Hello everyone!
I have an Acer Aspire V3-572PG that is less than a year old. I have an occasional issue with the trackpad that I’m wondering about. I’ve tried to read a bit about issues people have had with the trackpad on this laptop, but I’m unclear on what exactly the problem (and solution) is, if anything.
Every so often in the middle of use – randomly and not very frequently – the trackpad will change the way it responds. Sometimes these issues begin individually, sometimes all at once:
- tap-to-click behaves as if I’m holding down the mouse button (e.g, if I tap and then move the cursor, it will highlight text, instead of just clicking) or stops working altogether
- to move the cursor I must use two fingers instead of one
- scrolling seems to stop working
- right-click is malfunctioning also
When this happens, I have to restart my machine and then the trackpad works as usual.
The driver says it’s up to date, and nothing in particular seems to trigger this issue when it occurs – the computer sometimes seems to slow briefly and then goes back to normal, but sometimes it's completely normal and it just happens. Either way the trackpad is messed up until I restart. Is this what anyone else experiences? Is there a fix? Software or hardware? Any advice would be appreciated.