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    Acer Aspire 5112WLMi touchpad and keyboard troubles

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by david07, Jun 24, 2007.

  1. david07

    david07 Notebook Enthusiast

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    The touchpad and the keyboard are both not working. At the login screen, I can't even type my password. I've attached another mouse and managed to log into the guest account trying to reinstall the drivers and all but it won't let me cause i'm not an administrator. Can anyone please help? This is urgent.
     
    david07, Jun 24, 2007
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    Harper2.0 Back from the dead?

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    call acer, would be your best bet? or also try to connect a seperate keyboard and see if that works?
     
    Harper2.0, Jun 24, 2007
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    I'm pretty sure seperate keyboard would work, but I don't have a usb keyboard now. I need to fix this soon. please help other members.
     
    david07, Jun 24, 2007
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    Hairy_Lee Notebook Consultant

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    its a mainboard fault with the unit, it happens to 5100's also, typical symptoms are no keyboard response, no touchpad and not functioning USB ports. Time for a new mainboard i'm afraid
     
    Hairy_Lee, Jun 24, 2007
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    bibbz Notebook Guru

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    Try to go into your bios, and see if your keyboard works in there. If it does, then it is something do do with software. I am experiencing the same thing with mine right now. If you get a solution, LMK. I will do the same for you.

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=139200
     
    bibbz, Jul 9, 2007
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    I actually got this done already, i found a usb mouse and went into the guest account, found a document and copied the letters out of my password and pasted it into my account, than went into the device manager and got it fixed
     
    david07, Jul 9, 2007
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    bibbz, Jul 10, 2007
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