Problems with CF-18 mark 4 with windows 7

Hi community, new to these forums!
Been having some trouble with my newly purchased used CF-18. Since i bought it from a co-worker ive been diving deep into resources and playing around with my new toy but the touch screen just wont work at all. Im not sure if this is a hardware failure or because of the windows 7 instead of the stock windows xp but ive tried downlading fujitsu/wacom drivers and it ends up not working or disabling my mouse altogether!! currently under mouse and other pointing devices it uses synapstics and when i updated it with a fujitsu driver it messed everything up and i had to restore, im not exactly a whiz at this either. Does anyone have any suggestions on what i could do? I really just want the touchscreen to work.

 

If you have a spare hard drive, load Linus Mint on it and test the touchscreen. CF-18 are known for touchscreen failure, so it could be a hardware issue.

 

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Could you post your full model number. This will give us a better idea on what CF-18 you have.

 

Sure cf-18khhzbm

 

You have 1 letter or number missing, should be 7 (khhzb m)

 

Oops sorry its c-18khhzxbm

 

From the configurator: Panasonic Mobile Computing Configure Products
Model Number: :hi2: Status: DISCONTINUED MSRP: $3,983
Description: Intel Pentium M 753 1.2GHzULV (Centrino), 10.4" Touch Screen XGA, 60GB, 512MB, Intel 802.11a+b+g, WIN XP SP2, Dual pass through, No Drive
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