Sager 5760 touchpad and mic problems...

Hi all...

I got the 5760 for Christmas and I love it but I'm having some issues.

1) The touchpad works, but I can't configure the drivers. Everything is greyed out. Have uninstalled and reinstalled several times and Sager tech support hasn't been able to help me (told me to try various drivers to no avail). Anyone have this problem? I use a Logitech MX510 but I still want to have a completely working touchpad.

2) Realtek HD Audio mic input volume is looooow. I have to practically scream for anyone to hear me. All volume settings are high and mic boost is enabled. I've googled this issue and it seems to be pretty common but no real fixes. I even tried the latest drivers from Realtek's site. Having the laptop as a gaming laptop, this is pretty vital in online games.

3) Screen is great but seems a bit dim. I've toyed with the nvidia control panel settings forever but I can never get it to look as bright as my girlfriend's old Toshiba laptop.

If anyone has any fixes, I would greatly appreciate it. I love the laptop, but I'm not 100% completely satisified due to issues 1 and 2 above (issue 3 I can live with).

For as much as my family spent on it, I want to be completely satisified. I'm sure you all can agree with that. I'm thinking of returning it if I can't get these things fixed and maybe try to get a Dell XPS or something with comparable hardware.

Don't get me wrong, other than these issues, I love the laptop. It's played FEAR, Oblivion, and Battlefield 2142 without any problems (all settings on max detail and 1600x1200, Core 2 Duo T7600, 2gb ram, nvidia 7950 GTX 512mb).

TIA!

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Does anyone else have this problem?

1) Okay, I'll take some screenshots and post later this afternoon. I have to run to work now. Oh, I have the 5760.

3) I did. Before the screen brightness would "reset" upon booting up (not restarting). Now it seems to be staying on the brightness level I set it to.

Thanks!

1) Okay, here are a few screenshots... http://www.joylab.com/stuff/ ... no idea why this is. It seems that the touchpad systray app disappears after a while too lol I've had to reinstall the drivers a few times because of that.

2) Well I found a fix for this, though it's not software related. Just on a whim I bought the Logitech Premium Notebook Headset which is great because it has the analog connections (mic jack and headphone jack) but also a usb converter. I decided to try the usb converter and it works like a champ. When you plug in the headset, it changes the default input and output to the Logitech headset and returns the default input/output to Realtek when you unplug it. I plugged it in and ran through the Windows mic test and it's working fine.

I picked up the headset at Circuit City for $60, but it has a $30 mail-in rebate. It also comes with a hard plastic carrying case. I haven't used them much, but they seem pretty comfortable. Hope this helps.

3) Seems to be working fine after restarts and bootups.

TIA!

Hmmm, okay. Pretty odd that they would put such a crappy device in a great laptop. Sager tech support already had me try the Synaptics driver but I guess I'll give it another shot. When all else failed, they suggested I do a clean install of Windows (formatting, etc) and install just the video drivers and Elantech drivers. Thanks, but it's not worth a reinstall lol

Thanks, xrchris!

Your touchpad mouse pointer is set to super sensitive? That's funny cuz mine barely moves anywhere lol I ended up just attaching a mouse so I'm pretty much using a mouse at all times now. Much better!

They do, but you don't get to configure anything other than the standard mouse options (pointer speed, double click speed, etc).

Yes, but that was after I had installed the Elantech drivers. They didn't work even though they were installed before the Logitech drivers.

Definitely let us know if it works for you and what you did to get them to work. Did you get your laptop with XP pre-installed or blank so you can install XP yourself?

Thanks!

Press Fn+F1 to disable/enable the touchpad. This comes in handy big time. I hand the same problem. My had would hit the touchpad whenever I typed, moving the pointer around. However, when you disable the touchpad, it also disables the volume control buttons, but I found this nifty little program called VoluMouse that lets you control the volume using your mousewheel depending where the pointer is located. For example, you can set the app to control the volume when the mouse is over the Windows Start bar.

If you need to change the volume while in a game or something, just press Fn+F1 to enable the touchpad/volume controls and then Fn+F1 again after you adjust the volume.

Hope this helps!

Awesome, I'll try these out in a couple of hours in when I get home. I have no problem uninstalling the Elantech drivers since they don't do any good anyway.

I'll post an update after I get it installed and try it out for a bit.

Thanks!

YES. It looks like those Synaptic drivers worked! Thanks!

Not sure if this happens with all touchpad drivers, but the Synaptics driver seems to get disabled when in sleep mode, but it won't get re-enabled. You have to reboot to get it back.