[SOLVED] keyboard is erratic, dell laptop, 600M

hbm1211 · 01-18-2009, 05:36 PM

The keyboard is erratic and jumps the cursor around. I bought a new keyboard and it worked for a while couple of days. What could be the root cause and fix? note - an external remote keyboard works fine

thanks

**TriggerFinger** · 01-19-2009, 09:33 AM

Does it have a touchpad? Try disabling the touchpad (probably too sensitive).

hbm1211 · 01-19-2009, 04:58 PM

thanks, that appears to fix it. How do I adjust the sensitivity of the touchpad so I can turn it back on and get rid of the mouse? I tried going to control pane. mouse and I did not see a tab for adjustment of tourchpad.

~~Laptoper~~ · 01-19-2009, 05:23 PM

Touch pad controler on the task bar.

**TriggerFinger** · 01-20-2009, 11:40 AM

I agree.. it should on the Touchpad controller icon (see taskbar) or in Control Panel.

hbm1211 · 01-20-2009, 12:01 PM

PROBLEM IS SOLVED Thanks a bunch

01-18-2009, 05:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
hbm1211 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 3 OS: xp service pack 2	[SOLVED] keyboard is erratic, dell laptop, 600M The keyboard is erratic and jumps the cursor around. I bought a new keyboard and it worked for a while couple of days. What could be the root cause and fix? note - an external remote keyboard works fine thanks Last edited by hbm1211; 01-18-2009 at 05:41 PM.

01-19-2009, 09:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,841 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: keyboard is erratic, dell laptop, 600M Does it have a touchpad? Try disabling the touchpad (probably too sensitive). __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

01-19-2009, 04:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
hbm1211 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 3 OS: xp service pack 2	Re: keyboard is erratic, dell laptop, 600M thanks, that appears to fix it. How do I adjust the sensitivity of the touchpad so I can turn it back on and get rid of the mouse? I tried going to control pane. mouse and I did not see a tab for adjustment of tourchpad.

01-19-2009, 05:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
~~Laptoper~~ Troubled Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 450 OS: Vista 32bit My System	Re: keyboard is erratic, dell laptop, 600M Touch pad controler on the task bar.

01-20-2009, 11:40 AM	#5 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,841 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: keyboard is erratic, dell laptop, 600M I agree.. it should on the Touchpad controller icon (see taskbar) or in Control Panel. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

01-20-2009, 12:01 PM	#6 (permalink)
hbm1211 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 3 OS: xp service pack 2	Re: keyboard is erratic, dell laptop, 600M PROBLEM IS SOLVED Thanks a bunch