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    Satellite A505-S6965 touch pad freezes

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by irtiqa, Aug 17, 2009.

  1. irtiqa

    irtiqa Notebook Enthusiast

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    My touch pad is hesitant to start up or work at all! After moving it along for awhile with no issues, the pointer sticks and several attempts are needed to get it where I want it. Any one else has this problem ?
     
    irtiqa, Aug 17, 2009
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    Update drivers? Is there gunk on your touch pad?
     
    whatisamegan, Aug 18, 2009
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    gunk ?.......
     
    irtiqa, Aug 18, 2009
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    Sorry. Generic term. Garbage. Food. Something else. Something that got on the touchpad that is messing with it.
     
    whatisamegan, Aug 18, 2009
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    No laptop is brand new only used for 3 days , the touch pad works fine for some time and then when i stop using it for a minute or so it freezes . plz help really worried :(
     
    irtiqa, Aug 18, 2009
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    Have you pressed the upper button in accident? That botton disactivates the touchpad.... If not it might be an hardware issue that you would like to check with Geek Squad at BB. Maybe you'll be using your warranty before wanted.
     
    XxLblinkxX, Aug 18, 2009
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    No i didnt pressed the touch pad disable key , it stops working and the touch pad light also goes off after some time when i am not working or using it .....Should I do an out of box recovery ? I didnt think its a hardware issues because when its working it working fine .... so plz tell me that should i do a recovery of vista because for the first 2 days it worked fine ......
     
    irtiqa, Aug 19, 2009
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    some times on after boot up and vista loading the touchpad works for sometime and during this the light of touch pad in this specific model glows but it touchpad stops working after a minute or so when i am not using it and light of touch pad also stops glowing and then it doesnt starts . I have also found that some times after restarting the device driver has no entry for touchpad .So is it a hardware problem or software ? should i restore my windows to factory image ? please help ....
     
    irtiqa, Aug 19, 2009
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    Honestly I don't have experience with Touchpad problems.

    Are you working on Vista? If so, you might want to do a restore. I would recommend you to install Windows 7 perhaps since thats what Im using with no problems at all.
     
    XxLblinkxX, Aug 19, 2009
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    Yes the vista which came wid it , just tell me one thing i dont think its hardware problem as when it work , it work fine ..... So if it was hardware issue in my opinin it should never work or work with flaws , So I wanted to ask you do u think they same that it is software issue ? and are you using window 7 beta version or something as its not in the market yet ? So where did you get it?

    Sorry havent have experience wid this stuff :eek:
     
    irtiqa, Aug 19, 2009
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    Its Windows 7 RC, but I think today is last day for download

    http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/download.aspx

    Perhaps you can get it from a friend with this CD?

    It might be a Software problem... have you tried out using Ccleaner or error nuker (maybe a Defrag)? Try cleaning up your system and make sure you don't have a missing driver or controller...

    There are a varity of options; which I recommend for you, since you don't have that knowledge for fixing it correctly, is getting someone personally check out your laptop.. perhaps at BB (geeksquad)?'

    sorry for my short answers, i really don't have that idea of what it could exactly be :eek:
     
    XxLblinkxX, Aug 20, 2009
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  12. irtiqa

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    Hey thanx for your help , I will get it checked.....
     
    irtiqa, Aug 21, 2009
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