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    Sony S13 Touchpad unresponsive while gaming

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by tanmannyc, Dec 7, 2012.

  1. tanmannyc

    tanmannyc Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello,

    Hope somebody can help me.
    Just got a Sony S13 last week, quite happy with its gaming power even though it's the new model and there's no BIOS MOD for the GT640 (yet).
    My issue is that in a couple of games (ex. Assassin's Creed 3 and Far Cry 3 for instance), if I try to use the touchpad, whenever I push down let's say the key to move forward the touchpad does not react anymore. Playing with a mouse I have no issue when pressing multiple keys. But with the touchpad even a single key staying pressed seems to maks any input from touchpad.
    Any suggestions?
    Thanks
     
    tanmannyc, Dec 7, 2012
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  2. mikebob

    mikebob Notebook Geek

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    Hey i think its a palm rejection thing with the soft ware. You might have noticed that this happens when you are just typing in windows and try to move your cursor at the same time. Why do you want to play with a touchpad anyways? =P
     
    mikebob, Dec 7, 2012
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  3. bolt.pt

    bolt.pt Notebook Evangelist

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    As far as I know, the touch-pad rejects input while you're using the keyboard to prevent random cursor syndrome. Not sure if you can configure this in the drivers, but please take this friendly suggestion and always keep a mouse near (better yet, a wireless one) or keep to keyboard-only games.

    Playing FPS \ MMOs \ etc with a touch-pad is pure masochism, and I do not recommend it.
     
    bolt.pt, Dec 9, 2012
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  4. bolt.pt

    bolt.pt Notebook Evangelist

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    Oh great, forum bug that causes double-posting. This is news.

    Please delete
     
    bolt.pt, Dec 9, 2012
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  5. RefinedPower

    RefinedPower Notebook Deity

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    I used to play games with a touchpad that had physical right/left keys. it was doable. I tried doing that when i got the S15 though... yeaaa 5 mins later i was running out to get my first mouse.
     
    RefinedPower, Dec 10, 2012
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