Mousepad not responding Pavilion dm4

Yesterday evening I woke my computer up only to find that my mousepad no longer worked. I figured it was some glitch like the many others I have found already on this laptop (Sound buttons not wanting to work correctly, mute led light not wanting to come on, etc.) And was hoping to restart and fix the problem. Today, after restarting, my mouse pad still does not work and I, apparently, am not the only one having this problem.
My Specs:
HP Pavilion dm4-2070us
Windows 7 Home Prem OA
I have tried updating the driver (It said that the version that was linked to was the exact same as on my harddrive) and I have also tried updating BIOS with the same result. The mousepad IS NOT turned off. If it is the light no longer works on it as well and it is stuck in off mode. The mousepad is not showing up in control panel no matter what I do.
I'm getting tired of all the problems I have had so far out of this laptop since I've only had it since the middle of August. My friend told  me that HP was much better than Dell so I went with her instead what my gut told me. I had been bragging to everyone how wonderful this computer was but now I feel like I should go back and apologize to all my friends. Please say this is an easy fix and I'm overlooking something quite obvious. I'd hate to completely turn my back on HP for a stupid laptop.
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As of right now I have resolved the issue. If anyone has a problem similar to mine, before you send it in, maybe you can try what I did. Last night I let my computer die completely then took the battery out for a few seconds. After that I plugged it in and let it charge a bit (Maybe 30 minutes?) before trying to start it up and try the mousepad again. It's working just fine now, the scoll and zoom in/out even seem to work a bit better now.

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