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touchpad driver for Dell Latitude D520 under XP Pro
I just bought a new Dell Latitude D520 laptop. It came with Vista, but
I prefer XP Pro, so I reformatted my disk completely and loaded XP Pro. It works fine, EXCEPT, that the touchpad does not respond. I am using a USB mouse for the moment. I have searched for a driver for this comp. for a touchpad, but can't find one. Can somebody send me such a driver, or tell me where I can find one. Dell does not seem to understand this problem. Maybe somebody out there in Cyperspace knows more than Dell. Regards, David Tal Please write me at Thanks dtal |
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touchpad driver for Dell Latitude D520 under XP Pro
http://tinyurl.com/2x26aw
That will redirect to support.dell.com to the page for the ALPS touchpoint driver for the D520. I just went to support.dell.com and chose Latitude D520 and XP and it listed every conceivable driver, including this one. Dell is better than any other vendor I have seen about making their drivers available. This page: http://tinyurl.com/2xmbeh Has all the D520 drivers. Tom -----Original Message----- From: dtal ] Posted At: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 10:45 PM Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell Conversation: touchpad driver for Dell Latitude D520 under XP Pro Subject: touchpad driver for Dell Latitude D520 under XP Pro I just bought a new Dell Latitude D520 laptop. It came with Vista, but I prefer XP Pro, so I reformatted my disk completely and loaded XP Pro. It works fine, EXCEPT, that the touchpad does not respond. I am using a USB mouse for the moment. I have searched for a driver for this comp. for a touchpad, but can't find one. Can somebody send me such a driver, or tell me where I can find one. Dell does not seem to understand this problem. Maybe somebody out there in Cyperspace knows more than Dell. Regards, David Tal Please write me at Thanks dtal |
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touchpad driver for Dell Latitude D520 under XP Pro
On May 29, 7:45 pm, dtal wrote:
I just bought a new Dell Latitude D520 laptop. It came with Vista, but I prefer XP Pro, so I reformatted my disk completely and loaded XP Pro. It works fine, EXCEPT, that the touchpad does not respond. I am using a USB mouse for the moment. I have searched for a driver for this comp. for a touchpad, but can't find one. Can somebody send me such a driver, or tell me where I can find one. Dell does not seem to understand this problem. Maybe somebody out there in Cyperspace knows more than Dell. Regards, David Tal Please write me at Thanks dtal I don't get it either. Touchpads don't NEED drivers. The drivers for these things add functionality, but are not necessary for the basic operation of the touchpad. However: on many units the touchpad can be disabled in the bios, and it is entirely possible you have a defective touchpad, or that the connector came loose. Check the settings in the BIOS, for touchpad related things. If it comes to opening up the laptop, i would see about warranty repair first, as opening up the unit may void the warranty. |
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touchpad driver for Dell Latitude D520 under XP Pro
wrote in message oups.com... On May 29, 7:45 pm, dtal wrote: I just bought a new Dell Latitude D520 laptop. It came with Vista, but I prefer XP Pro, so I reformatted my disk completely and loaded XP Pro. It works fine, EXCEPT, that the touchpad does not respond. I am using a USB mouse for the moment. I have searched for a driver for this comp. for a touchpad, but can't find one. Can somebody send me such a driver, or tell me where I can find one. Dell does not seem to understand this problem. Maybe somebody out there in Cyperspace knows more than Dell. Regards, David Tal Please write me at Thanks dtal I don't get it either. Touchpads don't NEED drivers. The drivers for these things add functionality, but are not necessary for the basic operation of the touchpad. However: on many units the touchpad can be disabled in the bios, and it is entirely possible you have a defective touchpad, or that the connector came loose. Check the settings in the BIOS, for touchpad related things. If it comes to opening up the laptop, i would see about warranty repair first, as opening up the unit may void the warranty. I'll bet you diamonds he hasn't even installed the chipset drivers either |
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touchpad driver for Dell Latitude D520 under XP Pro
On May 30, 12:29 am, "Fixer" wrote:
wrote in message oups.com... On May 29, 7:45 pm, dtal wrote: I just bought a new Dell Latitude D520 laptop. It came with Vista, but I prefer XP Pro, so I reformatted my disk completely and loaded XP Pro. It works fine, EXCEPT, that the touchpad does not respond. I am using a USB mouse for the moment. I have searched for a driver for this comp. for a touchpad, but can't find one. Can somebody send me such a driver, or tell me where I can find one. Dell does not seem to understand this problem. Maybe somebody out there in Cyperspace knows more than Dell. Regards, David Tal Please write me at Thanks dtal I don't get it either. Touchpads don't NEED drivers. The drivers for these things add functionality, but are not necessary for the basic operation of the touchpad. However: on many units the touchpad can be disabled in the bios, and it is entirely possible you have a defective touchpad, or that the connector came loose. Check the settings in the BIOS, for touchpad related things. If it comes to opening up the laptop, i would see about warranty repair first, as opening up the unit may void the warranty. I'll bet you diamonds he hasn't even installed the chipset drivers either Even so, the touchpad should work, touchpads not being part of the chipset driver suite. |
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touchpad driver for Dell Latitude D520 under XP Pro
wrote in message oups.com... On May 30, 12:29 am, "Fixer" wrote: wrote in message oups.com... On May 29, 7:45 pm, dtal wrote: I just bought a new Dell Latitude D520 laptop. It came with Vista, but I prefer XP Pro, so I reformatted my disk completely and loaded XP Pro. It works fine, EXCEPT, that the touchpad does not respond. I am using a USB mouse for the moment. I have searched for a driver for this comp. for a touchpad, but can't find one. Can somebody send me such a driver, or tell me where I can find one. Dell does not seem to understand this problem. Maybe somebody out there in Cyperspace knows more than Dell. Regards, David Tal Please write me at Thanks dtal I don't get it either. Touchpads don't NEED drivers. The drivers for these things add functionality, but are not necessary for the basic operation of the touchpad. However: on many units the touchpad can be disabled in the bios, and it is entirely possible you have a defective touchpad, or that the connector came loose. Check the settings in the BIOS, for touchpad related things. If it comes to opening up the laptop, i would see about warranty repair first, as opening up the unit may void the warranty. I'll bet you diamonds he hasn't even installed the chipset drivers either Even so, the touchpad should work, touchpads not being part of the chipset driver suite. I know that I was implying that if he hadn't done the other then he wouldn't have installed the chipset either |
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touchpad driver for Dell Latitude D520 under XP Pro
"Fixer" wrote in message ... Even so, the touchpad should work, touchpads not being part of the chipset driver suite. I know that I was implying that if he hadn't done the other then he wouldn't have installed the chipset either To the OP. You probably already know this but there's a button at the top of the touchpad to turn it on and off. It's not turned off is it? alien |
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touchpad driver for Dell Latitude D520 under XP Pro
Hello, My name is Mike, I’m a Technical Analyst located at Dell corporate headquarters in Round Rock, TX. I’m part of an internet outreach team developed to interact with the online community regarding technical questions and issues that customers face with Dell products. I read your question and wanted to offer some help. If you have reinstalled the Operating System then it is important that you install the drivers in the correct order. The order can be found here http://tinyurl.com/2s3cv6. Despite the order of the drivers installed the touch pad should have basic functionality. The basic drivers are installed by Windows so it should work as soon as the OS is loaded. Now, this may be a problem reflected by installing the drivers in the incorrect order, but this means that you should have had functionality of the touch pad prior to installing the drivers so, if this is the case, you may want to wipe the drive clean and start from scratch using the list from the link I’ve posted above. There is a possibility that the touch pad is set to be disabled in the BIOS. To check this, reboot the system and tap the F2 key when the DELL screen appears. When in the BIOS go down to the section marked “POST Behavior” and locate the option for “Mouse/Touchpad.” Make sure that it is set to “Touchpad-PS/2” and then save your settings and exit BIOS. You can also accomplish this by simply choosing the “Load Defaults” menu option. I hope this information helps. Thank you, Mike Dell customer advocate -- Dell_CA |
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