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troubleshooting keyboard and touchpad Q My notebook is not responding to the keyboard or the touchpad. How do I enable tapping on my touchpad? A Your notebook has locked up. Try one of the following to restart it: ❂ Press ctrl + alt + delete. ❂ Press and hold down the Power button for approximately 5 seconds until the notebook turns off. Then, restart your notebook. Q My notebook is not responding when I click or tap on the touchpad. How do I enable the touchpad? A You will need to double click on the Synaptics Touchpad icon on the system tray. Select Pointing Device Properties. Then you will click on Device Settings and select Settings. Next, you will highlight Tapping and check the Enable Tapping box in the properties window. Q When typing on my notebook, my mouse cursor moves, how do I stop it? A Based on how you position your hands on the palm rest, you may be inadvertently touching the touchpad area. You can change the touchpad sensitivity settings through the control panel by increasing the palm check area and reducing the touch sensitivity. You will need to double click on the Synaptics Touchpad icon on the system tray. Select Pointing Device Properties. Then you will click on Device Settings and select Settings. Now you are able to select PalmCheck and adjust the setting, then click OK. Q When I type, some of the letter keys type numbers instead of the letters. What's wrong? A Your numeric keypad is activated. Press Fn + keypad. to deactivate the numeric 67

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troubleshooting
keyboard and touchpad
Q
My notebook is not responding to the keyboard or the touchpad. How do I
enable tapping on my touchpad?
A
Your notebook has locked up.
Try one of the following to restart it:
❂
Press
ctrl + alt + delete
.
❂
Press and hold down the
Power
button for approximately 5 seconds until
the notebook turns off. Then, restart your notebook.
Q
My notebook is not responding when I click or tap on the touchpad. How do
I enable the touchpad?
A
You will need to double click on the
Synaptics Touchpad
icon
on the
system tray. Select
Pointing Device Properties
. Then you will click on
Device
Settings
and select
Settings
. Next, you will highlight
Tapping
and check the
Enable Tapping
box in the properties window.
Q
When typing on my notebook, my mouse cursor moves, how do I stop it?
A
Based on how you position your hands on the palm rest, you may be
inadvertently touching the touchpad area. You can change the touchpad
sensitivity settings through the control panel by increasing the palm check
area and reducing the touch sensitivity. You will need to double click on the
Synaptics Touchpad
icon
on the system tray. Select
Pointing Device
Properties
. Then you will click on
Device Settings
and select
Settings
. Now
you are able to select
PalmCheck
and adjust the setting, then click
OK
.
Q
When I type, some of the letter keys type numbers instead of the letters.
What’s wrong?
A
Your numeric keypad is activated. Press
Fn +
to deactivate the numeric
keypad.