środa, 20 maja 2015

T450 clickpad (with buttons) in T440 T440s T440p - Unable to connect to the synaptics pointing device driver

If you buy (at ebay or aliexpress) 3-button touchapd from T450 for your T440 / t440s / T440p you can get following error:
"Unable to connect to Synaptics Pointing Device Driver" .

BASIC SOLUTION
  • uninstall Synaptic software
  • remove "mouse" pointing device
  • restart windows
  • clean Synaptic registry entries using CCleaner
  • restart windows
  • install UltraNav[n10gx25w] driver
... usually works.
While not...

ADVANCED SOLUTION
  • Go to "Device manager""
  • Expand pointing devices
  • Click properties
  • Go to details tab
  • Check Hardware ID
  • if there's:

  • ACPI\VEN_LEN&DEV_0036
    ACPI\LEN0036
    *LEN0036

it can be used driver for YOGA 15 (http://support.lenovo.com/de/de/downloads/ds101993).
Its ALPS driver so it's obviouse that Synaptic driver don't work :-)


Devices with hardware id: ACPI\VEN_LEN&DEV_0035 worked with Synaptic driver
Inspiration:
http://jonsson.ninja/t450-touchpad-on-t440-upgrade/
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/t450-t550-touchpad-on-t440-t540-mod.769254/