dell xps m1530 Win XP.
I just started having this problem and let me just say from the beginning that NO there was not any liquid spilled on the computer.
The problem:
If i touch either button or the touchpad anywhere i get a loud BEEEEEEEP alarm that lasts about 5 to 10 seconds long. Sometime i see a msg CAPS LCOK:ON or CTRL locked. Other times i see nothing just the alarm. The next thing that happens is that the keyboard stops working after i touch the touchpad at all. If i restart the computer the keyboard will work fin until i touch the touchpad then it stops working. There are no Hardware errors in the Device manager. Everything is working fine. I have tried the update drivers for the items that i believe are the touchpad and they are all up to date.
If i plug in a mouse i can move around just fine. If i open Notepad and try to type nothing happens BUT if i touch the touchpad while active in notepad, the alarm will go off but then letters will show up in Notepad as if i typed something. Its like the computer thinks the touchpad is the keyboard. I just touched the pad and it gave me L\P;L]\\L i touched it in another spot and it gave me 00./L-P/PP;-L/LA.
I tried to disable the pad by going into device manager and after it was disabled i touched the pad and get the same loud alarm.
Anyone have a solution?
I just started having this problem and let me just say from the beginning that NO there was not any liquid spilled on the computer.
The problem:
If i touch either button or the touchpad anywhere i get a loud BEEEEEEEP alarm that lasts about 5 to 10 seconds long. Sometime i see a msg CAPS LCOK:ON or CTRL locked. Other times i see nothing just the alarm. The next thing that happens is that the keyboard stops working after i touch the touchpad at all. If i restart the computer the keyboard will work fin until i touch the touchpad then it stops working. There are no Hardware errors in the Device manager. Everything is working fine. I have tried the update drivers for the items that i believe are the touchpad and they are all up to date.
If i plug in a mouse i can move around just fine. If i open Notepad and try to type nothing happens BUT if i touch the touchpad while active in notepad, the alarm will go off but then letters will show up in Notepad as if i typed something. Its like the computer thinks the touchpad is the keyboard. I just touched the pad and it gave me L\P;L]\\L i touched it in another spot and it gave me 00./L-P/PP;-L/LA.
I tried to disable the pad by going into device manager and after it was disabled i touched the pad and get the same loud alarm.
Anyone have a solution?