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    Touchpad (mouse) suddenly not working on acer 8930G

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by nickc24, Feb 6, 2010.

  1. nickc24

    nickc24 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi

    I turned laptop on today and the touchpad is just not working. Has this happened to anyone else? I looked for drivers but only found vista ones which I installed but still not working. Thankfully I have a bluetooth mouse but it is not that good and I like to use the touchpad.

    Using windows 7 32 bit. I might install the OS again but does this sound like a hardware failure?

    Thanks
     
    nickc24, Feb 6, 2010
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    nickc24 Notebook Consultant

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    I tried Function F7 and it is enabled. Checked the bios nothing to say disabled.

    The weird thing is in device manager there is nothing for it, no error, nothing. Under mouse is says HID-compliant mouse.

    Been trying to fix it all morning. Maybe it has become disconnected internally and if so how would I go about checking? Cheers
     
    nickc24, Feb 6, 2010
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    vrooom Notebook Enthusiast

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    You could try the quickfix that works when the Cinedash stops working. Try unplugging your 8930g and remove the battery from it. Leave the unit without any power for a couple of minutes and then restart and see if it fixes it.
     
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    Well I took it apart and put it back together again and it worked lol. Very strange!
     
    nickc24, Feb 9, 2010
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