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    Touchpad = DEAD.

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by wallyy, Apr 16, 2008.

  1. wallyy

    wallyy Notebook Consultant

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    Hey guys
    My brother has an Acer Aspire 3680 2022, and a couple of days ago, his touchpad died. He's not sure what happened, he said one day suddenly it stopped. I went to the Mouse options, i disabled the "device" and then enabled it again, nothing worked.

    I'm not sure if he still has warranty, didn't ask him yet, but could it be something little that i'm not seeing?

    Thanks in advance.
     
    wallyy, Apr 16, 2008
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    jin07 Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    From my experience with Acer laptops, it probably is dead. Never get an Acer.
     
    jin07, Apr 16, 2008
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  3. wallyy

    wallyy Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah well too late i guess.
     
    wallyy, Apr 16, 2008
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    Probably dead hardware. try re-installing drivers anyway
     
    flipfire, Apr 16, 2008
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    Yeah drivers are the only thing you can try, and if there is a disable touch pad button on there make sure its not enabled. I hit that button on my c90 once and it took me 2 days to figure out why my touch pad didn't work....

    I almost never use mine, I use my G7 mouse so if you cant get it fixed/replaced atleast you can get an external mouse (or wacom :p)
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Apr 16, 2008
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