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    Acer Aspire 5741-5763 touchpad freezes

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by grkadel, Jul 21, 2011.

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    My laptops touch pad freezes often. After freezing, the pointer looks like a lens with + and - sign when I try moving the pointer. There is no way to get out of this other than logging off and logging in again.
    I have reset the computer to the factory setting a couple of times to see if it gets fixed, but to no avail. :(
    Any idea will be appreciated! Thanks!!
     
    grkadel, Jul 21, 2011
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    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    Update touchpad driver- it's either Synaptics or ALPS. Find the most recent drivers and test them- just don't look at Acer's website. Acer doesn't update drivers so all you'll find is what you already have.
     
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    Thank you... but i am having trouble figuring out which driver - Synaptics or ALPS is mine.
    Any suggestions, where to look at?
     
    grkadel, Jul 24, 2011
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    Check in device manager if you have Synaptics driver or in Control Panel/ Mouse if it has Synaptics tab added.
     
    downloads, Jul 24, 2011
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