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    Can't turn off synaptic pad!

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by avalacos, Nov 21, 2010.

  1. avalacos

    avalacos Newbie

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    Quick question - I'm having trouble typing and gaming while the synaptic pad is active, my cursor often goes ape. I want to turn it off completely, what i want is that section of the laptop to be another piece of plastic.

    I've tried disabling, uninstalling but to my illiterate eye the microsoft ps/2 mouse driver is connected to the synaptic pad and reinstalls itself on every boot up.

    When i am able to fn+f9 and turn off the pad there's a tiny corner on the top right which is still active. Is there something i'm missing?
     
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  2. ALLurGroceries

    ALLurGroceries  Vegan Vermin Super Moderator

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    I'm not sure why there'd be a corner still active if you turn it off with Fn+F9, but you can totally disable it in the BIOS setup. This may not be as convenient as the hotkey, but it'll work.
     
    ALLurGroceries, Nov 21, 2010
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    I'm not familiar with switching it off via BIOS but am completely happy with that alternative.
     
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    Yeah just reboot and hit F2 a few times and you'll get to the BIOS setup where you can disable it.
     
    ALLurGroceries, Nov 21, 2010
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