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    Windows not reacting to touchpad for prolonged periods of time, T430 on Windows 7 64-bit

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Amn, Jun 11, 2014.

  1. Amn

    Amn Notebook Geek

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    I've been plagued by this ever since I received the laptop, which came with Windows 7 64-bit. Sometimes, I cannot really trace as to why or caused by what, the cursor and scrolling attempts stop responding to whatever I do with the touchpad, and the functionality is restored half a minute later. This comes without a warning, and lasts, as mentioned, half a minute at most.

    Interesting to note that the trackpoint still functions all the way, even when touchpad does not.

    I am attributing this to Windows (which I think is crap anyway) and USB and/or USB driver issues or something.

    Anyways, I was wondering - has anyone else experienced something like this? Really funny that trackpoint works even during the periods that the touchpad does not.
     
    Amn, Jun 11, 2014
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    I haven't seen anything like this. I usually disable the touch pad, but maybe you should try a Linux disc? You can run off the disc to see if you can replicate the problem. If so, it's probably a hardware issue. If not, the software is likely the problem. You've updated to the latest drivers/software? Have you tried uninstalling/re-installing the Ultranav software and drivers?
     
    ZaZ, Jun 12, 2014
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  3. Amn

    Amn Notebook Geek

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    Thanks, I am strongly inclined to believe its a software issue - specifically Windows/drivers issue. But I have been thinking to fire up a Linux distribution to see if this persists.

    I have latest version of Ultranav drivers installed, which I have also reinstalled once in an attempt to solve this.

    I will post here if I found out what it is.
     
    Amn, Jun 12, 2014
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    Renee Notebook Virtuoso

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    You need to install a cpu "activity" meter. I have on called pmon2 that runs all the time. I believe that and the task manager (if you are running windows) will help. A.png

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    Amn Notebook Geek

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    I am a computer programmer, I write CPU activity meters for breakfast :p

    That said, it doesn't help figuring out why the hell the touchpad freezes up, hehe. I did however once track a similar issue down to spurious interrupts locking Windows event loop up. I am just way too lazy to spend time figuring this one out, I thought maybe this was a common issue happening to a lot of people on say, Thinkpad T430+Windows 7 64-bit.

    Anyways, I am going to reinstall the laptop with Arch Linux, enough is enough. Windows 7 is a cosmic joke.
     
    Amn, Jun 16, 2014
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