W3V touch pad scrolling and firefox

does anyone else have this problem when trying to use the side of the touchpad to scroll up and down it doesnt work in firefox? it works fine in IE its wierd.

 

This is a known problem with the Synaptics drivers and Firefox -- *only* Firefox.
Search the Forums for "Synaptics" and "Firefox" -- there are a number of threads telling you how to correct, but it seems to depend on specific configurations; most people say to install an older Synaptics driver, but that didn't work for me. I think it's just trial and error at this point, until Synaptics releases a *new* driver that actually works.

 

hey barong I just installed my logitech bluetooth mouse and it works now. Very strange.

 

wow should i unstall the logitech bluetooth mouse driver? haha. i wonder. it annoys me that the touchpad doesn't work with firefox. i'm not quite ready to give up firefox although it still isn't the perfect browser (well since no one writes perfect HTML).

what BT mouse do you have?

 

I had the same issue with my Z71v, and Synaptics HAS released a new driver that works. check it out: http://www.synaptics.com/support/drive.cfm

 

IT WORKS! thank you djembe! you are now my hero.

 

Wow
Ye rob you just saved me an extra hour of support. Someone should send you a bottle of vodka.

 

Djembe, you rock! Thanks for finding that. I can finally scroll -- now that I've taught myself to do without it over the last 3 months.....

 

Glad I could help! To give credit where credit is due, I was pointed to that driver in a post by lytener on Notebook Forums.

 

hey, juat wanna know if this works with W5 also, thx.

 

I'd guess that it works universally for Synaptics touchpads. If the W5 has a touchpad made by Synaptics, it should work.

 

thx man, now i just have to check if it's made Synaptics touchpad.

 

hey, another question, there are two for XP, which one should i download, and after download, i just have to install in? is there anything i have to pay attention to? new to this, so, thx.

 

download the one for 2000/XP. The first one on the list is only for 64-bit systems. You might have to uninstall your previous driver before you can install the new one, but I think it will work if you just open it and start the setup.

 

thanks a bunch for lookin into it! i can scroll in firefox now. i'm so happy! hhahahha

 

Does this mean you will pay him the extra hour of support.

Usually technical support averages around 15-20 an hour these days for phone support.

eheheh

There was a huge thread about this topic a few months back over @ notebookforums.com

 

Yep, all you have to do is download the driver (for XP/2000), open the zip folder, and click on setup.exe. The new driver installs automatically, and you don't have to uninstall the previous driver or anything; after a reboot, you can scroll away to your heart's content!

 

thx alot, i'm using it now!

 

Hey, I like your thinking, smilepak! I could quit my day job and get paid for answering forum questions if that were true!