08-25-2011 11:37 AM - last edited on 03-05-2024 11:24 PM by ROGBot
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wildnut wrote:
I was very frustrated with the G74 touchpad. I thought that I'd bought a very nice laptop with a keyboard/mouse that was totally screwed up. The mouse would jump all over the place, etc. What I found out, however, is that the touchpad driver was screwed up and therefore I could not properly configure the touchpad. My G74 uses the Sentinel driver. To see if that is your problem, go to Control Panel, Mouse, Finger Sensing Pad and then Configure. If the Configure doesn't open (as mine would not), then you need to uninstall and reinstall the latest Sentinel driver until the Configure button does open. Once you're into the Configuration, go to Enable/Disable Touchpad and choose to Disable Touchpad while Typing. Additionally, expand the + to the left of Typing Detection and change the Reactivation Time to something like 1.5 seconds. This tells the touchpad to stay disabled until you've stopped typing for 1.5 seconds. Choose a longer/shorter time depending upon what you want. I personally also went to On Pad Functions and also disabled On Pad Click - but I may re-enable it later. Then, of course, click Ok
This has solved my problem with the sporadic, frustrating and disappointing Touchpad issues and I hope that it will resolve yours as well.
10-25-2011 08:21 AM
10-25-2011 09:11 AM
Xraided01 wrote:
I found out the problem is coming from having Any Usb mouse attached while trying to use the trackpad. Somehow the settings of the USB mouse interfere with touchpad. I also noticed the touchpad works perfect after completely disconnecting the mouse and then shutting down the computer. Hope this helps.
10-25-2011 12:28 PM
Xraided01 wrote:
I found out the problem is coming from having Any Usb mouse attached while trying to use the trackpad. Somehow the settings of the USB mouse interfere with touchpad. I also noticed the touchpad works perfect after completely disconnecting the mouse and then shutting down the computer. Hope this helps.
skullbussa wrote:
Frankly, I wish Asus would just pony up and buy whatever trackpads Apple puts in their Macbooks. The one on my MacBook Pro is just absolutely amazing. I would pay $100 more for a trackpad that doesn't constantly skip around when I pause when writing a sentence. And yes, I have all the proper drivers, clean install, etc.
It's simply a bad trackpad that is both too sensitive and not sensitive enough - it's impossible to categorize. Everything else about the G74 I just love to death, but this alone is making me contemplate returning it to the store for a refund.