Mouse drift on Dell Latitude c840 running Feisty 7.04

[Adam M]

Hi Albert,

Sigh, it seems that you are (unfortunately) correct. It seems that this
problem does exist on many Dell laptops and is independent of operating
system.

This website claims to have the solution:
http://gimbo.org.uk/blog/2005/11/12/fixing-mouse-drift-on-a-dell-latitude-c600-with-a-sledgehammer/

I sure do hate to perform such blunt surgery on my laptop, but otherwise
it is pretty much useless, so I guess I don't have a choice. :(

I am simply amazed that Dell released so many different models of
laptops over with the exact same problem.


Thanks again,
Adam


On Mon, 14 May 2007 13:56:50 -0400, "Albert Charron"
<albert at albertcharron.name> said:
> Adam wrote:
> > Last week I installed Feisty 7.04 on my Dell Latitude c840 laptop. I was
> > very impressed that most things worked auto-magically without manual
> > configuration. However, support for my laptop's touchpad seems to be
> > very lacking. I don't have a desk, so using an external mouse isn't
> > really possible.
> >
> > The issue is that the mouse cursor has a mind of its own, wandering to
> > (and getting stuck in) either the upper-right or lower-left corner of
> > the screen. I've seen others post similar reports, but so far I haven't
> > seen any resolution that works on my laptop.
> > <snip>
> >   
> I have a Dell Latitude C600 running Feisty and XP in dualboot.  Both 
> OSes have the same issues.  I also had the problem with Windows 2000 and 
> Mandriva Linux on this machine.  The problem seems to come from the flat 
> cable that connects the touchpad to the motherboard.  I also have a 
> problem with my keyboard (same connector type).  Pushing against the 
> handrest seems to temporarily fix the problem...
> 
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