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Toshiba Satellite Pro L40 Touchpad Problems

  • 05-03-2011 4:38pm
    #1
    Allyall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,381 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi everyone,

    Hope somebody can help me.
    I have a Toshiba Satellite pro L40 and the touchpad is very sensitive and erratic.
    If i place my finger on it and hold it there, the cursor will jump up and down like a kid bouncing really fast on a trampoline. (Best way to describe it)
    If i move it around it clicks or opens nearly everything it passes.

    I have changed the sensitivity and unticked "Tap to Click".
    I have replaced the whole Palmrest with touchpad with a used one i bought on ebay. Exact same problem.
    I have booted into ubuntu using a live CD and the same thing is happening there.
    I have downloaded the newest synaptics driver with scrybe, and no change.

    Anyone have any idea what is causing this? Where the problem is? I have a USB mouse in at the minute, but would prefer to fix this.
    Is it a known issue with Toshiba? Is it possible that the used palmrest and touchpad coincidentally had the same problem (Is it worth sending back for another one?)
    Or is there a problem with the connections that i can fix? If so, how?

    Sorry for all the questions but i am going insane with this. The only thing i haven't tried, is installing older drivers, because i can't find any older then 9.1.23.11. But seeing as it happens in ubuntu too, i'm assuming it's hardware.

    Anyone have this problem before?



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