*HP ENVY 14 & ENVY 14 Beats (1XXX series) Owners Lounge, Part III*

[///AMGflossin]

I would like to add that this does not occur every single time but frequent enough that I can reproduce it.

[MagusDraco]

the touchpad/clickpad on the envy 14 is rather...well...finicky is putting it nicely.


there's some updates to drivers that can help (the latest one you can set a palmcheck area where it should register taps outside that area but you can't get a true deadzone really).

there's some third party software to make two finger scrolling work better too.


anyway the issue with two fingers on it is that the touchpad things you're finger is in two places at once and gets confused. It can register more than one finger but it doesn't move well if you just have a finger sitting there.

it's annoying but there's not much you can do, just how the touchpad is made.

huh...just tried out messing with the newer drivers and the advanced palmcheck is actually pretty good if you set it up right (too good possibly).

you can turn off touch and tapping in a certain area (and if you set the filter activation time to zero it's kinda just turned off outside the zone forever)

you have to update to the latest drivers and it's not perfect of course (it's inactive time so *shrugs* it'll still depend a bit on where your finger is but as long as you don't move it too far up it should just ignore the thumb on the button.

You need to download the latest windows update drivers and mess around in the touchpad settings.

I added two pictures to this post. If your drivers don't have these options you need to update your touchpad drivers. If the screen looks nothing like this then you've updated to the latest latest drivers (the ones that showed up oh, a week ago at most) and those don't have this function anymore, at least not explicitly.

edit: keep in mind that you need to set the filter activate time to 0 and no action in that area will make stuff happen UNTIL you start moving the mouse.

If you move your finger from above down into that area it'll act like it was before. So, if you move your thumb some it could still trigger stuff while using the touchpad. This stuff is mainly to stop accidentally moving the cursor around while typing (but it does work in making a pseudo-deadzone down at the buttons)

[zman420]

I would like to add that this does not occur every single time but frequent enough that I can reproduce it.

I think the touchpad does that sometimes unfortunately.

[pez319]

Hello again! I just bought my HP envy 14 and so far it has been great. I went to best buy and found an open box envy 14 which according to geek squad have been reset to factory specs. I am having 2 issues that I am concerned about and was wondering if this is a problem for any of you guys.

1. The fan is a bit louder than my previous del laptop. I can tolerate it but not sure if the loudness is within "normal" range of sound. All I can say is that my old dell would get this loud only after leaving it on my bed for a few hours.

2. This is what bugs me the most and will determine whether I need to return this thing or not. I place my left index finger or thumb on the left click pad and use my right index finger to move the mouse cursor. At this point, I am in contact with two different parts of the mouse sensor pad. When I open a new page or program the cursor part is no where near as sensitive as it should be. I could move in a clockwise motion with my finger and the cursor would skip around in random directions. This is not an issue if I take my left finger off the click portion of the mouse pad. I dont know about you guys but i like to keep one finger on the left button at all times but in doing so, I cant move the cursor around. Is it defective?

I think if you turn off two finger scroll you wont have that problem. Reil's app is better at handling stuff like multiple finger scroll but its not perfect. I just use 1 finger scroll and it works great if you leave your finger on the bottom buttons.

[zeth006]

So sad. Samsung's 9-series notebook has a true clickpad.

[lannmann]

So sad. Samsung's 9-series notebook has a true clickpad.

It's a gorgeous laptop, but it doesn't have nearly what I want in terms of specs. I love my envy, and its gonna take a hell of a lot to make me change my mind! (unless the refresh has a lot of nicer things going for it, I'll stick with what I've got for quite some time!)

[MagusDraco]

I think if you turn off two finger scroll you wont have that problem. Reil's app is better at handling stuff like multiple finger scroll but its not perfect. I just use 1 finger scroll and it works great if you leave your finger on the bottom buttons.

yeah I just noticed all that stuff I was saying doesn't work if you have reil's enabled.

reil's thing tries to 2 finger scroll and either can't or does. oh well

[eafd]

With the alternate driver, as long as you are holding down the click, you can move two fingers separately. Also, instead of using one finger to click and one to point, you can just use one to point and click.

Not sure if you prefer that method (clickpad method) of navigating, though.

[MagusDraco]

that's fine if you have to click something (and is generally how I've always used a touchpad, just use my index finger while my hand is kinda over it, push it down if I need to click..or just tap.).

otherwise I type and my thumbs kinda brush the top left and top right edges.

lot of other people on here just rest a thumb on the button or something though

[Kiitens]

Hey guys quick question.

For whatever reason I can't play video with the lid closed. I set the option to "do nothing" but when I close the lid with video going, it stops for a second, and then only sound continues while the picture is still frozen. Any solutions? Thanks a lot!


edit: forgot to mention I'm hooked up to a 23" inch 1080p external monitor.