laptop+pointer...advice please

starling · #1 25-09-2014, 04:07 PM

Hi,

I've had this little note pad for a year now. Its great but the pointer does jump around. I can be typing away and suddenly discover I ve been typing in a completely different area of the screen. It's a great keyboard but this trait is very frustrating. Has anyone else had this?

I've tried ticking "hide pointer" in the control panel-mouse window. Its no better.

Anyone?

TIA

David

knightofalbion · #2 25-09-2014, 04:14 PM

Is it an Android? Had that problem myself.

You can only keep a close eye on it or get another computer. (Plenty of good second hand ones on ebay.)

wstein · #3 25-09-2014, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by David F

I've had this little note pad for a year now. Its great but the pointer does jump around. I can be typing away and suddenly discover I ve been typing in a completely different area of the screen. It's a great keyboard but this trait is very frustrating. Has anyone else had this?

Without a model number answering the question is difficult.

Assuming it is a laptop (not a tablet or pad), the problem is usually the touchpad. They can fail. Sometimes the cable that attaches them internally comes loose and merely needs to be reinserted. Either way that would be a hardware problem and require opening up the unit (not for amateurs). If you have a bit of ability, you can turn off the touchpad in the BIOS (in Windows/OSX won't help). Using an external mouse device would then be required.

Assuming it's a tablet or pad (no separate hardware keyboard), the screen is damaged, an expensive repair.

Swami Chihuahuananda · #4 26-09-2014, 02:13 AM

I got a netbook when it was time to ditch XP, and the touchpad drove me bonkers like you said , until I attached a thin but stiff piece of aluminum over it . I use a mouse now, since the netbook is parked and I am used to mice . No problemo!

starling · #5 26-09-2014, 08:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wstein

Without a model number answering the question is difficult.

Assuming it is a laptop (not a tablet or pad), the problem is usually the touchpad. They can fail. Sometimes the cable that attaches them internally comes loose and merely needs to be reinserted. Either way that would be a hardware problem and require opening up the unit (not for amateurs). If you have a bit of ability, you can turn off the touchpad in the BIOS (in Windows/OSX won't help). Using an external mouse device would then be required.

Assuming it's a tablet or pad (no separate hardware keyboard), the screen is damaged, an expensive repair.

T o be honest I half way suspected this.

Its a Toshiba Satellite Pro......apologies for my earlier vagueness (I'll sort the model number a little later).

Thank for the replies so far- I'll come back to this.