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Inspiron 1520 - Upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7
I have a Inspiron 1520. It was running Windows Vista before. But now I have upgraded to Windows 7 but cannot find a match Dell Touchpad.
Please if anybody can advise a solution.
Many thanks
Philip_Yip
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May 20th, 2014 04:00
Its sometimes a bit hit and miss for the Touchpad Drivers.
Try the Windows 7 Driver offered by Dell for the Inspiron 1520 on the Legacy Input Device Drivers/Dell FTP Website for the Inspiron 1520:
http://ftp.dell.com/Browse_For_Drivers/Laptops/Inspiron/Inspiron%201520/
This one version 14.0.2 A01 (Synaptics) which lists Windows 7 32 Bit and Windows 7 64 Bit:
http://ftp.dell.com/input/DELL_TOUCHPAD----POINTING-ST_A01_R241874.exe
If the driver is listed on this page, Dell would have done some testing with it.
Edit: I made a mistake in the post above and gave you an Alps Touchpad Driver and not a Synaptics one. This system should have a Synaptics Touchpad.
DELL-Ravi Ch
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May 18th, 2014 23:00
Hi hwcmga,
Dell Inspiron 1520 has not been tested with Windows 7 Operating system. Consider installing vista drivers in compatibility mode.
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May 19th, 2014 11:00
Hi Ravi,
What do you mean by compatibility mode? I do not understand.
I tried to install from the originally diskette of Inspiron 1520 Windows Vista (32-bits). But it says the OS does not match.
Look forward to hearing from you again.
Philip_Yip
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May 19th, 2014 21:00
Use the drivers here:
http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/driver-sets/inspiron-laptops-windows-7/
For the Touchpad in particular install this driver:
http://ftp.dell.com/FOLDER00538342M/8/Input_ALPS_W7_A01_Setup-R2GJ4_ZPE.exe
I assume you tried to install 64 Bit Windows 7 which is likely why the Vista 32 Bit driver provided by Dell won't work (as the driver itself has no x64 folder for R175658).
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Philip_Yip
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May 20th, 2014 05:00
Great, thanks for posting back to let us know that you got it working. :emotion-21: Enjoy Windows 7. I have updated my unofficial driver set to state that its a Synaptics Touchpad and not an Alps Touchpad.