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    Dell Inspiron e1405 Mouse Pad / Pointing device issue

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by orion23, Nov 11, 2007.

  1. orion23

    orion23 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi!

    The wife has an inspiron e1405 and the mouse or pointing device has been failing.
    We sent it to dell to be repaired and it says that they replaced the Palm Rest Assembly.

    It worked fine for 2 days and now again it is failing. It goes off and the only way to make it work (sometimes) is to press the left CTL key and move the pad @ the same time.

    I also formatted the computer thinking it was a windows / driver issue, but that didn't help either.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks!
     
    orion23, Nov 11, 2007
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  2. orion23

    orion23 Notebook Consultant

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    Anybody............
     
    orion23, Nov 11, 2007
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  3. NotebookYoozer

    NotebookYoozer Notebook Evangelist

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    no need to bump a 4 hr old thread.



    does a mouse work?
     
    NotebookYoozer, Nov 11, 2007
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  4. orion23

    orion23 Notebook Consultant

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    An external mouse will work.

    It's just the pointing decive that has failed again.
     
    orion23, Nov 11, 2007
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