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    L501x problem: Touchpad is not disabled, orange light on

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by stisev, Dec 15, 2010.

  1. stisev

    stisev Notebook Guru

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    Very weird problem.

    I am running a clean Windows 7 64-bit (without Dell bloatware).


    I press FN + Touchpad-disable button (the one on the left of insert and right of F12). The orange light comes on, but the touchpad still works as usual.

    Any ideas?
     
    stisev, Dec 15, 2010
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  2. ra990

    ra990 Notebook Consultant

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    You have to have the Dell QuickSet utility installed and use the Touchpad drivers provided on Dell's XPS drivers webpage. If you use any other touchpad drivers, the on/off will not work and will behave as you are describing.
     
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  3. stisev

    stisev Notebook Guru

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    Yea you were right.

    I installed the Synaptic drivers and it worked, but I hate the 2 apps it has to run in the background.

    There is no BIOS setting to turn it off.

    I am unable to "disable" the driver in device manager or devcon(64bit) CLI.



    Sucks. Looks like this is the only way to do it. If anyone has any other way to turn off the touchpad, PLEASE let me know!
     
    stisev, Dec 15, 2010
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  4. JayUSA

    JayUSA Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi stisev and ra990,

    Your posts reference Synaptics "drivers", but I only find the 15.1.4.0 touchpad driver on Del's site? Is there another / second one too?

    Also, should I expect to see a Touchpad config area in the Windows Mobility / Dell QuickSet center?

    Thaks!

    Jay
     
    JayUSA, Jan 9, 2011
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