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    touchpad and Fn problems CF-28mk1

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by TheSpiritOfRadio, Jul 18, 2012.

  1. TheSpiritOfRadio

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    touch-pad vertical & horizontal and Fn + F7 & Fn + F10 not responding
    The Fn + F7 is I believe monitor sleep and F10 is hibernate
    This wasn't a problem on my old HDD but after upgrading to a larger size and replacing my old grey/tan KB with a new rubberized one it no longer works..
    thanks for the help in advance
     
    TheSpiritOfRadio, Jul 18, 2012
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    Sounds like one of the keyboard ribbon cables is not secure, remove the keyboard and re-seat the ribbon cables and let us know how that goes. If that does not work try putting your old keyboard back in, if it works you may have a malfunctioning rubber keyboard.
     
    KLonsdale, Jul 18, 2012
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    ok thank you ill try that
     
    TheSpiritOfRadio, Jul 18, 2012
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    HA damit... didnt work... i took the entire kb out and no luck
     
    TheSpiritOfRadio, Jul 19, 2012
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    turns out theres a setting in setup that enables/disables this function. mine sadly was and has always been set to emable... any ideas?
     
    TheSpiritOfRadio, Jul 19, 2012
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    Check the ribbon cables on the keyboard for cuts or breaks with a magnifying glass, then do the same with the ribbon cable receptacles looking for dirt or dust that could cause a connection problem. Then get a duster can and dust out the receptacles and retry. When you are re-installing the keyboard you don't have much slack on the cables so you have to ensure that you don't put any tension on them that would pull them loose from the receptacle. Also be very careful handling the brown levers that secure the cables, they can break easily.
     
    KLonsdale, Jul 20, 2012
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    Alright I did that but no luck everything else on my keyboard works fine just those 2 buttons. i think it has something to do with my drivers maybe. or whatever the hot key manager is... I downloaded it and extracted it but cannot figure out which device in device manager corresponds to it...

    THIS IS JUST A TIP FOR PEOPLE WHO ALSO HAVE THIS PROBLEM
    ok I figured it out. the unknown device in my device manager (ACPI\MAT0012\2&DABA3FF&0) was the hot key manager. so i downloaded the driver it extracted to "c:\util\drivers\" then went back to the device and clicked update driver and pointed it to c:\util\drivers\hotkey and it worked.
    This should also enable your hidden PCMCIA slot.
    to get that to work you must
    1) Put something in the hidden slot
    2) Then ENABLE Cardbus B in the BIOS/System Setup, save and restart
    3) Use Fn+Tab to turn toggle power on and off

    now instead of 2 PCMCIA slots in device manager 3 should show up...
     
    TheSpiritOfRadio, Jul 20, 2012
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    Glad you got it worked out, sometimes software problems are more frustrating than hardware problems.
     
    KLonsdale, Jul 21, 2012
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    yea i still have the issue with the horizontal/vertical scrolling on the touchpad. any ideas? probably a setting but this also worked on my prior HDD
     
    TheSpiritOfRadio, Jul 22, 2012
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    What OS are you using?
     
    KLonsdale, Jul 22, 2012
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    xp with sp3
     
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    I have never had a problem with a touch pad as many times as I have reloaded windows, usually from what I have read if there is a problem under windows it is because of a faulty touch pad but maybe one of the other members with more experience can chime in on that.
     
    KLonsdale, Jul 22, 2012
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