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    Special mouse pad not working

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by andrewwan1980, Jul 15, 2008.

  1. andrewwan1980

    andrewwan1980 Notebook Enthusiast

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    When I first got my Dell laptop, the mouse pad had special sensor areas for scroll up/down and scroll left/right. Basically it's a little area on the right-side ... and bottom-side of the mouse pad... and you stroke it to perform scroll up/down, left/right.

    I re-install my entire system using the Dell Vista Cd.. and then it's driver CD. I installed every single driver possible for my laptop.

    The volume & play/stop buttons work now. But the special mouse pad doesn't work.
     
    andrewwan1980, Jul 15, 2008
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  2. ORLY

    ORLY Notebook Consultant

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    Have a look at the input drivers on the website. Should be there.
     
    ORLY, Jul 15, 2008
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  3. X2P

    X2P COOLING | NBR Super Mod

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    the Touchpad (real name for "mousepad") requires its own drivers, have you first of all installed the proper touchpad drivers, if not go to the Dell website as ORLY stated. ;)
     
    X2P, Jul 15, 2008
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