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I have the same issue with mine, and i just got it three days ago. I cannot tell you how to fix it entirely since i believe it's a design flaw, but i can help you keep your touchpad working for longer.
If you have noticed, these laptops get quite hot. Also the cooling vents are at the bottom, so if you keep the laptop on a soft surface such as your bed, the vents are essentially blocked. When the touchpad gets too hot, it stops working.
So, how to keep it cool you may ask? For one, do not keep it on the bed while it is turned on. Secondly, ALWAYS keep the battery out when you are not using it, as it gets hot as well. Also, keeping the battery charged at 100% for extended periods of time wears it much faster than if you actually use it. Search for the web for "Li-Ion care", there is plenty of info. If you need to have some battery power available at all times, use the laptop on battery power until it reaches 60%, then plug the adapter back in, and unplug it again once it's fully charged and so on. This is still much better than keeping it at 100% all the time.
Btw, the reason why it momentarily starts working again when you reset the BIOS it's because it cools down a little when you do that, the system load while in the BIOS is almost zero.
Comments:
Jul 03, 2009
- Update: I have repaired my touchpad. It was the heat that made it stopped working, but the actual fault was caused by something else:
The ribbon cable connecting the touchpad to the motherboard was bent too sharply at the factory and it broke. Since it was long enough, I used an X-Acto knife to cut the broken part off, and saved the blue plastic tab. I placed a thick plastic sheet over the touchpad area so i don't scratch it, laid the ribbon cable on it and with 180 grit sandpaper slowly grinded at the plastic to get the wires exposed. When i got enough length of wire i plugged the cable back into the connector and used the original plastic tab to hold it in place. It worked. I then put a drop of glue on the connector and put the laptop back together.
Only attempt this if you're brave enough, have very good eyesight and lots of patience.
