Help me to completely disable the touchpad (on a laptop)

I am on a sony vgn-fw11m laptop, having a BIOS from American Megatrends; version: R0270Y0. My BIOS does not include a manual option of disabling the touchpad.

I am not interested in running a third party software that would disable my touchpad, I consider this a waste of resources and unprofessional.

If you know how to help me, please dont hesitate. I wonder whether it is possible to tweak/add new functions to the existing BIOS version.

My system: Windows XP, 64-bit edition.

Thank you all.

 

I have the touchpad on my Compaq Presario Notebook PC disabled because I had a tendency to acccidentally touch it when using a mouse with the computer. This computer has a small button on the edge of the touchpad which can be used to disable the touchpad. But, I believe many notebooks/laptops do not have such a feature and some other method must be used to disable the touchpad if, indeed, it can be disabled.

I suggest you search for your model at http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/select-system.pl?DIRECTOR=DOCS and see whether they have a user manual you can download. I tried a search at that link but did not find the model you posted. Are you sure that's the correct model #?

 

How is a third party app unprofessional? lol.
Take the unit apart and disconnect the cable.
Every laptop I have taken apart has a separate ribbon cable for the touchpad, but then you may get stuck with a hardware error when you boot.

 

if a third party software can do something as simple as disabling the touchpad, why shouldnt I be able to resemble the same process, just independently?:major

 

If you have touchpad on/off button you could also try putting a small piece of tape over it too.

Most touchpads I've seen use integrated PS2,if there is an option in bios to disable PS2 this should work also.

 

i was thinking of taking it apart, although not until ive tried everything else.

 

klos,

You could try this. See the link below.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2316593_disable-touchpad.html

or look in Google or Yahoo search for "Disable a touchpad"

 

I'm a bit confused also. Why bother?
When I plug in my USB mouse, in my Toshiba Satellite Pro laptop, the touch pad is still fully active.

My laptop, and touchpad, are on a different level to my USB mouse so the touchpad is never a nuisance.

There are probably a lot more non-essential processes that take up more resources than the touchpad.

Bazza

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Well the only thing that is bothering me on the whole, is that some wanky software (synaptics in my case) can disable a touchpad device, while I cannot - cannot despite having all the rights and access to every bit of system configuration. It is a pity and makes me feel ignorant/distressed in the end.

 

In my Toshiba Satellite Pro laptop, there is this option. See attachment.

Checking the box "Disable Internal pointing device" on, may meet your requirements.

I haven't checked the box on in my laptop, so I don't know if it causes any problems later on.

Bazza