Hi again.
Looks like it is hardware after all. No touchpad on Windows or Linux now.
Intermittent keyboard, not working on 4 out of 5 reboots.
No luck with SFC or driver re-installation via safe mode ( or any mode come to that ! )
Looks like a £1000 notebook, 3 months out of warranty, that's in for the inevitable expensive repair.
Oh well...thats life.
Hi shawfield, You could try Ebay look for a palmrest and keyboard the palmrest should include the touchpad, If you feel confident in doing it yourself :)
Haha true. I could, but of course the only point in paying that much in the first place is have the lightweight 'macbook air' lookalike. So lugging around add-ons doesn't really fit with that ethos
I'll bite the bullet & pay Samsung to put it right. Thanks for all your help & also everyone else who contributed
Cheers
Hi shawfield, I think you misunderstood me , The palmrest is what you call the front facia of the laptop which holds the keyboard and touchpad inplace on the laptopHaha true. I could, but of course the only point in paying that much in the first place is have the lightweight 'macbook air' lookalike. So lugging around add-ons doesn't really fit with that ethos
I'll bite the bullet & pay Samsung to put it right. Thanks for all your help & also everyone else who contributed
Cheers
Hi shawfield,
Perhaps you accidentally ticked a check box setting that's disabling the keypad? On my Asus notebook I can set my touchpad to be automatically disabled whenever I install an external mouse. However it also re-enables when the mouse is removed.
That said, you might give the software a look-see to see if any settings have changed regarding this feature. If you don't see it under Control Panel, Mouse settings, check the actual mouse software if you have it installed for this setting.
Example, my setting for auto disabling isn't in the mouse settings under control panel, it's in the Asus Smart Gesture software...
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