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    searching for drivers

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by firekatd, May 30, 2008.

  1. firekatd

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    Hey guys,
    Recently I bought a Acer 5520 Notebook and decided that vista wasn't for me. So, I decided to install Xp Pro x64. Now, I have almost found all my drivers but I'm having problems finding two. Does anyone know if there is and where I can find a driver for the touchpad and the crystal eye webcam for XP 64-bit?
     
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    Thanx a ton dude
     
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    but here's what i dont get, why is it that when i open up the synaptics program, it shows my device as a mouse instead of a touchpad and therefore I can't change the settings specific to a touchpad like sensitivity and stuff?
     
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    Hmm.. I have no idea..try reinstalling?

    Actually I had issues with synaptic now that I think of. Reinstalling solve my problems..
     
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    I just googled around and it seems that for some notebooks the Synaptic doesn't work. The driver does but not the software. Try Compaq ALPS XP 64 driver&software, it may work. Acer provide ALPS only for Vista.

    P.S. I'll try the ALPS for myself tomorrow and let you know if you didn't try it out.
     
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    good answer ATG,, i switched to the ALPS driver on XP pro 32bit,, and my haunted cursor was freed from it's ghost!!!
     
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    now theres just one more problem that i dont understand. When I install the crystal eye webcam, it installs fine but the webcam still doesnt work. When it says a bubble should pop up in the system tray and say driver installed or w/e, it doesnt happen. What should I do?
     
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