HELP Synaptic Touchpad Problems.

Question

Ok so I was doing maintence on my Inspiron 6400 and the the touchpad film wire that attaches from the touchpad to the hardware was disconnected and then reconnected.. Now the synaptic touchpad dissapeared from the toolbar on the bottom of the screen and the touchpad doesnt work... Iv reinstalled the synaptic touchpad but it doesnt actually turn on and appear on the bottom of the screen? Help?

dallascowboyswo · Answer

Go to Start/Control Panel. Double Click on mouse. Click on the other tab. Remove tray icon from taskbar should not have a check in it.

Inspiron E1505
Intel Core 2 Duo processor T7200 (4MB/2.00GHz/667MHz)
15.4 Inch UltraSharp TrueLife Wide-screen WSXGA+
1GB, DDR2, 533MHz 2 Dimm
256MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1400
120GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
8X DVD+/-RW Drive
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/g Mini Card (54Mbps)
Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Module (2.0 + EDR)
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
Bios A08
pur. Sept. 7 2006

Burtonjp · Answer

There is no other tab on the mouse option

Burtonjp · Answer

Ok welll so it uninstalled itself (wierd) and I reinstalled it but it didnt install your telling me? Soo Whats going on with that. Am I installing it wrong or something?

dallascowboyswo · Answer

If there is no other tab then the touchpad drivers are not installed.

Inspiron E1505
Intel Core 2 Duo processor T7200 (4MB/2.00GHz/667MHz)
15.4 Inch UltraSharp TrueLife Wide-screen WSXGA+
1GB, DDR2, 533MHz 2 Dimm
256MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1400
120GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
8X DVD+/-RW Drive
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/g Mini Card (54Mbps)
Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Module (2.0 + EDR)
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
Bios A08
pur. Sept. 7 2006

aaron_mt · Answer

I'm having a bit of a problem with my Inspiron E1505 touchpad. The scroll sides on the side and the bottom of the touchpad won't scroll. I think my computer is recognizing the hardware as a mouse, not a touchpad. When I bring up the control pannel and go to "hardware" and then "Mouse", it says the device is a PS/2 Compatible Mouse. Is that right? I'm using Windows XP Professional if that helps any. Thanks!

Message Edited by aaron_mt on 06-20-2007 01:30 PM

toonite · Answer

i have turned off the touchpad on my laptop mouse to use an external usb mouse, but everytime i log on i get the notification that a synaptic touchpad is disabled, then a notice to say another device has been found . i dont want to see the pop up notice, how can i disable it?

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