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    Vostro 1500 - Mouse Drivers SOLVED

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by thesauce98, Jul 31, 2007.

  1. thesauce98

    thesauce98 Newbie

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    I saw a couple had this problem, including myself, so I figured I'd post the answer here.

    After formatting and installing a clean Vista on the Vostro 1500, the Dell website lists most of the drivers you need to get things working except the mouse. The mouse will work, but the scroll capability will not.

    I talked with tech support which ended up telling me the drivers are not available (yea right) so I searched around and finally got one that does:

    http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R155586&SystemID=INS_PNT_PM_1520&servicetag=&os=WLH&osl=en&deviceid=14029&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=1&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=17&fileid=207655

    This is the Synaptics Driver for the Inspiron 1520, which apparently is very similar to the Vostro 1500. I installed these and my Mouse properties now has scrolling options and the scrolling works well.
     
    thesauce98, Jul 31, 2007
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  2. oakleez

    oakleez Notebook Enthusiast

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    FYI, I always get them from

    http://www.synaptics.com/support/drive.cfm

    From what I've seen, synaptics drivers are universal and the latest ones are always on their site. No matter how dell repackages them, the synaptics.com ones have always worked for me... looks like the latest version for vista is 9.2.5, compared to Dell's v9.1.18.6.
     
    oakleez, Jul 31, 2007
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  3. itisonlyatest

    itisonlyatest Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thank you sooo much!
     
    itisonlyatest, Jul 31, 2007
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    thesauce98 Newbie

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    Ah, thanks for the input. I didn't check there at first because I couldn't figure out which manufacturer made the touchpad. It wasn't listed in any documentation or manuals I had or looked at online.
     
    thesauce98, Jul 31, 2007
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