Advent 7082 laptop, keyboard causes mousepad to freeze

[Fitzy]

hi there,

 

i have a strange problem i am hoping some1 can help me with,

 

my laptop is an advent 7082

 

the laptop works fine, apart from an annoying problem.

 

when i press any key on the keyboard it causes the mousepad to become inactive, and also the keyboard itsself stops working.

 

i have over come this issue so far, by placing a slim ish usb keyboard ontop ov the laptops own, and using the mousepad, however its a real inconveniance, as im sure theres something which can be done.

 

when i press the FUNCTION key and F12 it flickers as if it was trying to send to the second monitor, this doesnt stop the mousepad from working.

 

FN + Any other f key or anykey will freeze it though.

 

its baffled me for so long, as the keyboard did work for about a month magically, out of the blue it started working.

 

and then oneday it stopped again.

 

any help appreciated.

 

regards

Fitzy

[maynardvdm]

Hi

 

Check Device Manager:

• Right-Click My Computer and select Properties
  
• Click on the Hardware Tab and click on Device Manager
  
• Is there any yellow ! or red x by any devices?
  

[Fitzy]

Hi

 

 

Check Device Manager:

• Right-Click My Computer and select Properties
  
• Click on the Hardware Tab and click on Device Manager
  
• Is there any yellow ! or red x by any devices?
  

 

 

nope, everything looks fine.

 

any other ideas?

[maynardvdm]

Try uninstalling the keyboard and touchpad drivers, then reboot and windows should install them again.

[Fitzy]

Try uninstalling the keyboard and touchpad drivers, then reboot and windows should install them again.

 

 

ok trying that now

[Fitzy]

ok trying that now

 

 

doesnt work, any other suggestions, i have a recovery cd, but when it goes to bios, and asks me to press F to format and R to recover, i cant use the keyboard there either,

and i cant use the usb 1, as its not booted the drivers there.

 

maybe its hardware related.

 

funny how FUNCTION AND F10 WORKS

[Guest Wolfeymole]

I have to agree that it's hardware related Fitzy so I would suggest you take it to a reputable repair shop, (not PC World in my opinion) and get them to check it out.

 

This is one of those intermittent faults that are nigh upon impossible to track down without actually having the lappy in front of us.

[Fitzy]

I have to agree that it's hardware related Fitzy so I would suggest you take it to a reputable repair shop, (not PC World in my opinion) and get them to check it out.

 

This is one of those intermittent faults that are nigh upon impossible to track down without actually having the lappy in front of us.

 

 

just had a mess about with backtrack linux,

 

inserted the cdrom i burned, and it booted,

 

the bloody keyboard works in LINUX.

 

omg, this is so annoying,

 

u think it could be a virus, or spyware?

 

im available for remote assistance, if u want to look around.

 

regards

Fitz

[RandyL]

You got lucky.

 

Your board is faulty and you need to take it to a shop.

 

If it didn't work in the BIOS it won't work anywhere. The fact you got it to work from a Linux CD just means the fault didn't develope this particular time.

 

No virus will run when outside of the OS whether it be Windows or Linux.