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    Disabling touchpad with Sager N8130

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by narf13666, Apr 7, 2012.

  1. narf13666

    narf13666 Newbie

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    Hey all, I use a USB mouse on a Sager N8130 running Win7, so I tried to disable my touchpad. At first, when I went to "mouse" in control panel, the synaptics pointing device would come up. I'd click on disable, and it would turn off the touchpad. However, if I put the computer to sleep, it would reenable. Because I didn't want to disable it every session, I tried to uninstall the drivers.

    Now, when I click on "mouse" in the control panel, the synaptics device doesn't come up, but the touchpad still functions. The device manager still has the PS/2 (which I assume is the touchpad) and the HID (which I assume is the USB mouse, because when I unplug the USB mouse, this option disappears) still show up. However, the "disable" button is grayed out on the PS/2 Mouse when I go to the driver tab.

    Is there a way to disable the touchpad permanently? And barring that, how can I restore the drivers for the touchpad so that when I click on "mouse" in the control panel, it brings me to the synaptics device so that I can at least disable the touchpad every session?

    Thanks for the help.
     
    narf13666, Apr 7, 2012
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  2. b0b1man

    b0b1man Notebook Deity

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    Alright, I will post a screen in my device manager to help you locate the touchpad.

    Its recognized as PS2 input device, the other one is my USB mouse.



    +Rep me if I helped! (the button beneath my avatar, in the middle of the three)


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    b0b1man, Apr 7, 2012
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  3. narf13666

    narf13666 Newbie

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    I do have that option show up in my device manager, exactly as you've posted it in your screenshot. However, when I access the driver tab under that, the "disable" button doesn't function, and uninstalling the driver doesn't do anything either, even after a restart.

    How can I disable the touchpad permanently?
     
    narf13666, Apr 7, 2012
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  4. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    cant you turn it of using the Fn + Fnumber keys. not sure what it would be for that model but try Fn + F1
    of course this only disables it for while its on and after reboot you will have to disable it each time.
     
    MrDJ, Apr 7, 2012
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  5. narf13666

    narf13666 Newbie

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    Ah, that took care of it. Thanks MrDJ! I hadn't noticed that button before.
     
    narf13666, Apr 7, 2012
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    deepeshb Notebook Enthusiast

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    or try this
     

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    deepeshb, Apr 8, 2012
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  7. MrDJ

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    your welcome. glad it helped :)
     
    MrDJ, Apr 8, 2012
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