acer touchpad

[spifff2003]

hello all i'm new here and really not computer literate. i do have aquestion for the pro's though so here goes
i have an acer aspire 5100 no problems with it for about the year and a half i have it accept the touchpad doesn't respond to taps, once in a while it works but if the machine is shut down it stops working again any thought's? it's been this way for a good 3 or 4 months now thanx

[TriggerFinger]

hi spifff2003,

Welcome to TSF!,

About your problem... is the symptom intermittent? does it happen every time you power it ON? what actions/steps did you take to make it work again (even how temporary)?

Please post screen shot of ADD/REMOVE programs and Device Manager when it happens.

[spifff2003]

thanks for the quick response! well it pretty much doesn't respond to taps about 80% of the time i can move the cursor around with no problems it just doesn't seem to recognize the taps. once in a while when i power it up the touchpad works the way it should but that is only 20% or so of the time. then when it is shut down it goes back to not working the next time i fire it up.

[TriggerFinger]

hmmm, it looks mechanical to me than drivers/Windows related.

just for testing, run a linux live CD or an XP live CD (BART PE) and see if it responds the behaves the same way. if it does, consider replacement of touchpad (or may be the palmrest bezel if touchpad is part of this assembly).

[spifff2003]

thanx for the help i really appreciate it.