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D630 Pointing Stick died?!?1

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by booboo12, Jan 16, 2011.

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  1. booboo12

    booboo12 Notebook Prophet

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    Ok I just noticed a few minutes ago that, while my touchpad works fine, the pointing stick and pointing stick buttons no longer work on my D630. I checked the Dell Touchpad settings, they were enabled...i disabled them and reenabled them, but no joy.

    I would guess loose connector, but the touchpad would stop working if that was the case im sure...

    Any advice?
     
    booboo12, Jan 16, 2011
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    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    You have done the basic debugging. I would remove / replace the keyboard in case it clears any connection problem. If it doesn't then it's time to look on ebay for a new keyboard.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Jan 16, 2011
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Just for giggles, have you reinstalled the driver? And restarted? Sometimes computers are like that.

    That and as John mentioned, check the physical connection, or it maybe time for a cheapo OEM keyboard replacement on Ebay!
     
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    The pointing stick buttons are attached to the palmrest assembly, so I'm betting this is a software issue. The palmrest connection requires removing the palmrest to check, it's in the left edge.
     
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    Oddly enough, it started working a bit later on.....strange. No reboot necessary! :D Thanks for the advice!
     
    booboo12, Jan 18, 2011
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