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Emma Woodwark
Mar 10, 2017Copper Contributor
Surface Pro 3 - Touchpad error
Hi there, Every time I touch my touchpad (which usually acts as a mouse) on my Surface Pro 3, my screen turns off. It doesn't shut down the whole tablet, it basically just locks it. The mouse ico...
Emma Woodwark
Mar 30, 2017Copper Contributor
Turns out all I needed was to clean the keyboard connectors with an alcohol wipe! Now everything is working fine. Thank you for your suggestions though.
Christine Zayas
Jan 05, 2018Copper Contributor
Emma!
I am experiencing the same problem. Can you be specific about how you cleaned the connectors? (where, with what, etc...) I'd appreciate it if you could email me at czayas63@gmail.com. I only have an Outlook account because it was used to register my Surface and I really don't use it.
Thanks in advance for your help!