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    Asus G series touchpad

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by m1_1x, Nov 18, 2011.

  1. m1_1x

    m1_1x Notebook Evangelist

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    Im assuming all the G series use the Synaptic touchpad. Have any of you noticed the insane memory leaks the program bleeds? After a couple days, the synaptic touchpad program accumulated 800mb of ram...

    Is it just me or has anyone noticed the amount of memory it takes just to run it?
     
    m1_1x, Nov 18, 2011
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  2. KuroLionheart

    KuroLionheart Notebook Deity

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    Some of the later versions of the driver have memory leak issues. Roll back to an earlier driver. I use 15.0.11 and everything is perfect.
     
    KuroLionheart, Nov 18, 2011
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  3. Yiddo

    Yiddo Believe, Achieve, Receive

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    I normally see this when installing synaptics and then updating when I first reinstall windows, normally uninstalling and then reinstalling this once the updates are done fixes the problem.

    Wondering if it could be a service pack change maybe? But some do have memory leaks as Lord Lion said ^
     
    Yiddo, Nov 18, 2011
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  4. Hrogi

    Hrogi Notebook Consultant

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    I rebooot and or turn off my PC once a day and never see issues like this.

    Sucks that they are around..
     
    Hrogi, Nov 18, 2011
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    madnj Notebook Consultant

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    This happens if you install the Synaptics drivers and then update them without uninstalling first. I saw this installing the drivers from Synaptics.com and then updating to the Chastity's driver page driver.

    I have no issues at all with installing the base Synaptics.com universal driver (which supports 2 finger scrolling which I wouldn't live without). I've definitely seen this memory hogging issue before, but as I said performing a full removal of the synaptics related apps from the Programs list and then rebooting before installing the new version should resolve this.
     
    madnj, Nov 18, 2011
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    tony211 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I dont know about the memory leaks but the touch pad on my JH is the most horrible touch pad in existence. The pointer jumps around when it wants too. I try to use a mouse as much as possible but sometimes I dont have one with me. OMG I just want to throw away this laptop.
     
    tony211, Nov 18, 2011
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