tdrake2406 Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 so i have an inspiron 1720 with iatkos v7 installed on it. everything works great except the mouse goes nuts whenever i try to move it with the touchpad. an external mouse works normally but when i use the touchpad the mouse is all over the screen. any ideas of what i should do to resolve the issue. im also new here so if anyone can help thanks in advance Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/190824-inspiron-1720-touchpad-help/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
vilpostus Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 Go to /System/Library/Extensions. Locate ether ApplePS2kext or VoodooPS2Controller (you will "lose" an internal keyboard and touchpad, so use an external USB keyboard/mouse). And reinstall one of the kexts above or use any similar. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/190824-inspiron-1720-touchpad-help/#findComment-1291449 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdrake2406 Posted October 6, 2009 Author Share Posted October 6, 2009 Go to /System/Library/Extensions. Locate ether ApplePS2kext or VoodooPS2Controller (you will "lose" an internal keyboard and touchpad, so use an external USB keyboard/mouse). And reinstall one of the kexts above or use any similar. ok cool also can you show me a link on where to find the kext files you are referring to and also how to go about installing a kext. sorry im a noob i know Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/190824-inspiron-1720-touchpad-help/#findComment-1291885 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vilpostus Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 sorry im a noob i knowThat doesn't mean you should be spoon-feed and do nothing yourself. Use google and the forum search to find out. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/190824-inspiron-1720-touchpad-help/#findComment-1292484 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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