Acer Aspire 3000 in windows xp keyboard and touchpad problems

Problem with Aspire 3000 using Windows XP before and after recovery from
previously valid Ghost image AND also after use of recovery disks originally
supplied by Acer:

At welcome screen and thereafter, keystrokes processed very slowly (<1 per
second) only if staying on key until recognition (leaning on key does not
eventually produce multis), touchpad motion is reflected well behind actual
motion, BUT USB mouse behaves just fine, including clicks.

All of the above does NOT occur in safe mode.

Any suggestions or solutions or additional information needed?

Acer staff suggested bizarre, but effective solution. TAKE BATTERY OUT.
With battery out, worked fine. Replaced battery -- no problem. Odd, but
symptom of defective battery can be this weird.


"Steve Rosen" <steverosen@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:VMOdnaojyJpgOM7UnZ2dnUVZ_oPinZ2d@earthlink.com...
> Problem with Aspire 3000 using Windows XP before and after recovery from
> previously valid Ghost image AND also after use of recovery disks
> originally supplied by Acer:
>
> At welcome screen and thereafter, keystrokes processed very slowly (<1 per
> second) only if staying on key until recognition (leaning on key does not
> eventually produce multis), touchpad motion is reflected well behind
> actual motion, BUT USB mouse behaves just fine, including clicks.
>
> All of the above does NOT occur in safe mode.
>
> Any suggestions or solutions or additional information needed?
>

Had the exact same problem. A little web surfing turned up the solution: remove the battery and run on AC. That did the trick. I assume a new battery fully charged will work, but I haven't tried it.

EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/default.aspx?ref=ng

Paul Monsour wrote:

> Had the exact same problem. A little web surfing turned up the solution:
> remove the battery and run on AC. That did the trick. I assume a new
> battery fully charged will work, but I haven't tried it.
>
> EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com/default.aspx?ref=ng

Another orphaned post from EggHeadCafe.

Thanks for the information, but no one knows to whom you are giving this
information since you are not posting on a real forum as you think you are
and you didn't quote any of the thread to which you are replying. You are
using a web interface that leeches Usenet posts and most of the rest of us
are using real newsreaders. We don't see what you do. If you want to
participate in Usenet, the better way is to set up a newsreader. This is
very easy to do and I'll give you information about that below. If you
prefer to use a forum, then here are two excellent ones:

http://forum.aumha.org/index.php
http://http://computerhaven.info/

Since you are using a web interface, you may not realize that this is really
a newsgroup. You will get far more out of this resource if you learn to use
a newsreader. There are many good newsreaders for Windows, but you can use
Outlook Express (XP) or Windows Mail (Vista) since you already have it.
Here are some links to information about newsgroups:

About Usenet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/ - Usenet FAQs from the Internet FAQ Archives
http://www.usenetmonster.com/infocenter/
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet - a brief explanation
of newsgroups

Outlook Express/Windows Mail as Newsreader:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outloo...snewreader.htm
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm
http://vistasupport.mvps.org/accessi...ndows_mail.htm

How to Post:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 - How to Ask a Question
http://users.tpg.com.au/bzyhjr/liszt.htm - How Not to Get Technical Help on
Usenet
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups
microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is working
properly
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/munad.htm - how to munge email address
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting - crossposting
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting

Other Newsreaders for Windows:
http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php - Forte
http://www.mozilla.org - Thunderbird

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Malke said this on 1/20/2009 8:23 AM:
> Paul Monsour wrote:
>
>> Had the exact same problem. A little web surfing turned up the solution:
>> remove the battery and run on AC. That did the trick. I assume a new
>> battery fully charged will work, but I haven't tried it.
>>
>> EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
>> http://www.eggheadcafe.com/default.aspx?ref=ng
>
> Another orphaned post from EggHeadCafe.
>
> Thanks for the information, but no one knows to whom you are giving this
> information since you are not posting on a real forum as you think you are
> and you didn't quote any of the thread to which you are replying. You are
> using a web interface that leeches Usenet posts and most of the rest of us
> are using real newsreaders. We don't see what you do. If you want to
> participate in Usenet, the better way is to set up a newsreader. This is
> very easy to do and I'll give you information about that below. If you
> prefer to use a forum, then here are two excellent ones:
>
> http://forum.aumha.org/index.php
> http://http://computerhaven.info/
>
> Since you are using a web interface, you may not realize that this is really
> a newsgroup. You will get far more out of this resource if you learn to use
> a newsreader. There are many good newsreaders for Windows, but you can use
> Outlook Express (XP) or Windows Mail (Vista) since you already have it.
> Here are some links to information about newsgroups:
>
> About Usenet:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
> http://www.faqs.org/faqs/ - Usenet FAQs from the Internet FAQ Archives
> http://www.usenetmonster.com/infocenter/
> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet - a brief explanation
> of newsgroups
>
> Outlook Express/Windows Mail as Newsreader:
> http://michaelstevenstech.com/outloo...snewreader.htm
> http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm
> http://vistasupport.mvps.org/accessi...ndows_mail.htm
>
> How to Post:
> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 - How to Ask a Question
> http://users.tpg.com.au/bzyhjr/liszt.htm - How Not to Get Technical Help on
> Usenet
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups
> microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is working
> properly
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/munad.htm - how to munge email address
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting - crossposting
> http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting
>
> Other Newsreaders for Windows:
> http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php - Forte
> http://www.mozilla.org - Thunderbird
>
> Malke

That's odd. I use Thunderbird and show that he's replying to a message
titled 'Acer Aspire 3000 in Windows xp keyboard and touchpad problems'.
He just changed the subject. The OP responded to his own Post with the
same solution.