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Jul 11th, 2021 2:46 pm

hierophant [OP]: Deal Fanatic; Feb 4, 2010; 6904 posts; 6675 upvotes

Jul 11th, 2021 2:46 pm

Cursor disappeared

I have a 6+ years old Lenovo Yoga 2 laptop. Out of the blue the cursor using the touch pad stopped. The touch screen still work. I've already updated the drivers and even did a Windows reset. I suspect not much can be done about this but I thought I'd ask anyways. This is just my backup laptop (I have a newer one) but this one still works relatively well for browsing, etc. Is there anything else I can try?

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Jul 12th, 2021 9:28 am

Scote64: Deal Fanatic; Jan 21, 2018; 8403 posts; 9255 upvotes; Vancouver

Jul 12th, 2021 9:28 am

Cursor disappeared is likely a software bug, and you should try rolling back the driver to when it last worked (after you reboot of course, since sometimes it's temporary - happens occasionally on my Asus laptop).

Cursor not responding to touchpad (frozen cursor) is likely a hardware failure. Your could open up the laptop and check that the touchpad plug has not come loose, but that may be a tricky operation that could cause more problems than it cures on some laptops.

Jul 12th, 2021 9:56 am

ds2chan: Deal Addict; Dec 11, 2003; 2869 posts; 1433 upvotes; Toronto

Jul 12th, 2021 9:56 am

Plug in a mouse and see if it works. If it does then it sounds like your touchpad is broken and not that the cursor is not appearing.

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Jul 12th, 2021 10:13 am

hierophant [OP]: Deal Fanatic; Feb 4, 2010; 6904 posts; 6675 upvotes

Jul 12th, 2021 10:13 am

After the reset the cursor started moving on its own intermittently. I just disabled the touchpad. Between the touchscreen and keyboard I can manage without it. Things on laptop have stopped - started with the camera and now the touchpad. 6 years of extensive use, this laptop has held up pretty good.

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