The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Lenovo T510 touchpad not working with firefox

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by sanb111, Sep 6, 2010.

  1. sanb111

    sanb111 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    10
    Messages:
    36
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Lenovo T510 Touchpad sometime stop working , it occurs while i was using Firefox. the mouse pointer just hangs ..
    Also Fn+f8 does not fix it. I have to restart to fix it.
    how to resolve this issue.
     
    sanb111, Sep 6, 2010
    #1
  2. MidnightSun

    MidnightSun Emodicon

    Reputations:
    6,668
    Messages:
    8,224
    Likes Received:
    231
    Trophy Points:
    231
    So the touchpad stops working only in Firefox? Or for Windows as a whole?
     
    MidnightSun, Sep 6, 2010
    #2
  3. sanb111

    sanb111 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    10
    Messages:
    36
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    it occured only few times , but all of the time i was using firefox and it stopped working.
    When it stop working it stops for Windows as whole.
     
    sanb111, Sep 6, 2010
    #3
  4. sanb111

    sanb111 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    10
    Messages:
    36
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Does anyone know solution to this?
    Is it a hardware issue or Software / driver issue. or both?
     
    sanb111, Sep 7, 2010
    #4
  5. TinyRK

    TinyRK Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    32
    Messages:
    329
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Did you update the driver?
    And, are you using the touchpad or the trackpoint or both?
    I remember this happening to myself, while I was learning how to use the trackpoint. My thumb always touched the touchpad, while using the trackpoint resulting in the pointer not moving.
     
    TinyRK, Sep 7, 2010
    #5
  6. sanb111

    sanb111 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    10
    Messages:
    36
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I think i am using the latest driver from lenovo Website.
    I use both at times. May be while pressing any key i accidentally touched the trackpoint and touchpad both at same time.
    But after the pointer freeze trackpoint still works , only the touchpad freezes.
    Is it normal behavior or is this a hardware issue?
     
    sanb111, Sep 7, 2010
    #6
  7. oct

    oct Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    116
    Messages:
    402
    Likes Received:
    15
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Since you're using win server 2008, perhaps drivers are not fully compatible? Does lenovo have win server specific drivers?
     
    oct, Sep 7, 2010
    #7
  8. sanb111

    sanb111 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    10
    Messages:
    36
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I think it's a driver issue.
    I noticed that when the touchpad freezes , Syntpenh.exe ( for Ultranav ) utilty was taking 25 % of CPU.
    So i think something is crashing that exe,
    I uninstalled the Lenovo driver and installed the one from synaptics website.
    I think it should work now. I will post the result in week or two.
     
    sanb111, Sep 9, 2010
    #8
  9. jj2581

    jj2581 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    2
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I just got my T410 and have the same problem. The touchpad just stopped working while using firefox and one of the synaptics processes was using 25% cpu. I'm wondering if putting the laptop through a few sleep cycles caused it. I was just about to reinstall the touchpad drivers, so I'll see if that fixes it.

    I'm using Windows 7 Pro x64.
     
    jj2581, Sep 12, 2010
    #9
  10. gibsg2510

    gibsg2510 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    1
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    My T510 does the same thing, I came here looking for an answer, but it looks like nobody has found one yet. Time to call tech support.
     
    gibsg2510, Sep 12, 2010
    #10
  11. sanb111

    sanb111 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    10
    Messages:
    36
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    It's a bug in Firefox ( some conflict with Ultranav)
    I have Uninstalled the Ultranav Driver that comes from Lenovo.
    I installed the synaptics driver from thier website and it's running fine with no issues.
    So i would say you should uninstall the current driver and replace by synaptics driver.
     
    sanb111, Sep 13, 2010
    #11
  12. sanb111

    sanb111 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    10
    Messages:
    36
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    sanb111, Sep 13, 2010
    #12