Touchpad Doesn't Always Respond

Question

My laptop is still very new (just a week or two old), and even when I first got it I was having some trouble.

(Seemingly) randomly my touchpad will... I don't really know how to explain it. It will just... stop listening to me. If I try to move it, it will move a little bit, but not usually in the direction I want it to go. I can't really say it's in a certain program or if the system is slowed up by a lot of windows up or anything like that. It seems to happen whenever it chooses. Normally if I frantically move my finger around on the touchpad area it will start working properly again. It doesn't really last long, it's just a bit of a weird spazzing thing it does.

I guess my question is, is this a normal problem, or is it something I'm going to have to get fixed? I thought I would throw this out there in hopes that it wouldn't need a replacement part or whatever may fix it. Perhaps this happens to everyone? I hope not. It's quite annoying.

I'm using an Inspiron 6000 if that helps any.

wxologist · Answer

I have the same problem too, i just got my inspiron 600m about 2 weeks ago. Does it happen often to you? It happens about every couple days for me and then its fine in like 5 mins. Is that the same?

leviosa · Answer

Yeah, very much the same. It'll just seem to slow down and stop responding properly. Very annoying when you're in the middle of a game or something.

jckonicek · Answer

I've been having the same problem for months on my 9100 as have others. It must be a bug in the touchpad drivers or a bug in the touchpad design. I have replaced my touchpad and I still have the problem though not as bad as before. This board has been useless to post to on this subject---no responses of merit (kind of like this one, hahaha). I would like to hear from just one person who had this problem and got it fixed just to know what was done! Anyway, good luck.

wxologist · Answer

No...your message and others messages arent useless, because at least we know that it isnt our touchpads. i think the thing that irritates me the most is that it is fine for like 2 days and then it will do this for 5 mins and then its fine again. At first I thought that it was software that was doing to, like interfering, but I really do not think that is the case. It happens at different times under different conditions for me.

I just wish that someone from Dell would respond to at least 1 message because there are many people with the same problem...I think that would be nice.

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