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X230 Precision Touchpad

#1 Post by TPFanatic » Tue Feb 06, 2024 9:25 pm

So when I upgrade my classic thinkpads to Windows 10 I like to force-install the P71's ultranav driver because it restores the toggles for Middle Click vs Scroll and Trackpoint Light vs Heavy feel, which for no good reason is decontented from the official Synaptics driver for the golden oldies. As P71 is equipped with a Precision Touchpad (P70 is not) the driver usually breaks the functionality of the regular Synaptics touchpad and it should be disabled, as has been my experience using this driver on T430 and W530.

(Alternatively one could physically disconnect the touchpad and use the X200's Trackpoint driver, which is not missing toggles in Windows 10)

With X230 the result is different. The clickpad remains usable but also gains all the Windows Precision Touchpad features like pinch zoom, three finger swipes, two finger tap for right click, et cetera. Dare I say the clickpad actually feels more usable now than I ever found it before on Windows 7.

This is the P71 driver I use for Windows 10 64 bit: https://download.lenovo.com/pccbbs/mobiles/n23gz21w.exe

Long live the X230.
Stable of Unicorns: P71 4K 7700HQ 20H2 ~ T430 QHD 3632QM Server 2008 R2 ~ X330 WQXGA 3615QE 22H2 ~ R500 WUXGA T9400 7 Ult ~ T500 WSXGA+ P9700 7 Ult ~ R61i UXGA T9500 22H2 ~ X61s SXGA+ T8100 7 Ult ~ T60 UXGA T7400 7 Ult ~ A31p UXGA 2.0 SL6V9 XP Pro
2 finger scroll on old Synaptics touchpads

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Re: X230 Precision Touchpad

#2 Post by E350 » Tue Oct 29, 2024 7:06 pm

TPFanatic You rule buddy!!!

Can I just install the P71 driver over the Windows 10 X230 Tablet Driver or should I uninstall the Windows 10 X230 Tablet Driver first?

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Re: X230 Precision Touchpad

#3 Post by TPFanatic » Tue Oct 29, 2024 11:17 pm

You have to force install the P71 driver with Have Disk. No need to uninstall the old driver, you can install over it. Windows will keep it in the driver store anyway.
Stable of Unicorns: P71 4K 7700HQ 20H2 ~ T430 QHD 3632QM Server 2008 R2 ~ X330 WQXGA 3615QE 22H2 ~ R500 WUXGA T9400 7 Ult ~ T500 WSXGA+ P9700 7 Ult ~ R61i UXGA T9500 22H2 ~ X61s SXGA+ T8100 7 Ult ~ T60 UXGA T7400 7 Ult ~ A31p UXGA 2.0 SL6V9 XP Pro
2 finger scroll on old Synaptics touchpads

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