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    Disabling the touchpad with S96J

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by positivebalance, Aug 12, 2006.

  1. positivebalance

    positivebalance Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey, I got my S96J from powernotebooks and I think it's quite amazing. Anyway, I'm not going to sit here and talk about what I love about it, but one thing that is bothering me is that I want to disable the touchpad when using a mouse plugged into a usb slot. It looks like the disable touchpad button is the button to the left of the power button on the top right, but when I hit the button, nothing happens.

    Does anyone have any idea what this problem is, or another way to disable the touchpad?
     
    positivebalance, Aug 12, 2006
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  2. zydus

    zydus Notebook Evangelist

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    try Fn + F9
     
    zydus, Aug 12, 2006
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  3. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You may probrably need to install the HControl and ATK0110(or something like that, ATKxxxxx, where x=0 or 1) drivers for the buttons.
     
    coriolis, Aug 12, 2006
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  4. Bhatman

    Bhatman Notebook Evangelist

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    You have to update the ATK100 drivers to allow the usage of hotkeys and the buttons(Fn keys wont work). You can get the drivers on the Intel website.
     
    Bhatman, Aug 12, 2006
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  5. asenna

    asenna Notebook Consultant

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    yezz the drivers need to be installed for this to work ,just install all drivers from the cd you get with it
     
    asenna, Aug 13, 2006
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    _radditz_ Fallen to the Sith...

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    I have the ATK ACPI installed BUT the botton thats supposed to disable the touchpad doesnt work. This is because its tied in with the Synaptic drivers which i see no reason to have, so you need both for the button to work.
     
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  7. positivebalance

    positivebalance Notebook Enthusiast

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    I downloaded the Touchpad driver from the Intel website and that fixed the problem. Thanks for the help.
     
    positivebalance, Aug 13, 2006
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