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    series 7 touchpad stops working randomly?

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by jlrosine, Feb 25, 2012.

  1. jlrosine

    jlrosine Notebook Consultant

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    Hey I'm hoping someone has had and fixed this issue. I performed a fresh install of windows with the samsung CD, then dowloaded all latest drivers. Everything seems to work fine however, my mouse will just stop clicking (touchpad). I can still move the pointer and it highlights things, yet when clicked it does nothing. I have no idea what to do about it...here's what I've attempted so far.

    1: uninstall/reinstall mouse driver
    2: reboot multiple times
    3: tried stopping/starting device when it happens but it does not resolve the issue.

    The only fix I have is to reboot....very inconvenient.

    Any help or suggestions are appreciated.
     
    jlrosine, Feb 25, 2012
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  2. doanthaitu

    doanthaitu Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey i got the same problem, have you found the way to fix that yet?

    Sent from my SGH-T989 using Tapatalk
     
    doanthaitu, Mar 9, 2012
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  3. ultrah

    ultrah Notebook Guru

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    same here.
     
    ultrah, Mar 9, 2012
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  4. doanthaitu

    doanthaitu Notebook Enthusiast

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    I went back to the older driver and all is well now. The newer version is worse anyway imho.

    Sent from my SGH-T989 using Tapatalk
     
    doanthaitu, Mar 11, 2012
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  5. JoOber

    JoOber Newbie

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    The issue is caused by a bug in the elan driver. The option "One-Finger Drag & Drop : Tap again to release" does not work correctly and causes the described behavior.
    Deactivate or change to a different sub-option as a quick-fix.
     
    JoOber, Mar 25, 2012
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  6. spincel

    spincel Notebook Consultant

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    Update the driver to the newest driver and the issue will be fixed.
     
    spincel, Mar 25, 2012
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