you want, but the keyboard is bad enough you want a new one and a warranty. I went through the factory keyboard+~4 replacements (3 being warranty swaps) so far. My current keyboard is a PartsPeople purchase and has held for 6 months and counting - the warranty replacements usually went out sooner.
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You need to get it from someone with a good warranty since it’s a known problem on some of the Haswell machines. I go through PartsPeople for troublesome parts like this since they provide a 1 year warranty. Sometimes you can find used ones, but the issue is that you are more likely to have problems again, especially if it’s a known issue.
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Granted the 5440 isn’t as bad as the 6000 series in terms of keyboard issues since they run cooler (IGP only with U series processors), but you may still want to go through a vendor with a good warranty to cover for when it fails again. You can find the keyboard [https://www.parts-people.com/index.php?action=category&id=140&subid=476&refine=keyboard|here]. The backlit keyboard can be installed as there is a controller board as an upgrade, which Dell did on purpose to make the backlight swap cheap. If you have the non backlit one but can only get the backlit part, you can interchange between the two.
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On my E6540, I went through the factory keyboard and ~4 replacements (3 being warranty swaps) so far. My current keyboard is a PartsPeople purchase and has held for 6 months and counting - the warranty replacements from Dell were far worse.
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Even though the 5440 isn’t like the 6000 series where you sometimes see it more often then other machines (the heat probably doesn’t help on i7 spec systems), you may still want to go through a vendor with a good warranty to cover for when it fails again. You can find the keyboard [https://www.parts-people.com/index.php?action=category&id=140&subid=476&refine=keyboard|here]. The backlit keyboard can be installed as there is a controller board as an upgrade (or if that’s all you can find), which Dell did on purpose to make them easily interchanged during assembly and makes it easy to upgrade.
Get the keyboard from a site with a proper warranty - the keyboards on these Haswell Dell laptops seem to be the major sour spot on the machines. I go through PartsPeople for troublesome Dell parts as they have a 1 year warranty as a layer of insurace. You can get a used pull for stable parts if you want, but the keyboard is bad enough you want a new one and a warranty. I went through the factory keyboard+~4 replacements (3 being warranty swaps).
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Get the keyboard from a site with a proper warranty - the keyboards on these Haswell Dell laptops seem to be the major sour spot on the machines. I go through PartsPeople for troublesome Dell parts as they have a 1 year warranty as a layer of insurace. You can get a used pull for stable parts if you want, but the keyboard is bad enough you want a new one and a warranty. I went through the factory keyboard+~4 replacements (3 being warranty swaps) so far. My current keyboard is a PartsPeople purchase and has held for 6 months and counting - the warranty replacements usually went out sooner.
Granted the 5440 isn’t as bad as the 6000 series in terms of keyboard issues since they run cooler (IGP only with U series processors), but you may still want to go through a vendor with a good warranty to cover for when it fails again. You can find the keyboard [https://www.parts-people.com/index.php?action=category&id=140&subid=476&refine=keyboard|here]. The backlit keyboard can be installed as there is a controller board as an upgrade, which Dell did on purpose to make the backlight swap cheap. If you have the non backlit one but can only get the backlit part, you can interchange between the two.
Get the keyboard from a site with a proper warranty - the keyboards on these Haswell Dell laptops seem to be the major sour spot on the machines. I go through PartsPeople for troublesome Dell parts as they have a 1 year warranty as a layer of insurace. You can get a used pull for stable parts if you want, but the keyboard is bad enough you want a new one and a warranty.
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Get the keyboard from a site with a proper warranty - the keyboards on these Haswell Dell laptops seem to be the major sour spot on the machines. I go through PartsPeople for troublesome Dell parts as they have a 1 year warranty as a layer of insurace. You can get a used pull for stable parts if you want, but the keyboard is bad enough you want a new one and a warranty. I went through the factory keyboard+~4 replacements (3 being warranty swaps).
Granted the 5440 isn’t as bad as the 6000 series in terms of keyboard issues since they run cooler (IGP only with U series processors), but you may still want to go through a vendor with a good warranty to cover for when it fails again. You can find the keyboard [https://www.parts-people.com/index.php?action=category&id=140&subid=476&refine=keyboard|here]. The backlit keyboard can be installed as there is a controller board as an upgrade, which Dell did on purpose to make the backlight swap cheap. If you have the non backlit one but can only get the backlit part, you can interchange between the two.
Get the keyboard from a site with a proper warranty - the keyboards on these Haswell Dell laptops seem to be the major sour spot on the machines. I go through PartsPeople for troublesome Dell parts as they have a 1 year warranty to cover for the next failure. You can get a used pull for stable parts if you want, but the keyboard is bad enough you want a new one and a warranty.
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Get the keyboard from a site with a proper warranty - the keyboards on these Haswell Dell laptops seem to be the major sour spot on the machines. I go through PartsPeople for troublesome Dell parts as they have a 1 year warranty as a layer of insurace. You can get a used pull for stable parts if you want, but the keyboard is bad enough you want a new one and a warranty.
Granted the 5440 isn’t as bad as the 6000 series in terms of keyboard issues since they run cooler (IGP only with U series processors), but you may still want to go through a vendor with a good warranty to cover for when it fails again. You can find the keyboard [https://www.parts-people.com/index.php?action=category&id=140&subid=476&refine=keyboard|here]. The backlit keyboard can be installed as there is a controller board as an upgrade, which Dell did on purpose to make the backlight swap cheap. If you have the non backlit one but can only get the backlit part, you can interchange between the two.
Get the keyboard from a site with a proper warranty - the keyboards on these Haswell Dell laptops seem to be the major sour spot on the machines. I go through PartsPeople for troublesome Dell parts as they have a 1 year warranty to cover for the next failure. You can get a used pull for stable parts if you want, but the keyboard is bad enough you want a new one and a warranty
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Get the keyboard from a site with a proper warranty - the keyboards on these Haswell Dell laptops seem to be the major sour spot on the machines. I go through PartsPeople for troublesome Dell parts as they have a 1 year warranty to cover for the next failure. You can get a used pull for stable parts if you want, but the keyboard is bad enough you want a new one and a warranty.
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Granted the 5440 isn’t as bad as the 6000 series as less heat is produced (which contributes to the problem) with no GPU and U series processors, but you may still want to go through a vendor with a good warranty to cover for when it fails again. You can find the keyboard [https://www.parts-people.com/index.php?action=category&id=140&subid=476&refine=keyboard|here]. The backlit keyboard can be installed as there is a controller board, which Dell did on purpose to make the backlight swap cheap.
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Granted the 5440 isn’t as bad as the 6000 series in terms of keyboard issues since they run cooler (IGP only with U series processors), but you may still want to go through a vendor with a good warranty to cover for when it fails again. You can find the keyboard [https://www.parts-people.com/index.php?action=category&id=140&subid=476&refine=keyboard|here]. The backlit keyboard can be installed as there is a controller board as an upgrade, which Dell did on purpose to make the backlight swap cheap. If you have the non backlit one but can only get the backlit part, you can interchange between the two.
Get the keyboard from a site with a proper warranty - the keyboards on these Haswell Dell laptops seem to be the major sour spot on the machines. I go through PartsPeople for troublesome Dell parts as they have a 1 year warranty and that will be a good thing to have with how flawed these keyboards are. You can get a used pull for stable parts if you want, but the keyboard is bad enough you want that warranty.
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Get the keyboard from a site with a proper warranty - the keyboards on these Haswell Dell laptops seem to be the major sour spot on the machines. I go through PartsPeople for troublesome Dell parts as they have a 1 year warranty to cover for the next failure. You can get a used pull for stable parts if you want, but the keyboard is bad enough you want a new one and a warranty
Granted the 5440 isn’t as bad as the 6000 series as less heat is produced (which contributes to the problem) with no GPU and U series processors, but you may still want to go through a vendor with a good warranty to cover for when it fails again. You can find the keyboard [https://www.parts-people.com/index.php?action=category&id=140&subid=476&refine=keyboard|here]. The backlit keyboard can be installed as there is a controller board, which Dell did on purpose to make the backlight swap cheap.
Get the keyboard from a site with a proper warranty - the keyboards on these Haswell Dell laptops seem to be the major sour spot on the machines. I go through PartsPeople fo troublesome Dell parts as they have a 1 year warranty and that will be a good thing to have with how flawed these keyboards are.
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Get the keyboard from a site with a proper warranty - the keyboards on these Haswell Dell laptops seem to be the major sour spot on the machines. I go through PartsPeople for troublesome Dell parts as they have a 1 year warranty and that will be a good thing to have with how flawed these keyboards are. You can get a used pull for stable parts if you want, but the keyboard is bad enough you want that warranty.
Granted the 5440 isn’t as bad as the 6000 series as less heat is produced (which contributes to the problem) with no GPU and U series processors, but you may still want to go through a vendor with a good warranty to cover for when it fails again. You can find the keyboard [https://www.parts-people.com/index.php?action=category&id=140&subid=476&refine=keyboard|here]. The backlit keyboard can be installed as there is a controller board, which Dell did on purpose to make the backlight swap cheap.
Get the keyboard from a site with a proper warranty - the keyboards on these Haswell Dell laptops seem to be the major sour spot on the machines. I go through PartsPeople fo troublesome Dell parts as they have a 1 year warranty and that will be a good thing to have with how flawed these keyboards are.
Granted the 5440 isn’t as bad as the 6000 series as less heat is produced (which contributes to the problem) with no GPU and U series processors, but you may still want to go through a vendor with a good warranty to cover for when it fails again. You can find the keyboard [https://www.parts-people.com/index.php?action=category&id=140&subid=476&refine=keyboard|here]. The backlit keyboard can be installed as there is a controller board, which Dell did on purpose to make the backlight swap cheap.