Cursor on the Fritz

[psyco]

I have encountered a bit of a problem with my Think Pad 240.

It was working fine this morning, then after i restarted it (to finish a windows 2000 update), the cursor slowly started making its way down to the bottom of the screen. I didn't think much of this at first, because this had happened once or twice before and it stopped after a few seconds.

But this time, the cursor decided otherwise. Once it hit the bottom of the screen, i tried to move it around again, but to no avail.

To make a long story short, I've figured out that it has something to do with the TrackPoint thing on the keyboard. I can use a mouse with the laptop, but even that gets screwy if i have the TrackPoint enabled.

I have tried to update the drivers for it, but the update did nothing.


Anyone have any idea as to what is going on? Or even better, how to fix this?

[RealBlackStuff]

Similar problems could be solved by simply reinstalling the drivers for the Trackpoint (from Device Manager). May work for you too.

[BillMorrow]

unlikely this is a driver issue, especially since you have reloaded the drivers already..
this is a classic symptom of a trackpoint that has died..
what you experienced before is the trackpoint re-calibrating itself..
now, you need a new trackpoint..
which usually includes a new keyboard since it is one unit..
price was not excessive in the past..
not sure where you get those parts anymore but probably still is IBM Boulder Parts..
get a copy of the HMM so you can get the part (FRU) number..

[psyco]

alright, if I'm reading this right, the FRU number for the keyboard is 02K6302...

Anyone have any idea as to where to get this part?

[RealBlackStuff]

Ask in our Market Forum, eBay, to just mention the most obvious ones...