How do I enable my touchpad on my Asus Notebook Q405??

[nessabont93]

Yesterday my touchpad stopped working. My laptop is touchscreen (its a drawing laptop) and it can bend backwards and all that. I tried f9+fn and it only told me that my touchpad was disabled. My f9 has a picture of a slash through a mousepad, but none of the other keys have just a mousepad. I don't know what happened or how to fix it. I've looked online and haven't found any different solutions besides different combinations of the control keys and fn. I just recently got this laptop and I really hope this isn't just an issue in the laptop design.

 

[cristianquarles]

The key combination is Fn + F9. It works perfectly.

 

[webworkings]

Try the following and see if it fixes it...

1. Go into "Control Panel".
2. Click "Hardware and Sound".
3. Now click "Mouse and Touchpad".
4. Now go to "Additional mouse options".
5. The Mouse Properties window will open. In here click on your device.
6. Make sure your device is set to enabled. If it isn't then click "Enable Device".
7. Exit both that screen and "Control Panel".

Also, you might want to check for updates to your drivers, including the Synaptics drivers.

If this does not help, and an external mouse works fine, then it may well be a hardware issue.

 

[lenderrobby]

Have you tried Restarting your computer? I have the same laptop and that worked for me.

 

[cottoncrack]

1. Enable Touchpad

Step 1. Click the Start button, type Settings in the search bar and click it.

Step 2. Click Devices, then select Touchpad on the left menu.

Step 3. Make sure the Touchpad option on the right panel is turned on.

2. Update Touchpad Driver

Step 1. Click the Start button, type Device Manager in the search bar and select it from the result list.

Step 2. Expand Mice and other pointing devices, locate your touchpad, then double-click it.

Step 3. Select Driver tab on the pop-up window.

Step 4. Click Update Driver on the left, then select Search automatically for updated driver software.

Step 5. If Step 4 won't work, you need to go to the device manufacturer's website and find a compatible driver by yourself. Or you can try automatic update by using driver update softwares.