I have problems with my laptop's touch pad buttons
Connect a usb mouse and see if it moves the mouse around and click on the buttons on the mouse to see if it responds if so then you have to replace the palm rest where your touchpad is.
Bad touchpad. Find one on ebay and replace.
SOURCE: dell latitude c610 touch pad left button problem
Will your laptop work properly with an external mouse? If so, check your touchpad settings in "Control Panel" by selecting "Mouse". Here you can reassign your Buttons. Try setting your Right Button function to "Double Click". If the "Double Click" function works on your Right Button then chances are you have a problem with your Touchpad Assembly which means it will have to be replaced. Dell refers to it as a "Palmrest" which they will replace if still under warranty.
SOURCE: Had my Inspiron 6400 repaired, stripped the scroll
Have you tried downloading the synaptics touch pad driver from Dell's web site? You'll need to enter in your service tag number.
SOURCE: DELL 1501 TOUCH PAD BUTTONS DO NOT WORK AT ALL. HELP.
This could be a hardware or software (windows) problem.
If it is hardware it could be as simple as the connector ribbon inside is loose or that the touch-pad unit is failing. A replacement is $30-$80 plus labour.
I've seen a few of these where the problem is windows acting up. Since you have tried the drivers and they didn't fix it what you can try is go to control panel - system - hardware - device manager - mice and other pointing devices
Open that and select and then delete the pointing device or mouse shown. Then reboot. Windows is now forced to detect the touchpad hardware and reinstall the drivers. That usually does the trick unless it is hardware caused.
Now the tricky bit. Once you delete the mouse you will have to close and reboot using only your keyboard. You need windows to reboot normally, you can't just pull the power cord. To do this use ALT-F4. Hold down the ALT key and press the F4 that will close the windows until you get back to the windows desktop where it will close down windows. When you start the computer again your mouse will be detected and will work again. What we won't know is if that is enough to reset things and get your buttons working until you try this. You can try this a few times but generally if the drivers are right and you have done this then its time to replace the touch-pad.
SOURCE: My laptop will not respond to the power button
It could be a few things, and some of them, of course, tricky. The power button may be disabled due to windows loading part way, and hanging up. Since the keyboard lights up, I'm inclined to think that the power button in ok, and I'm leaning toword a software/registry/windows problem. Does the fan come on when you fire it up, and does the unit initialize at all, i.e., do the lights on the keyboard come on at that point? If so, you may have a bad hard drive, or software issue. If you take your laptop with you, there is a chance that there is a loose connection within, cracked solder joint, things of that nature. I would take it into a computer repair shop, and see what they think. I'm inclined to say that reloading windows might work, but not sure, and that's a drastic move, so it's kind of a last resort.
Wish I could be of help more, but this problem will require a degree of expertise I cannot give. Hope this helps, however.
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