Comments on: My laptop locks up and freezes when I use the touchpad, but never freezes when I use the attached mouse

By: Kim M

Kim M — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:13:48 +0000

Laptop Pointer.
I’m having trouble w/ my pointer on my laptop. I will turn on the computer and right from the get go it will not do anything. It just sits in the middle of the screen, and sometimes I can’t even type in my password to get onto the computer in general. I’ll have to shut it on n off about 10 times (literally). Then when it does start workin, I’ll be in the middle of something and the cursor will just stop, and I’ll have to shut the thing down again (or threaten to throw it in the streets). The weirdest thing about it all is that 1) I don’t use an external mouse, and 2) when I look at the icon for the pointer at the bottom of the screen it still has the green dot showing where the cursor is at. Now that doesn’t make sense b/c if it’s not in use then there is no dot, but yet if the thing decides to just freeze then there is a dot. Anybody know what causes this foolishness?

By: charles

charles — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:57:08 +0000

I suspected that I’d need to replace the top cover. Many thanks for your help.

By: Laptop Freak

Laptop Freak — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:38:52 +0000

charles,

The left control button (just below the touchpad) on my Toshiba M110 Satellite laptop appears to be broken. Do I need to replace the complete top part of the laptop or can I replace just the left button please?

You’ll have to replace the top cover.
Follow this guide: http://www.irisvista.com/tech/laptops/Toshiba-Satellite-M115/remove-top-cover-1.htm

By: charles

charles — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:22:44 +0000

The left control button (just below the touchpad) on my Toshiba M110 Satellite laptop appears to be broken. Do I need to replace the complete top part of the laptop or can I replace just the left button please?

Thanks.

By: Stacey

Stacey — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 09:56:40 +0000

I have an HP G60 laptop an my problem is similar as well. The “scroll” on the touchpad causes my cursor to freeze on the screen. It displays a frozen tiny scroll bar on my screen with the cursor attached. I can’t get it to snap out of it. It has nothing to do with adapter on mine. Or program I’m using. It happens when I happen to crossover into the “scroll” area on my touchpad. Odd thing is that when I plug in my mouse, it snaps out of it’s “coma”. What can I do?

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:14:23 +0000

I have a Toshiba Satellite X205-S9800 and have the same problem. Every time I boot up my computer my mouse freezes. It’s more of a complication rather than a problem because it only occurs during boot-up and I simply restart my computer via Start -> Arrow Keys and the problem is solved, but I just want to know what I can do to stop this from happening.

Any ideas?

By: Rakeback

Rakeback — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:58:26 +0000

I would definitely say screen and keyboard are the most important buying decision for me as the specs are fairly standard across brands anyway.

By: freddie mcclammy

freddie mcclammy — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:00:20 +0000

I recently work on a toshiba laptop m35x-s109 the cursor/ mouse/touch pad kept freezing up seconds after the computer booted up. I went to toshiba. com and download file after file download nothing.And many other sites nothing, i even disable features in device manager 0 zip nada. Then it dawned on me http://www.logitech. com I installed the software from a disk i had and, it worked. my buddys laptop works great. after going to logitech.com click on, go support center search by name/ mice , next scroll and click cordless optical mouse for notebook click search and download the file and reboot good luck

By: wan

wan — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:50:03 +0000

i have the same prob…but only happen after 2-3month after i bought the universal charger….so what trigger the problem

By: Bud MacDonald

Bud MacDonald — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:48:38 +0000

I had a similiar problem with an Acer Aspire 5100 that occured when I attached a new power adapter to it.

It turned out that the voltage and/or the polarity were not compatible with my model.

If you have recently replaced your power adapter that may be an issue.