The only way ti find out is to test it...by disabling the touchpad in BIOS.
Personally, I believe you have a hardware problem. Good luck. Cheers, George -----Original Message----- From: Jeffrey Race <[email protected]> To: Julian Thomas <[email protected]>; thinkpad list <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Dec 26, 2011 8:25 am Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] **JUNK** T43 trackpoint oddity Were I to disable the trackpad as suggested, and then the T43 encountered whatever stimulus causes the spontaneous switch from trackpoint to trackpad, would the trackpoint then continue to work as before (i.e. I'd prevent the misoperation) or would the machine become disabled because the trackpad would now be disabled? Jeffyey Race On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:29:03 -0500 (EST), Julian Thomas wrote: >On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:04:15 +0700 Jeffrey Race wrote: >> >>Sometimes control of the cursor moves from >>the trackpoint to the trackpad; at this time >>the trackpoint becomes nonresponsive as are >>the trackpoint MB1 and MB2. It just happened >>after I closed the computer cover and reopened >>it a half hour later. >> >Good reason to disable the trackpad in the BIOS! > >Happy Turkey! > >-- > Julian Thomas: [email protected] http://jt-mj.net > In the beautiful Genesee Valley of Western New York State! > -- -- > A computer is like an Old Testament god, with a lot of rules and no > mercy. --Joseph Campbell > > >_______________________________________________ >Thinkpad mailing list >[email protected] >http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
