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    Touchpad suddenly stopped working....help needed.

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Kris88, Aug 3, 2006.

  1. Kris88

    Kris88 Notebook Guru

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    Hi,
    I was using a Acer Aspire 3000 laptop, I put it into hibernation mode, and when it started up again the touchpad stopped working. (Including buttons) I have tried to uninstall and reinstall new drivers for it, but no luck.

    It's a Synaptics Touchpad V5.9, and in XP it says it is working properly. Don't really know what else to add to help diagnose this, but it literally stopped working. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
     
    Kris88, Aug 3, 2006
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  2. Brian

    Brian Working at 486 Speed NBR Reviewer

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    Some machines have a hardware button or function key combo that disables it. Otherwise, if you've tried the drviers and the synaptics software, it could be a hardware problem that you need to call Acer about.
     
    Brian, Aug 3, 2006
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  3. Tiger-Heli

    Tiger-Heli Notebook Evangelist

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    Weird. Try using System Restore and going back to a previous restore point before it stopped working. (Fixed my audio when it quit by doing this.)

    Alternately, try this - (Might need a different computer or at least a USB mouse). Download Knoppix ( http://knopper.net/knoppix-mirrors/index-en.html) (Linux on CD) - full CD-Iso (approx 700M) and burn it to CD.

    Boot into Knoppix and see if the touchpad works. If it does, you know it's some type of windows software/driver/registry error problem. If it does not, either Knoppix doesn't recognize the touchpad (moderately unlikely) or it's a hardware problem.

    (At least it narrows down where to look.)
     
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  4. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    Ive done this before on my acer, hit FN+F7 and ur touchpad will be enabled again...
     
    adinu, Aug 3, 2006
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  5. Kris88

    Kris88 Notebook Guru

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    LOL, can't believe i've overlooked that. :eek: :eek: Thanks for all your comments guys. Don't regularly use laptops, at least this will be a lesson learnt for when I get mine next month. BTW, anyone seen my dunce hat? :rolleyes:
     
    Kris88, Aug 3, 2006
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