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    touchpad....

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by benmarkle99, Apr 26, 2008.

  1. benmarkle99

    benmarkle99 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey all i just got my xps and im having problems getting the touch pad to work properly.

    First of all it was working fine when i got the laptop
    installed vista ultimate 32 bit
    still worked until i left it sitting closed for awhile came back and the touch pad was going beserk doing what it wanted to do showing it was being touched when it wasnt

    so i reinstalled the drivers updated to a08 bios installed all windows updates etc..

    now it doesnt work at all lol
    the left and right click buttons do work though
    any ideas?

    one more thing when using a ps 2 mouse with no touchpad drivers installed the mouse will sometimes start clicking without me doing it..
    thanks
     
    benmarkle99, Apr 26, 2008
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  2. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    Try previous driver versions, check the settings, and then contact Dell.
     
    pixelot, Apr 26, 2008
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    defiantly a hardware problem tried every setting even tried a live distro of linux and the mouse wont budge with the pad... is there anything i can try before sending it back? like i read somewhere sometimes there is a lose connector and you can take the keyboard off and tighten it?

    thanks
     
    benmarkle99, Apr 26, 2008
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    Listing exact model = Good idea. :)
     
    jalalabee, Apr 26, 2008
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    dell xps m1530
     
    benmarkle99, Apr 27, 2008
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    Yeah, you could try taking the laptop apart and reseating the cable to the touchpad, if you can get to it, but it would probably be better to let Dell handle it.
     
    pixelot, Apr 28, 2008
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    well...the touchpad on the m1530 is horrible to begin with (Dell used the Alps touchpad for the 1530 as opposed to the Synaptic's on the 1330s...), truely a HORRIBLE touchpad, and I would recommend an external (wired or wireless) mouse even if you DO somehow manage to get the touchpad working.

    (PS. Maybe it is disabled from the touchpad control? Do you have an external mouse hooked? Doing so may disable the touchpad on some computers)
     
    shawnhao, Apr 28, 2008
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    Not sure if this helps...

    but I have a Vostro 1500 w/Vista that did the same thing. I tried disabling certain touchpad settings and installed different drivers but nothing worked. I found a link to the Dell forums where tons of people where having the same issue. I was shipped an new AC power adapter and now the touchpad works perfectly. You may want to look into this.
     
    mach189, Apr 29, 2008
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    do you have the link by any chance??
     
    benmarkle99, Apr 29, 2008
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    holey i think you found the problem i unplug the laptop and the touchpad works not the best but way better then before and when i plug it back in it will slowly stop working
     
    benmarkle99, Apr 29, 2008
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    mach189, Apr 30, 2008
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    Yeah, my touchpad just starts going nuts whenever it feels like it. I don't want to have to go through 12 different driver versions and then have a dell technician tear apart my laptop (again) to try to fix a touchpad that is going to suck anyway.

    Dell quality at its best.

    This snap-together laptop is starting to become this biggest piece of sh*t I've ever used.
     
    smd58tx, Apr 30, 2008
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