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Why does the left touchpad key of my Dell E1705 not work?
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FIDELIS
June 8, 2011Hello, does it not work in general? or only when using certain applications/programs?
Anonymous
June 9, 2011Restart the laptop and go into the BIOS. There is a setting that will allow you to use the touchpad when a mouse is plugged in. It will say PS2/touchpad. This HAS to be enabled or updated drivers won’t do any good.
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R113813&SystemID=INS_PNT_PM_600M&servicetag=&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=2514&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=7&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=17&fileid=149404
Mouse, Keyboard or Touchpad Not Working Correctly
http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kcs/document?docid=277550#Notebook_Keyboard
Brian Howard
June 15, 2011The E1705 is a few years old now. It could be that the button went out on your touchpad. I have an E1505 and see this problem often. EBay has many sellers with parts for these laptops.