Windows 8 Upgrade // Touchpad Not Working Right - Acer Aspire V5 - 531

AJSmith1985UK

Hello

 

Ive upgraded from Win 7 Home Premium to Win 8 Pro using the Acer Windows 8 Upgrade Tool everything was completed successfully no issues at all last night but today ive turned the laptop on and my touchpad doesnt work right and the cursor is acting as if someone is swirling it around the screen.

 

So ive checked the acer website and theres no update for the Synaptics driver for my laptop so can someone explain to me what i do next as i know it was a synaptics driver from when it was windows 7 but at the moment its listed as a microsoft mouse driver and theres no way of updating the driver via the device manager options.

 

 

daveydave7

Ok

You need Synaptics Touchpad driver 16.0.2.0

You can download it from here:

http://www.acer.co.uk/ac/en/GB/content/drivers

 

Then selecting Ultra Slim under groups then ACER V5 -531 DO NOT CHOOSE A 531-g/p or pg as the synaptics driver may not be on their page !!

Download the file run it as administrator THEN RESTART and hey presto your driver is back working again

Whilst this driver is a windows 7 one it works perfectly well under windows 8 !!