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    touchpad problem in fallout 3

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by nuwuforever, Mar 4, 2010.

  1. nuwuforever

    nuwuforever Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey, just got the p-7915u from bb and lovin it so far. problem is when playing fallout 3 with touchpad, i can't look around (with touchpad) while moving around (using w,a,s,d) at the same time. even after moving around, when I let up on the keys, it takes a second before the touchpad can kick in and let me look around. works fine with a mouse, but my mouse isn't always accessible as it's usually hooked to my desktop.

    any ideas?
     
    nuwuforever, Mar 4, 2010
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  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Your touchpad driver turns off the touchpad when you're typing so you don't accidentally hit it with your palm.

    As an aside, I have no clue how you can play an FPS with a touchpad.
     
    Lithus, Mar 4, 2010
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    Maverick79 Notebook Evangelist

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    Try to tweak the touchpad settings thru control panel.
     
    Maverick79, Mar 4, 2010
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    PsychoUsagi Notebook Consultant

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    Probably too late but I'll post this for anyone else who needs help with this issue. The only way I've found to fix this is to install the Windows generic touchpad drivers which will remove all of the touchpad features (including snapping, scrolling etc.) as well as automatically turning off the touchpad while typing. =] Do this by manually updating the synaptics driver to "PS/2 Compatible Mouse".
     
    PsychoUsagi, Mar 8, 2010
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