Acer Aspire One - Random Touchpad/Mouse Clicks I just purchased an Acer Aspire One and I love the computer except for one annoyance. The touchpad seems to have a mind of its own. It randomly "clicks" while I'm typing, browsing, etc.My older Dell laptop occasionally does the same thing, but not nearly as much. I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem and if so, is there an easy fix? (Other than return/exchange.)Thank you for your time. Acer Aspire One - Random Touchpad/Mouse Clicks I just purchased an Acer Aspire One and I love the computer except for one annoyance. The touchpad seems to have a mind of its own. It randomly... » Read More Acer Aspire One - Random Touchpad/Mouse Clicks I just purchased an Acer Aspire One and I love the computer except for one annoyance. The touchpad seems to have a mind of its own. It randomly "clicks" while I'm typing, browsing, etc.My older Dell laptop occasionally does the same thing, but not nearly as much. I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem and if so, is there an easy fix? (Other than return/exchange.)Thank you for your time. « Show Less
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I am having problems with my touchpad as well. Hopefully someone has some answers. :(
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My daughter just got an Acer Aspire One 10" and the left-click doesn't work at all. The fact that a nice little optical mouse is included makes me think acer doesn't trust the quality of its touch pad.Other then that, easily circumvented, problem, it's a pretty neat machine.
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Hello. I have had my Acer Aspire One 10" for a few months. Has been fine until recently, the touch pad works for navigating, clicking. But the scroll function along the right and top of the touch pad have stopped working!!! Anybody know how to fix this problem? Thanks!
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Since I am a confirmed mouser, I do not use the touchpad. M. Goldman is correct the touchpad is touchy. I find it helps to disable the touchpad by holding down the Fn key and hitting the F7 to disable the touchpad. If not I find myself sometimes hitting the touchpad when I hit the space bar. This can cause some confusion until you realize what is going on.
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I didn't have a problem with the touch pad. However, I did purchase a mouse to use with it because of the work I do on the laptop.
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I use the touchpad only and have not had problems with it. Sometimes the cursor jumps when I am typing, but I have had this occasionally with other computers. Hope this is helpful.
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I'm not sure if there are reliability issues with the laptop I bought or not yet. It seems to be doing very well, I've had it for about 4 months now. Sometimes my touch pad is a bit too sensitive, or not sensitive. Like I'll be typing and it'll move, ty cursor to a crazy point, or I'll try to scroll down a page but the touch pad won't register what I'm trying to do. Other than that I haven't had any problems!
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Plug in a different mouse to insure the mouse is the problem. If scrolling only happens with the HP mouse it has become defective, replace it!
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I'm on the same fence. While I haven't driven the Samsung, I did use the Asus today and found the click buttons extremely stiff. Do these "break in" and become easier to click after time? That was my only negative with this machine. How is the touchpad and clicking on the Samsung in comparison?
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UPDATE TO THIS ISSUE: I went to Acer's Store (it's on your desktop unless you've deleted it), clicked on Tech Support and then Email Support. If you complete the form there and write a brief message, the site will come up with suggestions on the erratic cursor. I forget how it was labeled but it shows in a different window just how to adjust the sensitiviity settings to eliminate the issue most of us are experiencing! Try it, I think you'll be happy with the results.
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It has more like a mouse bar directly below the touchpad. You tap in the corners of the bar. To be honest, this is an AWESOME computer, but the touchpad is the weakpoint of the machine in my opinion. I would purchase again because I use it as my home computer and always have access to a wireless mouse. If you will always have access to a wireless mouse, no worries.
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Wondering if, since this seems to be a common problem with Acer products, Acer will provide a downloadable update that will correct this? As mentioned before, I've disabled the 'virtual scroll' and use the arrow keys to scroll.
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The click isn't that much different than the "click" on a laptop's keyboard. I personally like the touch & feel of the keys, having purchased & returned other keyboards without a solid keystroke feel. The "click" is part of the keystroke design, not just a sound that can be turned off like on your smartphone.
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Hi, I am using the exact acer aspire one pink like you and have also noticed that it loads the pages slower than my other laptops so I put them side by side and tested them at same time and yes mine was also slower and mine also beeps once about every 30-45 minutes. I contacted Acer today and they said that it is a beep code for internal board failure so mine is going back to Buy.com.
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I have a Toshiba NB505 netbook which makes that clicking noise from time to time like Aruna has mentioned. I think it might be a Toshiba thing. It usually happens when the CPU fan calms down, or the computer is sitting idle. I was always scared about it but it never seems to affect usage of the netbook so maybe it's normal.
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Weird, I have been diggin the touchpad actually. Seems very intuitive to me and I have not yet used a mouse.I think your question is ultimately rhetorical though - if you only use a mouse the performance of the touchpad is irrelevant.
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Leeann, Had & used a touchpad for several months and never had the freezing situation. Instead, after using the T650 for a long time, it became MORE & MORE sensitive (i.e. a very light touch would select whatever the cursor was pointing at). Suspect a hardware failure. I reported my prb to Logitech support and after a couple weeks trying their suggestions, they finally agreed it was product defect and said they would replace it. HOWEVER, when they saw that I had purchased it from Amazon (via an Amazon Marketplace Seller) they said it was NOT covered by the warranty and thus they would not replace it (and Amazon didn't stand behind the seller or me). Fortunately, I had reported the prb to the seller along with Logitech's email the unit was defective and the seller ( Outlet Digital) and they agreed to a refund (not a cash refund but an Amazon gift card) - the touchpad was 7 months old.
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The touchpad works as a clickpad. To left click you can either tap the touchpad, or you can press down and click the entire touch surface to perform a left click.I havn't had a chance to actually confirm this (I'll do so tomorrow when I have a chance) but the intuitive thing that I'm very sure I've done in the past in order to right click is to either tap or click in the in the lower right corner of the touchpad. The touchpad is very responsive and responds very well to either clicks or gestures. It's on par with the best laptop touchpads I've used.
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Touchpad is nice in itself but there are some problems you may run into. When typing, I have accidentally hit the trackpad many times and it stopped me from typing. Also, scrolling with two fingers is very clunky, and you are restricted to a scroll area on the side of the touchpad. I have none of these problems any more because I use a mouse. The power cord is fine, long.
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I think the touchpad is actually better than on most Windows laptops, it's much more like the Mac trackpad. I actually prefer it a lot of the time. But you can use a mouse just fine.