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Does anyone know of a 64-bit ALPS touchpad driver?

The touchpad in the Compaq Presario R3240US is working, but the scroll
section of it does not.

Also when I type, the cursor will move from the spot where I am currently
typing and will start typing in a completely different part of the screen.
VERY much a PITA.

Torrey Lauer

There's no such animal. ALPS does not deal with end users, they strictly
provide their product to OEMs. With any luck, HP or Compaq might release a
driver (assuming they decide to support x64 on notebooks, presently not a
very likely assumption) Otherwise, it's gonna behave like a generic PS/2
pointing device. Synaptics touchpads, OTOH, are very well supported...

"Torrey Lauer" <> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know of a 64-bit ALPS touchpad driver?
>
> The touchpad in the Compaq Presario R3240US is working, but the scroll
> section of it does not.
>
> Also when I type, the cursor will move from the spot where I am currently
> typing and will start typing in a completely different part of the screen.
> VERY much a PITA.
>
> Torrey Lauer

Do you think a Synaptics driver would work with my touchpad? If so, do you
know where their drivers are located off the top of your head?

--
Torrey Lauer
Modern Travel Services
moderntravel DOT net

Rainbow Sky Travel
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"M. Murcek" <> wrote in message
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> There's no such animal. ALPS does not deal with end users, they strictly
> provide their product to OEMs. With any luck, HP or Compaq might release
> a driver (assuming they decide to support x64 on notebooks, presently not
> a very likely assumption) Otherwise, it's gonna behave like a generic
> PS/2 pointing device. Synaptics touchpads, OTOH, are very well
> supported...
>
> "Torrey Lauer" <> wrote in message
> news:5A03E372-5E35-4193-ADA0-...
>> Does anyone know of a 64-bit ALPS touchpad driver?
>>
>> The touchpad in the Compaq Presario R3240US is working, but the scroll
>> section of it does not.
>>
>> Also when I type, the cursor will move from the spot where I am currently
>> typing and will start typing in a completely different part of the
>> screen.
>> VERY much a PITA.
>>
>> Torrey Lauer
>
>

Negative - I tried it on my zv5000z. It will not work. Oddly, the driver
does not cause any problems, it just does nothing to make the scroll area,
accelleration or other features work. The ALPS touchpad will still behave
like a generic PS/2 pointing device. Personally, I will always in the
future make sure I only obtain notebooks equipped with the Synaptics
product, and will avoid ALPS.

"Torrey Lauer" <> wrote in message
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> Do you think a Synaptics driver would work with my touchpad? If so, do
> you know where their drivers are located off the top of your head?
>
> --
> Torrey Lauer
> Modern Travel Services
> moderntravel DOT net
>
> Rainbow Sky Travel
> rainbow sky travel DOT net
> "M. Murcek" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> There's no such animal. ALPS does not deal with end users, they strictly
>> provide their product to OEMs. With any luck, HP or Compaq might release
>> a driver (assuming they decide to support x64 on notebooks, presently not
>> a very likely assumption) Otherwise, it's gonna behave like a generic
>> PS/2 pointing device. Synaptics touchpads, OTOH, are very well
>> supported...
>>
>> "Torrey Lauer" <> wrote in message
>> news:5A03E372-5E35-4193-ADA0-...
>>> Does anyone know of a 64-bit ALPS touchpad driver?
>>>
>>> The touchpad in the Compaq Presario R3240US is working, but the scroll
>>> section of it does not.
>>>
>>> Also when I type, the cursor will move from the spot where I am
>>> currently
>>> typing and will start typing in a completely different part of the
>>> screen.
>>> VERY much a PITA.
>>>
>>> Torrey Lauer
>>
>>
>
>