Tx2500z Finger Print Reader stopped working

Hi all,
My finger print reader randomly stopped working.  It looks fine in device manager, but when I pull up the software it says that it is disconnected. 
As I said, this happened out of the blue - it had been working, then it stopped, without me changing any major software/drivers.  I've tried updating the driver but to no avail.
Anyone seen this before or have any ideas?

If its anything like the TX1000 series, then your next problem will be your wireless card, then your DVD drive.  Then you will need to shut the laptop on and off several times to get it to boot.  Then, finially, it will no longer boot at all.  If you google your problem, you may find, as I have with the TX1000, that this scenerio is playing out over and oer, and HP is not recalling the defective motherboards.  I wish you the best, if your under warranty, get it in as soon as possible!

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