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Touch pad on my Inspiron 8200 with Latitude C840 does not work

I had to install new hard drive in my Inspiron 8200 with Latitude C840 keyboard and touch pad and track stick don't work. I tried to reinstall driver from Dell website. Still nothing. What should I do?

rindi

Check the settings inside your BIOS, it may have been turned off there. If that isn't the case, boot the PC with a Puppy LiveCD. If it doesn't work there, it is either broken, or the cable isn't properly attached.

http://www.puppylinux.org/

If it works within puppy, then check that you have really installed all the drivers and utilities for your PC from the Dell site. When installing drivers, always start off with the chipset drivers.

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DCZOK

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I have not replaced keyboard. I replaced hard drive only. Everything was working fine before my old hard drive crashed.

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Do you have the original support/utilities CD that came with it?
Have you installed all the drivers from the Dell site?

DCZOK

ASKER

I have installed all from Dell website. Don't have original software.

rindi

Have you tested it with puppy already? This is simple and will tell you if it is a software or hardware issue. Have you checked if it is turned on or off in the BIOS?

DCZOK

ASKER

I have checked it in BIOS and it was turned off. However, turning it on did no6t change anything. I will check puppy this week. Thanks.

DCZOK

ASKER

Rindi,
Which of the software packages on puppylinux.org page is the LiveCD?

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I think rindi is intending you to use this one:
http://www.puppylinux.org/downloads/official-releases/latest-production-version
Instructions here:
http://www.puppylinux.org/?q=wiki/miscellaneous/howtos/livecddvd

You'll need a bittorrent client to download
Or directly download the .iso from:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/puppylinux/puppy-4.2.1-k2.6.25.16-seamonkey.iso

DCZOK

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I finally tested Puppy and it did not see the touch pad. So I decided to remove keyboard and see if something indeed has happened with connection - BINGO - the touch pad connector was lose. I am not sure how it happened but I plugged it again and everything works fine.

Thanks for suggestion.