HP Pavilion dv6000 touch pad won't work on flat surfaces???

OK well here's is what happened. The laptop worked fine the night before, no problems with the touch pad what so ever. When I started up the next day, I noticed the touch pad was not working. When I put in the usb mouse that didn't work either, it kept saying the usb device had malfunction. So obviously my 1st thought was it was a driver issue. So ( navigating with nothing but the keyboard) I un installed the old driver then re installed it, re started and it worked. Now normally I have the computer up on a TV tray but I happen to have it on my lap. When I put the laptop on the TV tray....the touchpad didnt work again! Now remembering what I had done when I noticed the touch pad wasnt working in the 1st place; it was on the tray, then after I "fixed" it, it was on my lap. This is a very odd issue that doesn't make any sense. I've placed it on the tv tray; doesn't work; an ottoman; doesn't work, a regular table; doesn't work; even on the floor, nothing. But the moment I place it on my lap, it works perfectly! I've tried looking up this issue via google to see what comes up but, I got nothing. Is there anyone that can explan what this could be? I understand this is a laptop but this is kinda rediculous lol.

well , exactly this thing happend to me..as soon i place the laptop on my lap..mouse pad starts working..i got fixed when i formated my hard drive and reinstalled the os.

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I have an HP Pavilion dv3t - 2000, Windows Vista computer.
The volume touchpad above the keyboard is not working properly (There is no sound coming out of the speakers or the headphone jack) , If you touch the megaphone part of the touchpad above the keyboard then it stays red, however the sound icon on the taskbar changes from mute to unmuted when you touch the red megaphone. The volume slider on the touchpad works suprisingly.
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Shut down the notebook, unplug the AC Adapter and remove the battery.
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Follow the procedure on the link below to create a bootable Ubuntu CD and follow the steps in Part 3 to 'Try it' to see if this OS will run. The 'Try it' option runs the OS from the CD without the need to install on your HDD. If this runs Ok ( it will be slow running from a CD ) and you still have no audio output, this would tend to confirm a Hardware issue.
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