topic Upgraded my VGN A317s and touchpad won't work. in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/upgraded-my-vgn-a317s-and-touchpad-won-t-work/m-p/336899#M21413 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I upgraded my old VGN A317s with a bigger hard drive, extra ram and 32bit Windows 7, everything works perfect except for my touchpad, I can't get it to work. I have downloaded various synaptics drivers but none work, can anyone help please, thank you.</P><P></P><P>Message was edited by: belothien</P><P></P><P>Message was edited by: belothien</P><P></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:22:51 GMT belothien 2012-06-21T17:22:51Z Upgraded my VGN A317s and touchpad won't work. https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/upgraded-my-vgn-a317s-and-touchpad-won-t-work/m-p/336899#M21413 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I upgraded my old VGN A317s with a bigger hard drive, extra ram and 32bit Windows 7, everything works perfect except for my touchpad, I can't get it to work. I have downloaded various synaptics drivers but none work, can anyone help please, thank you.</P><P></P><P>Message was edited by: belothien</P><P></P><P>Message was edited by: belothien</P><P></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:22:51 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/upgraded-my-vgn-a317s-and-touchpad-won-t-work/m-p/336899#M21413 belothien 2012-06-21T17:22:51Z Upgraded my VGN A317s and touchpad won't work. https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/upgraded-my-vgn-a317s-and-touchpad-won-t-work/m-p/336900#M21414 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">Hi belothien and welcome.</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">The original XP driver for the A317S appears to be an ALPS Driver - not a Synaptics Driver.</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">Have you tried installing a Windows 7 compatible ALPS Driver?</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;"><img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.co.uk/html/@13A2E6A3774A8B47B4EC6F04089539E1/images/smilies/063.png" alt=":thinking:" title=":thinking:" /><BR /></SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:49:33 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/upgraded-my-vgn-a317s-and-touchpad-won-t-work/m-p/336900#M21414 Blencogo 2012-06-21T17:49:33Z Re: Upgraded my VGN A317s and touchpad won't work. https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/upgraded-my-vgn-a317s-and-touchpad-won-t-work/m-p/336901#M21415 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thank you for replying Blencogo and yes I tried a few versions of the ALPS first but when they didn't work I tried the Synaptics</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:03:20 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/upgraded-my-vgn-a317s-and-touchpad-won-t-work/m-p/336901#M21415 belothien 2012-06-21T18:03:20Z Re: Upgraded my VGN A317s and touchpad won't work. https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/upgraded-my-vgn-a317s-and-touchpad-won-t-work/m-p/336902#M21416 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;">When you look in Device Manager, what is listed under Mice and other Pointing Devices?</SPAN></P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 12pt;"><img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.co.uk/html/@13A2E6A3774A8B47B4EC6F04089539E1/images/smilies/063.png" alt=":thinking:" title=":thinking:" /><BR /></SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:36:32 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/upgraded-my-vgn-a317s-and-touchpad-won-t-work/m-p/336902#M21416 Blencogo 2012-06-21T18:36:32Z Re: Upgraded my VGN A317s and touchpad won't work. https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/upgraded-my-vgn-a317s-and-touchpad-won-t-work/m-p/336903#M21417 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Just HID Compliant Mouse</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:45:55 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/upgraded-my-vgn-a317s-and-touchpad-won-t-work/m-p/336903#M21417 belothien 2012-06-21T18:45:55Z