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XPS M1530 Touchpad Troubles

post #1 of 5
11/2/08 at 10:39pm
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When I got my new XPS 1530 I reformatted immediately to Win XP Pro, using an XP drivers package as found on this site. Everything worked just fine, except the touchpad was jumpy and would frequently freeze for 2-3 minutes. In particular the left button often is frozen, although the right click button works. It also would highlight most of a webpage when scrolling over it, and would not release the highlights for 2-3 minutes.

I tried several drivers, and worked iwth Dell tech support to make sure the driver was correct. Bios is flashed to AO9. Ran diagnostics. Nothing stopped the touchpad issues, so Dell replaced the MOBO, the touchpad, and the palm rest.

As soon as the guy left, the freezing and inability to left-click started again.

There seems to be plenty of problems with this touchpad referenced on this forum. What settings are others using which make it better? I'm really missing the touchpad on my Inspiron 6400.
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post #2 of 5
11/4/08 at 4:17pm
I'm on Vista and sorta have the same issue... what happens is the touchpad will go into a 'hold-free-dragging' mode. I don't remember what it's called, but I think it's set so if you tap the pad, pause, then touch and drag on the pad, it'll drag the mouse (like for moving icons or selecting text) without you having to hold down the left mouse button.

You get out of this mode by doing a single tap (I usually just tap a blank spot on the webpage I'm browsing).

You may be able to fix this by disabling the Tap to Click option (assuming you're okay always using the hardware buttons) or by adjusting the sensitivity. I've semi-gotten used to it and have been too lazy to go in and play with the settings to correct it.

This is a driver/software issue (if it is a hardware issue, it's a production issue and not a defect in one particular touchpad, per se).

I'm also using an updated BIOS and newer touchpad drivers.


In short, if moving your mouse means you're selecting stuff, just do a single tap on the touchpad itself (not the mouse key) to unlock the drag function.

Hope this helps.
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post #3 of 5
11/6/08 at 2:22pm
My XPS M1530 touchpad is freaky too.
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post #4 of 5
11/9/08 at 6:44pm
Are there any solutions yet to fixing this problem?
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post #5 of 5
11/13/08 at 4:40pm
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I've not found any solutions. I'm missing my inspiron 6400 currently.
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