I have my 1525 for a few months now and the touchpad was OK until I moved to Midwest from Seattle. By the second day in my new place, I started having difficulty moving the cursor smoothly, most of the time I have to spend quite an effort to move it to where I want. After some googling, I am under the impression that this is due to the high static electricity in the apartment, but I can't be sure.

Would the static electric fry the touchpad or its connections? Is there anything I can do to reverse the damage? I really need my laptop for the next couple months, so sending it to repair is out of question. I need to fix this myself. I have no problem taking the laptop apart, if needed.

I read on this forum that the Rev A00 AC adapters caused similar behavior, but mine is Rev A01. Also, the problem persists when I unplug the computer.

I am running Vista HomePremium. Dell Diagnostic utility gave the error code 3500:011D.

 

Any help and advice is much appreciated.