Windows 10: Disable GPIO keyboard dock on tablet

I have a tablet (cube mix plus) and the keyboard dock port is causing problems (sends random key strokes, eg holding down the delete key...). How can I disable the port? Perhaps in device manager somewhere?

Right now I have taped over the port, but that isn't a great solution.

Thanks!

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Portrait mode and auto rotation in PR1.2 (Browser and phone)

Rotation is disabled if your keyboars is open..



I'm not saying your keyboard *is* open... but it is possible the sensor is malfunctioning so the phone thinks it is..



Try this:



Open an x terminal on your phone



then open and close the keyboard 5 or 6 times



then in the x terminal. type this command



dmesg



It'll spew a load of stuff, but the last lines should read like:



[35659.908569] slide (GPIO 71) is now open

[35677.470794] slide (GPIO 71) is now closed

[35680.580505] slide (GPIO 71) is now open

[35682.650634] slide (GPIO 71) is now closed



If they don't that indicates your phone can't detect the state of the keyboard.. This is a return to the shop situation, I'm afraid.. but a user on this forum (sorry I can't remember who) had their phone fixed in front of them in store..

 

My Toshiba Satellite Click 2 Pro (detachable with docking station keyboard) shutting down when docked

Every time I attach my tablet to the docking station to use as a laptop, my Toshiba satellite keeps shutting down randomly. When I detach it from the docking station keyboard, it does not shut down (while using as a tablet). Anybody has any idea why this
may be happening? The issue seems to be with the docking station keyboard. Does Toshiba sell the separate detachable docking station keyboard? Thanks!

 

Looking at Cube Mix Plus - Core M3-7Y30 Powered i7 Book Successor - TechTablets shows the device is similar to Notebook in that it shows a Touchpad. Most Notebooks have a switch on it somewhere or an Fn + Fx key combination that turns off the Touch pad for when using an external mouse. My wife couldn't get along without that feature on her Toshiba, my other-brand Notebooks all have the feature. One shows it doesn't need the Fn key combination, just press a particular Fx key.

 

Hi Berton,

Actually the Cube Mix Plus is a slate but you can the gpio detachable keyboard. Similar to the Surface, if you have seen one. I did not buy the keyboard. The problem I have is not the touchpad, but the gpio keyboard port itself. It looks like a series of gold plated contacts. Again, if you are familiar with the Surface I believe it is similar.

When something shorts the pins (eg by your finger touching them) it sends random key presses (eg delete key down). I want to disable the gpio port itself, which is on the side of my tablet. I assume this is possible via device manager but I'm not sure where or what to look for.

Hopefully this clears up the confusion. Again, it's the port on the tablet I want to disable, I do not have a keyboard.

 

The only thing I can equate it to is an example, I sold a nice older Notebook to a woman for here kids but she got hold of a wireless mouse with the nano transceiver. Somehow she managed to break the housing where one holds it to plug in and her fingers/thumb hit the exposed contacts and it fried the Notebook. Good thing I only wanted $100 for it as I'll never get it now. For yours I'd suggest some type of insulating material to cover the contacts to prevent problems, maybe a good electrical tape or maybe a glue gun to cover.

 

The tablet has a keyboard port like the Microsoft Surface - the contacts are already exposed, no damage needed. As I said, it's merely a case of having something conductive bridge the pins. This may not be the case on the Surface, but on the Mix it certainly is.
eg: http://images.anandtech.com/doci/638...MagnetConn.jpg





Right now it is taped over, but I don't consider this a long term solution. Which is why I'm looking for a better one, eg disabling the port in hardware manager.

 

If it can't be disabled in Device Manager might have to look in the BIOS Setup to disable it. Windows [any OS] reads the BIOS during booting to determine what resources it has to work with.

 

Well I don't know if I can disable it in hw manager, which is why I posted this question...