Replacement part for my Dell Keyboard?

bamhm182 · 04-09-2008, 05:14 AM

I bought a Dell keyboard a while back, and the volume knob on it broke. I was wondering if anyone knew where I could get a replacement knob for it, it says EN1 next to it on the PCB board. The keyboard I have is a Y-REQ-DEL2.

munkyeetr · 04-09-2008, 02:43 PM

bamhm182 · 04-10-2008, 12:47 AM

I called them, they didn't have the part I needed. I gave the board to my dad today and he took it by a computer parts store, the part I needed was a 12mm potentiometer. Only thing is, we have no idea what the resistance on it is... On the plus side, I no longer need that part, my dad was spinning it all day and we just tried it again, all I need now is a knob, I just snagged one from my stereo receiver for now, my dad's going to swing by radioshack to see if they've got one that fits better tomorrow.

soBe · 04-10-2008, 09:25 PM

Why dont you just get a new keyboard? You will go through more trouble trying to find the part then just going to Best Buy or even target and getting a new one for 20 bucks.

g25racer · 04-11-2008, 06:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by soBe

Why dont you just get a new keyboard? You will go through more trouble trying to find the part then just going to Best Buy or even target and getting a new one for 20 bucks.

Exactly!! Get a whole new hunk of junk stock DELL keyboard for like $10-20 on ebay!

_simon_ · 04-11-2008, 08:29 AM

I like Dell keyboards! I use one of these:

panther786 · 04-12-2008, 10:28 PM

I gave the board to my friend today and he took it by a computer parts store, the part I needed was a 12mm potentiometer.

04-09-2008, 05:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
bamhm182 Platinum Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Colorado (USA) Age: 16 Posts: 617	Replacement part for my Dell Keyboard? I bought a Dell keyboard a while back, and the volume knob on it broke. I was wondering if anyone knew where I could get a replacement knob for it, it says EN1 next to it on the PCB board. The keyboard I have is a Y-REQ-DEL2. __________________ My Custom Build: AMD 5600+ 512 MB Sticks of RAM Biostar Motherboard MSI GeForce 8600GT 256MB Planned Upgrades: Blu-Ray Burner 250GB Seagate Barracuda 1TB Seagate Barracuda 24" LCD Monitor OCZ Titanium XTC 2GB (2 x 1GB)

04-09-2008, 02:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
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04-10-2008, 12:47 AM	#3 (permalink)
bamhm182 Platinum Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Colorado (USA) Age: 16 Posts: 617	I called them, they didn't have the part I needed. I gave the board to my dad today and he took it by a computer parts store, the part I needed was a 12mm potentiometer. Only thing is, we have no idea what the resistance on it is... On the plus side, I no longer need that part, my dad was spinning it all day and we just tried it again, all I need now is a knob, I just snagged one from my stereo receiver for now, my dad's going to swing by radioshack to see if they've got one that fits better tomorrow. __________________ My Custom Build: AMD 5600+ 512 MB Sticks of RAM Biostar Motherboard MSI GeForce 8600GT 256MB Planned Upgrades: Blu-Ray Burner 250GB Seagate Barracuda 1TB Seagate Barracuda 24" LCD Monitor OCZ Titanium XTC 2GB (2 x 1GB)

04-10-2008, 09:25 PM	#4 (permalink)
soBe Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: San Diego Posts: 30	Why dont you just get a new keyboard? You will go through more trouble trying to find the part then just going to Best Buy or even target and getting a new one for 20 bucks. __________________ Mobo: Asus M2N SLI Deluxe PSU: Antec 750 Wat RAM: 2 GB DDR2 Video Card: *BFG 8500 GT 256 MB* OS: Windows XP Pro CPU: *AMD 6000+ OVERCLOCKED* 3.4 GHz**

04-11-2008, 08:29 AM	#6 (permalink)
_simon_ Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Cannock, UK Age: 28 Posts: 946	I like Dell keyboards! I use one of these: __________________ Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Dual Core + Arctic Cooling Freezer-64-LP 4GB (2x 2GB) OCZ PC2 6400 Dual CH Gold Edition XTC MSI K9AGM2-L mATX / eCute mATX Cube Case /Scythe Kama-Meter / Philips DVD RW Hitachi 160GB SATA II 8MB cache Palit 8800GT 512MB Realtek® ALC888 HD Audio + Altec Lansing VS4121 Belinea 22" Widescreen Vista Home Premium 64bit My creepy crawly collection

04-12-2008, 10:28 PM	#7 (permalink)
panther786 banned Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 9	I gave the board to my friend today and he took it by a computer parts store, the part I needed was a 12mm potentiometer.

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