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Slow Trackpad with 8204

post #1 of 8
9/13/06 at 5:05pm
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Anyone think their trackpad is slow?

I have it set at the fastest speed in the control panel but it still seems a bit sluggish. When I plug in an external mouse, the pointer zips around way too fast - as it should!

I have disabled the Synaptics software that doesn't help much... a little but not much. Changed the screen resolution, helped but not much. Disabled Acer Software...helped a little. But all in all the darn trackpad is slow! What do I do?

Is it just my laptop, or is this the same for everyone? Other than this one annoying issue I love my 8204.
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post #2 of 8
9/13/06 at 6:25pm
what about updating to the latest Synaptic driver?

cheers ...
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post #3 of 8
9/13/06 at 8:35pm
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Did that.

I guess the question is... if you connect a mouse, does it travel at the same speed as the trackpad? Maybe my track pad is defective?
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post #4 of 8
9/14/06 at 4:36am
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Originally Posted by rockbot
Did that.

I guess the question is... if you connect a mouse, does it travel at the same speed as the trackpad?
not necesseraly, u might want to play with the acceleration in combination with the precision and see, it could be related on the surface type of the laptop as well

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Maybe my track pad is defective?
doubt that very much, touchpads r very pinicky

cheers ...
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post #5 of 8
11/2/06 at 7:46pm
I have the same issue - very frustrating!!
I have tried updating the driver both for the touch-pad and for my Logitech bluetooth mouse without luck!

I do also have another issue with it.
I have two users on my WinXP Pro installation, and one has to increase speed and acceleration for the pad at every log-on!

I'll keep you informed if I should find a workaround, and hope You'll do the same.

Greetings
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post #6 of 8
11/3/06 at 6:06am
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I think it is the Acer software slowing the trackpad down. When I removed the Acer software things sped up. I think the trackpad driver is generally slower than a mouse though. Because for the trackpad I put it at top speed and it is fine. With a mouse, it's wayyyy to fast.

So my solution: Delete or uninstall any of the Acer software you find on your hard drive. That should help. You can always reinstall it.
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post #7 of 8
11/3/06 at 11:40am

Mouse problem persists, but screen went brighter

Thank you for the brilliant advice!
- It didn't solve the mouse problem, but I am almost certain that my screen went brighter!!

PS. I left the Acer ePower management, because I really need a GFX and CPU throttling feature.

BTW. Logitech software was responsible for resetting the speed/acceleration at log-on.
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post #8 of 8
11/4/06 at 5:28am
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Ha ha! I kid you not, based on my experience: If you have ANY Acer software on the computer, it will slow the trackpad! I don't know why, but it just seems like it's all or nothing. Not only does the Acer software slow the trackpad, but I always get extreme bloating in my system Temp folder! After a few days there is like 26Gigs of Acr temp files! Once I delete and uninstall the Acer stuff... no problem.
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