Drivers for E-576G touchpad- I can't find the drivers for the Synaptics touchpad

RonZzzz

I know that Acer produced this laptop with two different touchpads. The original went flaky on me, and I bought a replacement. Original was an Elan, the replacement is Synaptics, which I gather is more reliable.

I can't find the drivers for the Synaptics touchpad, and need to know how to delete them so that the system recognizes the Synaptics instead of looking for the Elan. The Synaptics works in basic mode, but I need the more advanced functions for some of the work that I do.

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William_mk2

@RonZzzz

Try fn + f6 or f6 alone or fn + f7 or f7 alone on keyboard to disable and enable the touchpad. 

Please look at the key f6 and f7 key on keyboard .  You can see the hand symbol with fingers .  That denotes the touchpad function key.  On some models it will be on f6 and some models it will be on f7.  So we need to use the right key depending upon the laptop model .  If fn + f7 is not working then we have to use f7 alone to make it to work.   

On some old laptop models there will be a separate button right next to touch pad area which is below the space bar. It is used to turn on and off the touch pad. On some old models it will be right next to power button.  On all new models, f7 key is used to enable and disable the touch pad. 

If you would like to disable and enable the touchpad, please press and hold fn key on the keyboard and then press f6 or f7 once.  If the touchpad is not getting disabled you can either press f6 alone or f7 alone without holding the fn key.   It is used to enable or disable the touchpad..   

After disabling and enabling the touchpad check how it is working.. 

If it is still not working 

Go to support.acer.com 

chose your country 

type snid or chose your model 

go to drivers - Install the i/o drivers first and then install the touch pad driver 

Kindly go through the details from the link given below to install the i/o driver, chipset driver

https://www.acer.com/us-en/support?search=Aspire%20E5-576G&filter=global_download&suggest=E-576G;0

I am not able to find the touchpad drivers on this website, but however try to install the i/o , chipset and card reader drivers.

Try windows + x - go to device manager to remove the existing touchpad driver if needed.

Alternatively, you can also run windows update , go to synaptics website, download and install the driver ..