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    Acer 5920g touchpad problem:(

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by hasanhasan, Nov 17, 2008.

  1. hasanhasan

    hasanhasan Newbie

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    Hello, about 2 months ago i bought an Acer 5920G, a week or so ago suddenly the touchpad stopped working, i dont recall how it happened, i think i just booted Windows Vista as i usually do and the touchpad didnt work when i tried to click my user name so i could enter my password to logon.

    I thought maybe the driver had gone bad so i rebooted and booted Windows XP( on a different partition) and in windows xp the touchpad also didnt work anymore.

    Is this a hardware failure? Or are there other possibilities? I tried removing the driver and reinstalling, but it still didnt work. what do i do? :(
     
    hasanhasan, Nov 17, 2008
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  2. ATG

    ATG 2x4 Super Moderator

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    You may have anticipated that but...have you tried FN+F7 combo? Or whatever is the combo for enable/disable the touchpad for 5920G?
     
    ATG, Nov 17, 2008
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  3. ratchetnclank

    ratchetnclank Notebook Deity

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    see above. If not then it's hardware failure.

    I think fn + f5 does touchpad on the 5920g
     
    ratchetnclank, Nov 17, 2008
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  4. hoggie

    hoggie old boy

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    get yourself a usb mouse and try that if no joy after reinstalling the drivers for the touchpad.
    sometimes when i shut down with the usb mouse still attached my touchpad will not work after re-boot. until i have put the mouse back and then removed it again.
    even the FN+F7 doesn't work :(

    just a thought
    Phil :D
     
    hoggie, Nov 17, 2008
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  5. hasanhasan

    hasanhasan Newbie

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    oh my ****ing thanks.

    fn+f7 worked. thank you so much <3
     
    hasanhasan, Nov 17, 2008
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  6. ATG

    ATG 2x4 Super Moderator

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    Lol, yeah sometimes is THAT simple :D



    Hey @hoggie, nice to see you around again mate :D
     
    ATG, Nov 17, 2008
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  7. hoggie

    hoggie old boy

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    nice to be back Bro ;)
     
    hoggie, Nov 17, 2008
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