Touchpad cable was severed, I need a new one. Where can I order a replacement wire

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The touchpad on a Dell laptop is usually located under the keyboard. Moving the finger on the pad moves the pointer on the screen. The buttons near the pad act as a right and left click. Windows includes a method to troubleshoot the touchpad. In addition, if the touchpad is still giving you issues, Dell recommends draining the "flea" power the standby power from the computer to restart it. Both methods are simple and only take a few minutes.

Open the control panel from the Start menu. Click on "Mouse." This will open a window with several tabs. On the first tab, click the touchpad to open a new window to change the settings for your touchpad. You can customize the settings to how you want your touchpad to work. If this does not solve your issue, proceed to the next step. Click the Hardware tab on the screen that pops up. Select the Dell Touchpad and click "Troubleshoot." A new window will open with the Windows Help and Support Center to bring you through methods for troubleshooting the touchpad. Follow the methods described until your touchpad is working properly. Drain flea power Shut down the laptop and disconnect all external devices, such as a thumb drive, headphones and the AC adapter power cable from the system. Take the battery out of the laptop. Hold down the power button for at least 5 seconds without releasing it. Return the battery back to the laptop. Power the system on. If your touchpad still is not working properly, call Dell for customer support.
http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/en/document?c=us&cs=19&dl=false&l=en&s=dhs&docid=59EB83ED2E4B1243E040AE0AB7E1468E&doclang=en b> Dell Inspiron 1525 Touchpad That Is Not Working

Turn your Inspiron 1525 off and remove any power cables that are connected to the device. Close the computer, turn it over and slide the battery lock button down to release the rectangular battery from its compartment on the underside of the computer. Turn your laptop right-side up and open the computer so the monitor is facing you. Insert the tip of your flat-head screwdriver in the seam between the plastic keyboard guard and the side of the computer. The keyboard guard is located just above the keyboard. Pry up on the guard until it pops out of place. Be sure to do this gently, as you do not want to damage the guard. Remove the guard from the computer and set it aside. The two keyboard screws will now be visible underneath where the guard used to sit. Use your Phillips screwdriver to remove the two keyboard screws and use the tips of your fingers to lift the keyboard up from the top. Place the keyboard facedown over the touchpad and locate the thick connector ribbon that runs from the motherboard inside the computer to the back of the keyboard. Use your fingers to gently unplug the ribbon from the back of the keyboard and set it aside. Insert the tip of your screwdriver in the seam at the bottom of where the keyboard used to rest and gently pry it up. This will release the top plastic frame from the Inspiron, revealing all of the broken touchpad. Use your fingers to disconnect the thick ribbon from the side of the damaged touchpad and slide the touchpad out of the Inspiron. Slide the new Touchpad (available from your Dell retailer or online) in its place, fit the top frame in place and reassemble the computer in the reverse order you took it apart in.
http://www.insidemylaptop.com/replace-damaged-keyboard-dell-inspiron-1525-laptop/ Replace keyboard in dell inspiron

I've found the same problem - keyboard, touchpad and mouse buttons not responsive - and was almost ordering a new KB/touchpad replacement, thinking they were bad. I searched the internet and found that people had already done that with negative results. Studying the KB/touchpad circuit board I found that the controller was a USB device. So I had an idea, why not test it using one external USB port. I soldered the proper wires to a USB plug and connected it to a side USB port and, voil?!, it worked. Then, I removed 2 inductors from the original D+ and D- lines to isolate the KB/touchpad connector and soldered 2 pieces of wire to one of the side USB ports - in sequence, I covered that port with a small aluminum plate to avoid it being used for another device. Reassembled the computer and everything is working fine, back to normal (with one less USB port, of course).

if this is the touchpad, try to reinstall the touchpad driver. You can uninstall it through the device manager while using an external mouse, then download the latest driver from your system manufacturer's web site. After that, make sure the touchpad is enabled and if this does not work, you may need a replacement touchpad, though you may also try system restore or OS reinstall.

I am not familiar with the Whirlpool microwaves; however, I just had the same problem with an LG over the range microwave. Several of the positions on the touchpad quit responding to touch. In our case, it was the touchpad itself that was the problem.

The touchpad on our microwave was held in place with adhesive. We pulled it off and replaced it with a new touchpad. Everything works now. The only complication is getting to the connector which carries the signals from the touchpad to the microwave controls. We had to remove and dissassemble the door to get to that connector.

The touchpad cost about $26.00.

CCU/Touchpad/LED assembly error(f21)
This error occurs if the touchpad/DED assembly is not able to transmit/receive data to/from the central control unit (CCU)
1. Check the touchpad/LED assembly by selecting different cycles and changing the modifiers and options available to confirm the touchpad/LED is responding 2. Unplug washer or disconnect power for five minutes. this will reset the CCU, and may reactivate the commmunication if the damage isnt sever. 3. Check Wire Harness connectors to the touchpad/LED assembly and Central Control Unit (CCU)

Replace failed component.

OK, if you opened that chassis during troubleshooting, then the issue is most likely either the touchpad cable was disconnected in the troubleshooting process and not reconnected, or worse, the cable damaged during disassembly/reassembly and the inputs are not being received from the touchpad. So re-checking the cable connecitons from the palmrest to the motherboard are in order. (I've done it)

Also, check and ensure if there is an option in the BIOS to disable the touchpad, make sure it is enabled.

Here are some possible reasons why your Toshiba Satellite P15 mouse pointer is sticking or stalling when the laptop is on AC power:
Driver issue: The touchpad driver may be outdated or corrupted. Try updating the touchpad driver to the latest version.
Hardware issue: The touchpad itself may be faulty. If the problem persists after updating the driver, you may need to replace the touchpad.
Battery issue: The battery may be causing interference with the touchpad. Try removing the battery and see if the problem goes away.
Software issue: There may be a software conflict that is causing the problem. Try disabling any recently installed software to see if the problem goes away.
Here are some troubleshooting steps you can try to fix the problem:
Update the touchpad driver:
Download the latest touchpad driver from the Toshiba website.
Uninstall the current touchpad driver.
Install the new touchpad driver.
Disable touchpad enhancements:
Go to Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Mouse.
Click on the "Device Properties" tab.
Uncheck the box next to "Enhanced pointer precision".
Clean the touchpad:
Turn off the laptop.
Dampen a lint-free cloth with alcohol and gently wipe the touchpad.
Let the touchpad dry completely before turning on the laptop.
Update Windows:
Make sure your computer is up to date with the latest Windows updates.
If you have tried all of these troubleshooting steps and the problem persists, you may need to contact Toshiba customer support for further assistance.

This touchpad works with the same principle of a PC keyboard or a TV remote control: pushing the touchpad makes a shortcircuit between two electrical paths.

To fix the problem you need to clean the two contact surfaces that are in the bottom of the metallic film (the label where you can see de up and down arrow) and the upper surface of the electical paths (the touchpad chip) because they are dirty and their electrical properties (conductivity in this case)are missed.

Steps to fix this problems:

1. Take off the four tiny screws (two at both sides of your mp3)

2. With a very small screwdriver take apart the back cover of your mp3. Make it gently but firmly the first time it seems hard to separate it, but the back cover do not has anything more to be retained on its position. Before totally separte the back, take notice that: A) The battery is scticked to the back cover and you need to disconnect the cable that connects it to the circuit board. Separate them carlessly will break the connector or the thin cables, it will be very difficult to repair this failure; B) there are two plastic chromed pieces at the upper side of the mp3 (the ring for the strap and a large one rectangular piece that seems to reforce the audio out plug connector. Take notice how this chromed pieces are in place in order to reinstal it again latter. They will pull down because pressure only mantanis them in position.

3. With the back cover pulled apart you can see two more identical screws to the four you retired on step 1, These screws are almos at the midle of the body of the mp3. Take off this two screws.

4. Now you can take off the front cover.

5. Once the front cover is pulled out, you can see the touchpad in it's positon, take off the plastic outher square (the one that has the marks Tun On, Forward, Backward and Return) it's easy to do so.

6. Now you can see clearly the piece that don't works: the touchpad. You need to separate it from the mp3´s body. There is a flex cable that connects the touchpad to the back of the printed circuit, on the circuit board there is a connector that secures this flex cable to the board, don't pull out ,at this moment, the cable...

7. You need to take notice that the connector has two tiny brown and rectangular plastic pieces at the left and the right of the conector. This pieces, when pulled in, secures the flex cable to the connector, and when pulled out release the pressure that secures it and you can take in or take out the flex cable. Don't try to move the secures before read ...

8. With a tiny screwdriver move out (in the same direction of the flex cable) the tiny brown and rectangular pieces no more that one or two milimeters or you can broke them and can't ever make a good electrical contact, you need to be very careful to avoid damage this plastic fragile pieces.

9. Once you move this plastic secures, you can retire the flex cable from the connector, pull out to do this.

10. Now you can retire the touch pad and put it appart of the mp3.

11. With the touchpad on your hand you can see (use a magnifier to see details) that the "metal" area where you push with your fingers to control the options of the mp3 is only a tiny label, and I can tell you that this label is sticked with adhesive to the plastic "chasis" of the touchpad.

12. On one side of the touchpad label you can pull in the tip of a tiny screwdriver in order to separate the metal label of the plastic chasis. Find it and begin to separate this label, the adhesive is not too firm, once you start to see that you can separate it without damage (believe me, is too difficult to damage the metal label by separating it) you can separate totally the label from its site.

13. Once separted the label, you can see that its bottom side has a black square, this square is electrical conductive, its surface has to be clean showing an uniform black color, if you see that has dust or anything else you need to clean it up. To do that, use a pencil´s eraser to rub up the surface. The pencil's eraser has tritured crystals that works like a light sandpaper and cleans all substances that prevents the electrical properties of this black material. Finally use ethyl alcohol or electrical contact cleaner, spray it over the black square and use a tissue to make a trully clean surface (it must have the same black color and looks glossy while you see it against a light source)

14.Now you need to clean the other electrical conductive black surface that reamains in the body of the touchpad. If you pay attention, you can see electrical paths, this paths works the same way like a keyboard or remote control to sense when you touch a key or a button. This black surface needs to be cleanead the same way you did in step 13.

15. If you make a good cleaning process that restores the electical conductivity of both surfaces, the fix is maked, you now have a Samsung´s YP-Z5 mp3 working again. You need to return all unmounted pieces to its position.

16. To mount (stick) the label over the plastic chasis of the touchpad, you don't need another glue, the same that remains in the label, incredibly is reusable. I recommend that before stick up the label mount on its position the plastic square that has the marks of Power On, Back, etc and then stick over the metal label (doing so, makes easy to align the edges).

17. Reconect the flex cable to the circuit board, secure it pull in the brown rectangular plastics of the connector to its original position.

18. Put the front cover of the mp3 on its original position.

19. Restore the two screws in the back of the circuit board, this screws needs that front cover will be on its position in orfer to tighten up.

20. Return the back cover to its position, don't forget the top plastic rectalngular and chromed protector and the ring for the strap.

21. Restore the outher four tiny screws and...

22. Ready, check your mp3. It must works now!

May be your touchpad had lost its contact with the motherboard, due to broken wires or lose cable. If your laptop is out of warranty open it, do this: Find out the flat cable that connects your touchpad and motherboard. Make sure it is connected preoperly, if not do it well. And start your machine. If connection is OK and still not working you should replace the cable or replace the entire touchpad unit. Note: do remember to check your BIOS for disabled touchpad device. If so enable it.