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    Without the synaptic touch pad driver.. (asus n80-x5)

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Rand627, Feb 21, 2009.

  1. Rand627

    Rand627 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is there a way to disable the touchpad without the synaptic driver? I use my asus to game..so its rather annoying when I accidently touch the touchpad ingame while i'm using an external mouse. I can disable it with the synaptic driver, but I get keyboard lag with it. So as it stands now, I can either miss every other letter..or I can try to avoid the touchpad ingame. Any ideas?
     
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    You can disable it from the BIOS, or (less cumbersome if you wish to re-enable) from the Device Manager.
     
    E.B.E., Feb 21, 2009
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    But I do want it on when I'm not gaming. I often use the touchpad..but ingame it is terrible. Any ideas?
     
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    if you have atk hotkeys installed, isnt there a hotkey (fn + f something) for it? or maybe its possible to make a .bat script that does that and bind it to a key combination.
     
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    without synaptic hotkey won't work. Fn+F9
     
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    The best solution then is disabling via device manager.
     
    E.B.E., Feb 22, 2009
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