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    Dell Inspiron 1545 Touchpad Problems

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Little Roober, Dec 14, 2010.

  1. Little Roober

    Little Roober Newbie

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    My hard drive failed about a week ago and I just got it replaced. Now as I'm going through and ... setting my settings... I've realized I can't scroll like I used to. Before the problem, I could scroll by clicking the left and right buttons in at the same time and just moving the cursor up and down. I could also scroll using the side of the touch pad. It's completely thrown me off. Also, when I turn the volume up and down, I have to click on the icon in the toolbar instead of just using the controls on the keyboard. Another thing I found out just now is that when I press caps lock it doesn't alert me on the screen. I went from windows 7 to windows 7 and it's not nearly as convenient as last time.

    HELP...caps lock error... Help please.
    Steve
     
    Little Roober, Dec 14, 2010
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  2. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Reinstall the touchpad drivers. Or find the specific drivers (Alps vs Synaptics)

    The FN keys aren't affected by a failed hard drive. You might have more underlying problems.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Dec 15, 2010
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  3. Trottel

    Trottel Notebook Virtuoso

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    Like Tsunami said. But also is the fn key set correctly in bios?
     
    Trottel, Dec 15, 2010
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  4. Little Roober

    Little Roober Newbie

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    The problem started when I got the new HDD. I assume just the settings changed. I installed the drivers (Alps) right after I installed the OS. I'll check the BIOS. Thanks and I'll let you know how it works out.
     
    Little Roober, Dec 15, 2010
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  5. stan1915

    stan1915 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Re-install Dell Quickset software.
     
    stan1915, Jan 15, 2011
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    micman Notebook Evangelist

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    Just did a W7 install on this model. Installing quickset did the trick.
     
    micman, Aug 6, 2011
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  7. New World Order

    New World Order Notebook Enthusiast

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    Mines bugey at the minute, So Dell are going to replace it, Good you got yours fixed via software.
     
    New World Order, Aug 9, 2011
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