Lenovo G510 touchpad help needed please

danmanchester

Hi all,

Just got a new laptop - Lenovo G510, i7 4700, 12gb ram, 500gb SSD, fresh install of 8.1 and all updated with latest Windows/lenovo drivers.

Everything runs great, fast and I'm 95% happy except for one reallly annoying thing that I've spent hours trying to get a solution for = the touchpad.
When I scroll down on the touchpad... it...the page/screen scrolls up!
I'm talking about the right side edge of touchpad using one finger.

On every other laptop I've had there's been a setting where I can check/uncheck a scrolling option so I can set it the way I want - but this Lenovo uses Synaptics Touchpad v7.5 drivers and I can't find any such setting on the One Finger scrolling tab.



I've uninstalled the drivers to just use windows drivers but that gives no options, no scrolling and a jerky cursor = no good.
I've tried the Synaptics W7 drivers and it's just the same as the current 8.1 drivers.

On the Lenovo website drivers page there's 3 drivers: W7, W8 and W8.1 - I've tried them all.

I'm lost! I can't find any way to do such a simple thing...all I want to be able to do is scroll down like I have done for years and years and see the page scroll down in the same direction!

I've posted this on another forum too and not had a solution as yet, emailed Lenovo support and no reply as yet either.

I know it's only a trivial thing and I should and could get used to it eventually...but I don't want to - my OCD won't let me - I want to set this up exactly how I've set up every other laptop I've ever used.

Oh and yes I have googled and googled and googled!
I've looked at many solutions for others with similar/same problem but they all seem to point to Elan/Elantech drivers but this G510 laptop only uses the Synaptics.

Am I stuck with it? I'd be very thankful if someone can think of any hack/workaround/solution, cheers :money:

rmg1

Looks like there's a response on here (I assume this is your other thread):-
http://www.beyondwindows9.com/index.php/topic/16614-laptop-lenovo-g510-touchpad-scrolls-wrong-waydriving-me-mad/

Post 5 looks like the one you'll need.

danmanchester

Thanks for your response.
Yep that's the one when I first posted.
Tried that solution suggested but seem it only applies to Elan drivers.
That solution works for my Packard Bell laptop but there's no such screens/settings in the Synaptics software.

rmg1

Just found this as well:-
http://hmemcpy.com/2013/12/how-to-change-two-finger-scroll-direction-in-synaptics-touchpad/
It's for Lenovo Luxpad V8.1

This one is for Lenovo Touchpad V7.5
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-tms/synaptics-touchpad-v75-two-finger-scroll-invert/60167452-dc98-4674-a14d-caf137d97880
The second-to-last post sems to work.

danmanchester

Thanks again for searching - that setting for two finger/multi touch does work - but it doesn't change anything re the one-finger scrolling action....I do have my very own one finger action for Lenovo/Synaptics...but I'll leave that to the imagination....

I've actually been searching for drivers/software/solution to this for a couple of months now and think I'm just going to have to accept that Lenovo/Synaptics/Windows 8 (not sure who to blame?) have just done away with the option.

Which is a shame as the laptop in every other respect is brilliant, but I just can't get used to this opposite way of scrolling so I think the laptop is going to find a new owner/home and I'll get one that works the same way as every other laptop I've ever owned works = properly! :rotfl:

Edit to add: I know I should have probably done this ages ago but I've posted my problem on Lenovo community forums now...if they can't solve it then I'll be giving up with this laptop.

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