For anyone who has a Dell Studio 17 / 15, if the touch buttons close to the screen, (Media Direct, back, stop, play/pause, forward, mute, softer, louder, and eject) ever stop working. You can try this. My problem was that one of the buttons stayed lit up, even upon restarting and reinstalling QuickSet (try that first). If you still have problems, try the following. Shut down your computer, remove the ac cord, and the battery, and then hold the power button for about 30 seconds. This drains residual power from the motherboard, which in my case, fixed it.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Thank you so much I just got my studio 17 today and the buttons weren't working I did what you recommended and it worked! I really didn't want to have to send it back already. Thank you so much.
ReplyDeleteTHANK, YOU. I was so pissed. The laptop was fine for about 6 months then this happened and i was so angry. and your method worked ha. =]
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, worked great.
ReplyDeleteWorked great!
ReplyDeletebloody marvelous!!!
ReplyDeleteWorked great. Thanks for the info Killer. POOR design on Dell's part. They should fix it and recall all of them.
ReplyDeleteWorked great it seemes! Dell has had my Studio 15 in their technical department for 3 weeks without being able to figure out how to fix it :-)
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU THANK YOU... made my day! Obviously, works like a charm.
ReplyDeletedoes this fix it permanently for everyone on here? because I tried it and they started to work but now I've started my laptop up again the next day and the buttons aren't responding again!!?!
ReplyDeleteTo the above, it worked permanently for me, at least. If it keeps happening, it could be a permanent flaw. Use this fix for about a week, I would say. If it happens consistently, you probably will have to send it in.
ReplyDeleteMy studio 15's volume touch button was lit up as if being pushed when I turned on the computer. Similar to a key pushed when you start the laptop, the computer was beeping constantly. I tried the method above, turned it on, the light was off and it wasn't beeping anymore. Thanks!
ReplyDeletethanx a lot man. boy it is surprising how many problems the studio's have but thanx again
ReplyDeletearnold
I have this problem as well. Seems like many people with a Dell studio have this problem. Ever since I got it the eject button goes haywire for a while after powering up, but then it sorts itself out. Lately, the volume button has started lighting up by itself - it even drags the computer out of sleep/hibernation mode when it does so and a volume icon appears on the screen which is impossible to get rid of. Doing a total shut down fixes the problem but only temporarily. It sux that you're not "permitted" just to turn these buttons, which I never use anyway, off.
ReplyDeleteworked like a charm.. :)
ReplyDeletepeople i am planning to go for a studio 17 laptop, please tell me if i am going for a right decision or not, is the problem mentioned above is a major one?
ReplyDeletePlease help
Anon, Dell fixed it in their new version, from what I herad.
ReplyDeleteWell I just received my Studio 17 today. The media buttons work swimmingly, but the eject button doesn't. Neither the touch-sensitive eject nor the regular eject key on the keyboard do anything. Discs must be ejected via right-click on the Bluray drive in Computer.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much killerwombatspy, You worth to be payed by DELL :)
ReplyDeleteOMG Thnx Mr KillerWombatSpy.
ReplyDeleteHey Me Nasser,
ReplyDeleteI'm using Dell Studio 1737, Intel core 2 duo, 4 GB RAM,I followed your procedure and it is started working!!I thought that I installed Windows 7 and also installed new version of BIOS that's why it wouldn't work. Thank you very much.
hi killerwombatspy,
ReplyDeleteI'm using Dell Studio 1737, Intel core 2 duo, 4 GB RAM,I followed your procedure and it is started working for dell media touch pad!!I Thank you very much.
However another different problem is that I can't installed Windows XP with SP2 on my Laptop. I tried several times by formatting HD fully. After that I tried to install from CD and it is started copy new file for systems but few moments it shows blue screen that says " if you see this error for the first time ........scan this disk, or ..........check virus.......".blah blah.
My system configuration is below:
System
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Manufacturer Dell Inc.
Model Studio 1737
Total amount of system memory 4.00 GB RAM
System type 64-bit operating system
Number of processor cores 2
Storage
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total size of hard disk(s) 466 GB
Disk partition (C:) 61 GB Free (98 GB Total)
Disk partition (D:) 61 GB Free (98 GB Total)
Disk partition (E:) 94 GB Free (98 GB Total)
Disk partition (F:) 143 GB Free (173 GB Total)
Media drive (G:) CD/DVD
Graphics
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Display adapter type ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650
Total available graphics memory 2286 MB
Dedicated graphics memory 512 MB
Dedicated system memory 0 MB
Shared system memory 1774 MB
Display adapter driver version 8.632.1.2000
Primary monitor resolution 1440x900
DirectX version DirectX 10
Network
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Network Adapter Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN
Network Adapter Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet
I'm waiting for your response.
My Dell 1745 Media Control Buttons Help. I had to reimage my Dell 1745 and now the media control buttons do not display on screen when pressed and the eject button does not respond. Does anyone know how i can fix this. I have tried the battery pull, and reinstalling the drives, am I missing something?
ReplyDeleteI tried the fix that you posted here and it worked great. i also called my sales rep at dell and she told me this is a common problem with the studio laptops and they have fixed the issue with bios version A06 for my studio 1536. I will check it tonight to make sure it worked.
ReplyDeleteFor the guys trying to install Windows XP on a Vista laptop. You have to have the SATA drivers in order to install XP. You can either make a driver disk accordingly,or find a setup with SATA drivers "injected" already. Hope this helps. As for the Touch Media buttons on my Inspiron 1525...nothing has worked thus far. Gonna order a hinge cover with new media board and see if that is the solution.
ReplyDeleteHoly crap this worked! Thank you!!! :))))))
ReplyDeleteThe taking out battery process works at least for a day, but I was trying to uninstall and reinstall quickset but it is telling me that it cant work for my system or something like that. How do I get quickset back?
ReplyDeleteTry downloading quickset for vista if your running win7. I upgraded to win7 and quickset broke. Got same message saying will not work with my system.
ReplyDeleteI am amazed. it worked! Thank you! BTW - this studio 17 is the last Dell I will ever own!
ReplyDeleteI like the helpful info you provide in your Dell Studio 15 articles. I’ll bookmark your weblog and check again here regularly. I’m quite sure I’ll learn a lot of new stuff right here! Good luck for the next!
ReplyDeleteHowdy! I could have sworn I've been to this website before but after browsing through many of the articles I realized it's
ReplyDeletenew to me. Nonetheless, I'm certainly delighted I found it and I'll be book-marking it and checking back
often!
WOW just what I was looking for. Came here by searching for houston furniture
ReplyDeletestores
Review my web-site; more info
I all the time used to read paragraph in news papers but now as I am a user of internet
ReplyDeletethus from now I am using net for articles, thanks to web.
Feel free to visit my web blog: click here
What's up colleagues, its fantastic piece of writing concerning teachingand fully explained, keep it up all the time.
ReplyDeleteHere is my web page more info
Have you ever considered creating an ebook or guest authoring on other
ReplyDeleteblogs? I have a blog based on the same topics you discuss and
would really like to have you share some stories/information.
I know my viewers would appreciate your work.
If you are even remotely interested, feel free to shoot me an e-mail.
Here is my page :: more info
I tend not to leave a leave a response, but after reading a
ReplyDeletefew of the comments on this page "Dell Studio 17 / 15 Touch Buttons Fix".
I actually do have a couple of questions for you if it's allright. Could it be just me or do a few of the comments appear as if they are left by brain dead people? :-P And, if you are posting at additional social sites, I would like to keep up with you. Could you make a list of the complete urls of your shared pages like your linkedin profile, Facebook page or twitter feed?
Look into my site - more info
This is a topic which is near to my heart... Cheers! Where are your contact details though?
ReplyDeleteAlso visit my web site ... site
Hello There. I discovered your weblog the use of msn. This is an extremely
ReplyDeletesmartly written article. I'll be sure to bookmark it and come back to learn more of your useful information. Thank you for the post. I'll
definitely return.
my homepage; more info
Hi, I log on to your new stuff regularly. Your writing style is witty, keep doing what you're doing!
ReplyDeleteMy web page more info
I read this piece of writing completely about the difference of most recent and previous technologies, it's awesome article.
ReplyDeletemy web blog - visit link
I always emailed this blog post page to all my associates, since if like to read it next my links will
ReplyDeletetoo.
Feel free to visit my website; site
It's appropriate time to make a few plans for the long run and it is time to be happy. I have learn this submit and if I could I desire to suggest you few attention-grabbing things or suggestions. Perhaps you could write subsequent articles referring to this article. I want to read more things about it!
ReplyDeleteHave a look at my weblog; site
I used to be able to find good information from your blog posts.
ReplyDeleteFeel free to surf to my page; more information
If you are going for most excellent contents like
ReplyDeleteme, just go to see this website all the time since it offers quality contents, thanks
my website; click here
Wow, marvelous weblog structure! How long have you ever been running a blog
ReplyDeletefor? you made blogging look easy. The whole glance of your site is
wonderful, let alone the content!
my homepage ... click here
Thank you for the auspicious writeup. It if truth be told was a leisure account it.
ReplyDeleteLook complex to more introduced agreeable from you! By the way, how can we keep up a correspondence?
Here is my weblog medical negligence solicitors
OMG! It worked. I am a single girl and do not know much about computers, but I did what you said and it totally fixed it. Thank you so much. I really feel empowered. I can't thank you enough. God bless!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for solution. it worked
ReplyDelete