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    M17XR4 Trackpad Doesn't Stay Off

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by remedy1978, May 21, 2013.

  1. remedy1978

    remedy1978 Notebook Evangelist

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    Not sure if anyone else has encountered this issue, but when I press fn+F12 to turn off the trackpad, it turns back on during the next reboot. Anyone else see this behavior?
     
    remedy1978, May 21, 2013
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  2. ShirokenTech

    ShirokenTech Notebook Enthusiast

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    That's normal. You have to turn off the trackpad each time you reboot.
     
    ShirokenTech, May 22, 2013
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  3. utumkodur

    utumkodur Notebook Geek

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    Nope, it should be disabled, its working like this on my rig. Are You using synaptics drivers from dell website or u have newest version directly from synaptics ? U need to use dell drivers.
     
    utumkodur, May 22, 2013
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  4. TheDane

    TheDane Notebook Guru

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    My machine does it as well, even if it has only been in Sleep mode og Hibernation. Annoying, but it does not take much effort to turn it off again :)
     
    TheDane, May 22, 2013
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  5. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    Try the DELL drivers to see if there is any change
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, May 22, 2013
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  6. Toothonius

    Toothonius Notebook Enthusiast

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    You can also set it to automatically turn off trackpad when a mouse is connected. You can press your alien control center button and find it under AlienTouch "Disable trackpad when external USB mouse is attached"
     
    Toothonius, May 22, 2013
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