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    P150EM Touchpad Synaptics Error Win 8.1

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by thescreensavers, Oct 13, 2013.

  1. thescreensavers

    thescreensavers Notebook Consultant

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    Hey Guys,

    I installed 8.1 earlier today but cant seem to get the touch pad driver installed. I have tried W8 Drivers from sager and Synaptics but both give me the error below when I try to get to Mouse Settings.

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    thescreensavers, Oct 13, 2013
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  2. mattcheau

    mattcheau Notebook Deity

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    i'd wait till after this thursday when 8.1 is officially released. you'll probably get a synaptics update soon thereafter.
     
    mattcheau, Oct 14, 2013
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    thescreensavers Notebook Consultant

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    I hope so, all I could find is how Synaptics has Full Compliance on W8.1 but we shall see. I suppose with time it will get fixed. Just used to Two finger scrolling lol
     
    thescreensavers, Oct 14, 2013
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    Prostar Computer Company Representative

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    Try Windows default drivers. I've read that a lot of vendor specific drivers are not working under 8.1 at the moment, but some users have had success with Windows generic drivers.
     
    Prostar Computer, Oct 15, 2013
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  5. thescreensavers

    thescreensavers Notebook Consultant

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    ^ Thats what its using now as a generic mouse. But it lacks all the features/enhancements and right now the touch pad really sucks.

    8.1 came out and still no driver. The touchpad is the only thing that's not working...
     
    thescreensavers, Oct 18, 2013
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    I fixed it, I ended up going to Station-Drivers - News getting the latest Drivers for a synaptics touchpad from Dell

    I installed it and it wasn't exactly working just yet. I had to go to device manager and manually update the driver. Browse My Computer> Pick from a list> Unchecked show compatible devices > scrolled down to synaptics clicked on Dell Touchpad(using Dell driver) and continued. All is good now.

    A similar process might work with the generic synaptics drivers.
     
    thescreensavers, Oct 20, 2013
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