How to Fix the Laptop Touchpad

Cyreug    1/08/2020    PC   

A Touchpad is a pointer that consists of a unique surface that can translate a user's finger movement and position to a relative position on the screen. The touchpad is a common feature of laptops and is also used instead of computer mice in the small tablespace.

The TOUCHPAD provides special assistance for users to perform work that always relies on the mouse excessively. The Touchpad has a variable size but is rarely made more than 40 cm ² (6.3 x 6.3 cm or about 6 inches ²). The Touchpad can also be found in the Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) and some portable media players, such as iPods, using a click wheel.

Some common causes that cause Touchpad on laptops do not work as they should. Include:

• Laptop hit by virus attack
• Dirty Touchpad due to dust/stain
• The touchpad is exposed to sweat oil
• Touchpad Driver missing or not installed
• Error setting on Touchpad program
• Hardware Malfunction (Touchpad)
• Driver malfunction
• Driver not installed
• Touchpad Error setting
• File System Corrupt

How to Fix the Laptop Touchpad

Here are some proven ways to fix Touchpad that isn't functioning normally on laptops that are commonly experienced by laptop users:

A. Cleaning dust and oil

Touchpad on a laptop has a sensitive nature, meaning that if the touchpad until dirty or dust-covered it certainly reduces the sensitivity of the touchpad itself, it is good to always do the treatment by cleaning the entire portion of the laptop with a cloth Kanebo (do not get too wet) or try to clean with alcohol to clean stains stubborn waste food that is difficult in the cleanse

B. Download the Touchpad official Driver

For the first time using a laptop/notebook, it is our touchpad that can automatically be used but does not also forget to install the Touchpad driver provided on the official website of our laptop vendor. Such as Asus, Toshiba, HP, Acer, Lenovo, etc. Because with the installation of touchpad drivers, it will reduce the risk of error. Download address of each vendor's driver:

• Dell - http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Products/?app=drivers
• Toshiba - http://support.toshiba.com/drivers
• Apple - https://support.apple.com/en_US/downloads
• Asus - http://support.asus.com/download
• Acer - http://www.acer.co.id/ac/en/ID/content/drivers
• Vaio - http://esupport.sony.com/p/select-system.pl?DIRECTOR=DRIVER
• Axioo - http://drp.su/drivers/notebooks/?v=AXIOO&l=en

C. Antivirus Scanning Software

Viruses/malware does cause a significant impact on the hardware, both internal and external. Usually, viruses mess up system programs so that various devices can not run with the maximum. For example, in the case of a touchpad, the cursor cannot move, or the cursor moves.

It's a good idea before making any further improvements you do Scanning to clean the Virus on your laptop Full.

D. Setting in the Control Panel

It is possible that your touchpad is not functioning normally due to a push error which is a crucial combination to turn off Touchpad on a laptop that is Fn + icon Touchpad, you can activate it again via Control Panel utilizing Control Panel-hardware and sound-device and sound-TAB Device Setting Select Enable on Synaptics Touchpad

E. Remove the Driver Mouse/Touchpad

When the touchpad settings are appropriate (on/active), then perhaps the error is in the default software, and the touchpad still does not work usually. Go to Control Panel > System > Device Manager. Then find the mice and other pointing device section > Click the symbol next to it and remove the driver named Synaptics PS/2 Port Touchpad by hovering the mouse pointer over it > Right-click > select Delete.

After you delete the driver, restart the laptop again, and the Touchpad driver will refresh again by automatic install when the Windows OS is back up.

F. Fixing via Registry

In some cases, the touchpad is not functioning generally between the right and left buttons upside down, or the laptop can not do click at all than can be tried to repair by editing the Windows registry.

1. Enter into the Registry Editor (Regedit), right-click Start > Click Run, and fill the tab with the word  "regedit" after that click OK.
2. Look for the following key HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Control Panel > Mouse
3. Notice to the right look for the value "swapmousebutton" Usually at the bottom of the > Click 2x (double click), then it will pop up the dialog box  "Edit String," on the tab "Value data" Change the value to 0, after that click OK.
4. Restart your computer.

H. Turn off Laptop

Sometimes many ways have been tried to repair a Touchpad that is not functioning normally, the pointer moves right and to the left but does not work. I try to unplug the laptop battery and leave the laptop in an unenviable condition For 2 hours after that, try to plug the battery back probably this way your Touchpad can generally run as I've experienced. Perhaps this kind of thing is caused by an electrical short circuit. 

I. Restore BIOS Settings

The third way to overcome. Touchpad does not work is to restore the BIOS settings, you must be careful if using this way because if it is wrong can cause the system to fail to boot because every laptop's BIOS Different is functional, follow the following tutorial:

1. Shut down or restart your laptop.
2. After that, press the F2 key on the keyboard quickly when the laptop boots. The BIOS menu will appear. (if it's not fast, then you should do it from the reset).
3. Then press the F9 key to change the setting to default.
4. Last, press the F10 key to exit.

J. Replace the new Touchpad

If the repair of the system is still not able to cope with the problematic Touchpad is better if asked at the expert (serviceman) may indeed damage the hardware and should be replaced.