X230, Touch pen stop working intermittently

I have a thinkpad tablet X230. I use this tablet for work. When using the touch pen it randomly stops working and sometimes when I close the lid and it goes into sleep mode and reopen the pen starts working again, but not all the time, sometimes I have to reboot the system to get the pen functioning again. This problem is not all the time, I can work sometimes 4 or 5 days with out a problem, but it is annoying. Can anyone help me with this so I can resolve this issue it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

I have a bit more information which really makes the problem seem odd. There seem to be a few more things that stop functioning along with pen/touch. Here is a list of what functions and what doesn't when the issue arises.
Not working:
- All pen/touch input
- Screen rotate button
- "circular arrow" button beside screen rotate
- the sensor that senses the closing of the lid (the display stays lit when lid is closed and doesn't sleep automatically)
- rear-facing (battery and sleep) LEDs.
- front-facing WIFI LED
Things that continue to function:
- The display itself
- fingerprint reader
- webcam, microphone and speakers
- on-display power button
- front-facing HDD access light
The last two are very peculiar since they are on the same physical board as the two non-functioning buttons and the rear and WIFI LEDS which don't work. I have no idea what is wrong. It can't be a connection issue as starting and stopping of the problem coincides with power-ons/offs.
Please help me!

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X230, All touch/pen input functions stop working intermittently

Hello,
Ever since I got my x230 tablet (used), the pen/touch input intermittently stops working. It never happens when I'm using it, but when I either power down the tablet or resume from sleep, the touch and the pen will not function. The rotate button also doesn't work when the issue occurs, but the power button on the screen still functions. The fingerprint reader always works.
Once it stops working, there's no way for me to get the touch/pen input back. If I reboot, usually it remains not working. Pulling the battery out and waiting doesn't have any effect either; when I turn it back on it still doesn't work. The only thing that works is to wait...sometimes a day, sometimes an hour, and eventually the touch/pen starts working again after a reboot (or resume from standby).
I thought it might be a driver issue, but the issue is independent of operating system. When it works, it works in Windows 7, 8.1 and Linux Mint. When it doesn't work, it doesn't work across all three.
I've read of others having similiar issues, but every other occurence that I saw was fixed by a reboot...my problem isn't consistently.
Any help would be appreciated, as I love this machine when it works, but it's really useless when it doesn't (as I have another Lenovo laptop that has better specs than the tablet)
Kyle
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I have a bit more information which really makes the problem seem odd. There seem to be a few more things that stop functioning along with pen/touch. Here is a list of what functions and what doesn't when the issue arises.
Not working:
- All pen/touch input
- Screen rotate button
- "circular arrow" button beside screen rotate
- the sensor that senses the closing of the lid (the display stays lit when lid is closed and doesn't sleep automatically)
- rear-facing (battery and sleep) LEDs.
- front-facing WIFI LED
Things that continue to function:
- The display itself
- fingerprint reader
- webcam, microphone and speakers
- on-display power button
- front-facing HDD access light
The last two are very peculiar since they are on the same physical board as the two non-functioning buttons and the rear and WIFI LEDS which don't work. I have no idea what is wrong. It can't be a connection issue as starting and stopping of the problem coincides with power-ons/offs.
Please help me!

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I have been using my Winpad 110W for over two months now. Lately the Touch input started to stop working intermittently especially after resuming from hibernation or from cold boot. I have to use the virtual keyboard by using the mouse or attach a USB keyboard to login. Under Windows 7 64bit property field will indicate the Pen and Touch field do not have Pen or Touch Input detected or found. In Device Manager the Microsoft Input under HIDs also missing. I tried to rescan for drivers and etc but still not working.
I have to reboot the Windpad a couple of times and then suddenly it will start working. Ihave the latest drivers, firmware, bios and softwares.
Anybody experiencing similiar problems?
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Quote from: jeffreycheah on 10-October-11, 15:05:25
I have been using my Winpad 110W for over two months now. Lately the Touch input started to stop working intermittently especially after resuming from hibernation or from cold boot. I have to use the virtual keyboard by using the mouse or attach a USB keyboard to login. Under Windows 7 64bit property field will indicate the Pen and Touch field do not have Pen or Touch Input detected or found. In Device Manager the Microsoft Input under HIDs also missing. I tried to rescan for drivers and etc but still not working.
I have to reboot the Windpad a couple of times and then suddenly it will start working. Ihave the latest drivers, firmware, bios and softwares.
Anybody experiencing similiar problems?
I have also found from my supplier that they are starting to sell the Docking Station NOE111W for $180AUD.
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I need to send Lenovo a bill for my time spent rebooting. So far i am on my 8th reboot. In the past, around 5 reboots after winddows update would work. This time... who knows.
Of course it always happens when you have a deadline.
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I actually did read that and step through it. It did not help.
However, I think I may have found the solution. Because this is a problem of inconsistency, I cannot say 100% that the following solution works, but so far I have not had any problems.
1. Make sure the touchscreen is working. If not, shut down the computer and start it again until the touchscreen works.
2. Go to the device manager. Look under "Human Interface Devices" for some sort of USB drivers. There should be two (2). These are the problem children. (If the touchscreen is not working, these two drivers will not even show up, hence the reason for restarting the computer in step one)
3. Right-click on one and select "Update Driver Software". Let it run its course and select "Okay" when it is done. You will notice that the name of the driver changes.
4. Repeat for the other "USB" driver.
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