johnhaha
09-11-2015, 04:14 AM
Hello all, I was just wondering if anyone could help me with my touchpad on the ROG G75.
Here are my problems:
-The Elantech touchpad with Asus Smart Gesture is sluggish, unwieldy, and a pain to use. (I will explain.) I only notice it because I am also using a Dell XPS 1640 and it is MUCH more responsive.
-My favorite and most coveted feature on the XPS 1640 is the ability to continuously scroll with one finger by drawing a spiral motion on the touchpad (On the Synaptics website it is called "Chiral Scroll") and I was wondering if it was possible to enable this feature somehow or install it.
Everything about this laptop is perfect except for the touchpad. Well, that and the damn non-user replaceable battery, but thatss another thing all together. I have searched all over the forums and all over google as well as waiting several months for a possible fix with no luck and have tried about 7 different drivers from different manufacturers to no avail.
The touchpad has a huge latency (if that is what it's called) issue. When you move your finger, the touchpad takes a split second to recognize that your finger has moved, and stops a split second after your finger has stopped. In real world use, this has caused me to missclick very very often because it overshoots where I am aiming the cursor. As a result it makes me pass over a button two or three times before I can hit it. Very annoying. These two issues make it impossible to quickly do tasks, Especially when trying to click on something very small. At first I thought it was some strange kind of acceleration issue, but there are no acceleration options in the Smart Gesture Program, and neither is there an option for it in the Elantech software hidden in Programs. This is a very strange problem that I wouldnt have noticed if I wasnt using two laptops side by side. The other laptop's touchpad is INSTANTLY responsive, it starts when my finger moves, and stops when my finger stops. I have no issues with tracking accuracy or acceleration on it, however that trackpad is a Synaptics trackpad using Dell Touchpad. Is this latency (lag) typical of Elantech touchpads?
What I have tried so far:
-I have turned off Touchpad Delay under PC Settings, and turned off "Enhance Pointer Precision" under Mouse Properties.
-I have used over 7 different drivers from Lenovo, Asus, Dell, Acer, Elantech, and Synaptics. (Synaptics drivers are sometimes incompatible, and when they do install, the features are absent.) When I successfully installed the same Dell Touchpad/Synaptics driver from my other laptop, I even had the Dell Touchpad tab show up under my Mouse Properties, however the customization software refused to load when I clicked on it, and none of the features worked.
-Yes when I install new drivers I make sure to uninstall the old driver, as well as restarting my computer after each install and removal.
What I have not tried:
-Using an ALPS driver
-Other drivers by Elantech except Asus branded Elantech drivers
-Maybe I just need to find the right driver is what I am thinking.
Note:
-When using a mouse(Logitech G502 Proteus Core) by usb, there is ZERO latency. Even using a wireless mouse (Logitech MX Performance) has significantly less latency than the native trackpad.
-The lag also affects the Two Finger Scroll function.
Lastly, Is there any way to get a Chiral Scroll feature or similar on this Elantech Touchpad? I miss it greatly. Two finger scrolling just isn't the same, and if I have to keep two finger scroll, is there anyway to reverse the scroll direction? It is the complete opposite of how scrolling works on EVERY modern smartphone.
Thanks for reading and thanks in advance for all of the help!
Edit:
Some additional notes:
-The buttons of the trackpad have NO discernible lag/delay/response time and work perfectly. The issue is just the touchpad.
-The delay is in actuality between 100-500 milliseconds, and probably only discerneable to someone who is used to higher end mice with fast polling such as gaming mice etc, however in gaming and getting work done, fast response time between touching the touchpad and seeing the movement happen onscreen is critical.
Here are my problems:
-The Elantech touchpad with Asus Smart Gesture is sluggish, unwieldy, and a pain to use. (I will explain.) I only notice it because I am also using a Dell XPS 1640 and it is MUCH more responsive.
-My favorite and most coveted feature on the XPS 1640 is the ability to continuously scroll with one finger by drawing a spiral motion on the touchpad (On the Synaptics website it is called "Chiral Scroll") and I was wondering if it was possible to enable this feature somehow or install it.
Everything about this laptop is perfect except for the touchpad. Well, that and the damn non-user replaceable battery, but thatss another thing all together. I have searched all over the forums and all over google as well as waiting several months for a possible fix with no luck and have tried about 7 different drivers from different manufacturers to no avail.
The touchpad has a huge latency (if that is what it's called) issue. When you move your finger, the touchpad takes a split second to recognize that your finger has moved, and stops a split second after your finger has stopped. In real world use, this has caused me to missclick very very often because it overshoots where I am aiming the cursor. As a result it makes me pass over a button two or three times before I can hit it. Very annoying. These two issues make it impossible to quickly do tasks, Especially when trying to click on something very small. At first I thought it was some strange kind of acceleration issue, but there are no acceleration options in the Smart Gesture Program, and neither is there an option for it in the Elantech software hidden in Programs. This is a very strange problem that I wouldnt have noticed if I wasnt using two laptops side by side. The other laptop's touchpad is INSTANTLY responsive, it starts when my finger moves, and stops when my finger stops. I have no issues with tracking accuracy or acceleration on it, however that trackpad is a Synaptics trackpad using Dell Touchpad. Is this latency (lag) typical of Elantech touchpads?
What I have tried so far:
-I have turned off Touchpad Delay under PC Settings, and turned off "Enhance Pointer Precision" under Mouse Properties.
-I have used over 7 different drivers from Lenovo, Asus, Dell, Acer, Elantech, and Synaptics. (Synaptics drivers are sometimes incompatible, and when they do install, the features are absent.) When I successfully installed the same Dell Touchpad/Synaptics driver from my other laptop, I even had the Dell Touchpad tab show up under my Mouse Properties, however the customization software refused to load when I clicked on it, and none of the features worked.
-Yes when I install new drivers I make sure to uninstall the old driver, as well as restarting my computer after each install and removal.
What I have not tried:
-Using an ALPS driver
-Other drivers by Elantech except Asus branded Elantech drivers
-Maybe I just need to find the right driver is what I am thinking.
Note:
-When using a mouse(Logitech G502 Proteus Core) by usb, there is ZERO latency. Even using a wireless mouse (Logitech MX Performance) has significantly less latency than the native trackpad.
-The lag also affects the Two Finger Scroll function.
Lastly, Is there any way to get a Chiral Scroll feature or similar on this Elantech Touchpad? I miss it greatly. Two finger scrolling just isn't the same, and if I have to keep two finger scroll, is there anyway to reverse the scroll direction? It is the complete opposite of how scrolling works on EVERY modern smartphone.
Thanks for reading and thanks in advance for all of the help!
Edit:
Some additional notes:
-The buttons of the trackpad have NO discernible lag/delay/response time and work perfectly. The issue is just the touchpad.
-The delay is in actuality between 100-500 milliseconds, and probably only discerneable to someone who is used to higher end mice with fast polling such as gaming mice etc, however in gaming and getting work done, fast response time between touching the touchpad and seeing the movement happen onscreen is critical.