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    CF-28S crazy cursor

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by Psych0Thrasher, Jul 14, 2009.

  1. Psych0Thrasher

    Psych0Thrasher Notebook Evangelist

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    Put a fresh XP install on a 28S and everything was fine. after I put the touchpad/touchscreen driver on the computer I restarted and the cursor was freaking out. I shut the computer down and disabled the touchpad to make sure it was that and not the screen that was acting up, and sure enough it was. so my question is if the touchpad was doing fine before I installed the driver for it, would this be a hardware or software failure?

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    Psych0Thrasher, Jul 14, 2009
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    bah... nevermind it was the touchscreen freaking out. anyone ever had this problem and know a solution?
     
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    Just the usual; clean edges of the screen, clean edges of the Touchpad, makes sure your connectors at Touchscreen control board & Touchpad & MB aren't crudded up and of course, make DOUBLE-D@MN SURE you have the CORRECT TOUCHSCREEN/PAD DRIVER for your model Toughbook.

    mnem
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    figured just making sure there weren't any different tricks for the 28s. as always thank you much mnem
     
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    Prego!

    mnem
    Vivi con passione, Ridi di cuore, Ama profondamente!
     
    mnementh, Jul 15, 2009
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    Dan


    Could you please post what your doing wrong so we can help



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    Alex, Jul 16, 2009
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  7. Psych0Thrasher

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    not sure what else you want me to tell you. cursor is freaking out because of something the touchscreen is doing. I haven't tried mnem's solution yet but that will most likely fix it because it was pretty nasty looking
     
    Psych0Thrasher, Jul 16, 2009
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    I dunno. My 18 did that anytime it was using the XP drivers, and not the correct version of the pana drivers. Very frustrating, especially considering I know its' ruggedized and would probably survive being thrown.... > :)

    -Shawn
     
    High_Order1, Jul 21, 2009
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    It's not the old problem with serial mice on W2K and Xp (prior to SP3). The same one that comes about when you use the inbuilt GPS. Just a thought. If you have put a fresh install it was probably SP1 or the original, had probably been sorted over time (by putting in the nomice edit in the startup) and now it is back to basics the fix is removed. Not sure if the touchscreen will cause the same problem or not.
     
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    It's not the GPS thing, this one doesn't have gps on it.... yet. After a bit of cleaning the problem seemed to improve, i may have to take apart the lcd assembly to get a better look at all the crud crammed into those voids
     
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    Oh well just an idea, good luck with the cleaning. Wasn't sure if the Touchscreen could be causing the same sort of problem as the GPS - didn't think it emulated a Serial Mouse but then you never know.

    Cheers
    Andy
     
    harveya, Jul 21, 2009
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