Hp Elan Touchpad Driver

[Meinard Hartmann]

Idid some searching to find a solution but I found nothing! All the information I got was "Is it a virus and all other useless rubbish" not one person knows how to solve that issue "WELL LOOK NO FURTHER" read through to find out how to fix it

Because I could not find a solution to solve the above problem, I right clicked on the Elan touchpad settings program that's listed in the Start Menu and clicked Uninstall and after that I restart my computer which strangely I had the same issue regarding the ETDctrlHelper.exe

Went into Control Panel, Device Manager and Uninstalled the Elan driver's from there and restart my computer and then reinstalled the Elan driver and after a restart IT WAS FIXED "No more issues with the annoying message after restarting regarding ETDctrlHelper.exe "SOLVED!"

Now I am trying to find the Elan Elantech program that was under start menu, so that when I have a USB mouse connected it will disable my touchpad so that while I'm playing games I don't accidentally move my hand over the touchpad

Can someone or HP please provide a download link so I can download the Elan Elantech touchpad settings software from the start menu PLEASE? I can't find it in the software downloads for my device! Or anywhere for that manner

As for the above issue regarding the problem that mostly everyone is having regarding the ETDctrlHelper.exe at restart, as I said I have solved this issue "You're welcome!" This problem was caused by Microsoft patching during updates "One thing I really get mad about is when Microsoft decides to patch drivers and driver software during updates" PLEASE STOP IT MICROSOFT, this way everyone doesn't get issues like this... The old saying is "If something is NOT broken, don't fix it" but in this case every time Microsoft patches drivers or driver software it causes mayhem

I found the solution, big shoutout to dl3it on Ideapad 5-15ARE05: Touchscreen not working Lenovo Forums. (Note: it says touchscreen, but that's just the name of the touchpad I guess. It works fine.)

Then, download kernel 5.6.x or 5.7.x (x can be any integer, I used 5.7.1 and it has been tested on 5.6.14 and 5.7.0-rc7) from source (via kernel.org). Once on kernel.org, click on [tarball] for the kernel you want.

This also works when booting from installation media, by adding initcall_blacklist=elants_i2c_driver_init to the boot parameters. In grub's load screen, I added it after quiet splash when editing the Start Ubuntu option.

This package provides the driver that enables the Elan Touchpad in supported notebook models that are running a supported operating system. The driver enables general touchpad functionality (for example double-tap and scroll) and provides a user interface.

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The touchpad does not work to begin with. It may work initially with libinput or synaptics, but only sometimes. The touchpad can be seen registered either as Elan Touchpad or ELAN0634:00 04F3:3124 in the Xorg logs. Since the touchpad only works, when it is seen registered as ELAN0634:00 04F3:3124 in the Xorglogs, the touchpad works quite randomly, but not consistently. To circumvent this, one has to blacklist the elan_i2c kernel module.

Frank-Starr according this source ( -i-cant-install-elan-precision-driver/) it's a limitation of lenovo and hardware if you can't install it on solus which I don't quite believe. this thread goes on to say the synaptics package might be a good substitute.

You didn't compile your Fedora package in USB, you had your choice in install script...can it be compiled and installed on Solus I guess is the next logical question. I was surprised to see little in the older posts (via search function). Also an interesting conversation with this in a Dev Tracker thread with DD.

hi i have a acer aspire e1531 and have been running windows with no issues for a couple of years now. recently windows updated the driver for the touchpad and since then i have had all kinds of trouble and now get BSOD most times i try to boot up windows with the error "page fault in non paed area" then it says "ETD.sys" which is the driver for the elan touchpad. i have tried to delete the elan driver but it just automatically updates and i cant stop windows from updating this and once it updates i get BSOD again. i have tried system restore and also tried a fresh install of windows 10 and the laptop works for a short time after but then the driver is automatically updated again then i get the same issues. i have contacted both microsoft and acer and haven't got anywhere with either of them microsoft blame acer and acer want me to pay for support which i refuse to do. I have also tried to revert back to windows 8 as apparantly my system is'nt recommended for win 10 but the windows 8 version was oem and acer want to sell me the media to reinstall windows 8 again even though i paid for win 8 when i purchased he laptop so i wont be paying 50 for windows 8 that i already have bought. I have read a few others with very similar problem as me but i am unable to find a fix and tbh i am running out of ideas altogether. seems crazy to think this computer was working fine a few weeks ago and now becuase of a dodgy dirver i almost cant even use the computer. is there a way i can just delete the elan driver and stop it from auro updating and just use an external mouse and disable the touchpad altogether? seriously am struggling with this so any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. i am not the most tech savy but with a little guidance i should be able to do most things. your help would be massively appreciated as i am totally stuck here and grudge giving acer any money especially as the fault seems to be at there end. thanks for your time

I am guessing bios is current and not the source of this. If so next I would manually over ride that driver with the other. Download the correct one. Open the zip. Open the exe with say zip7. Use those extracted files from the exe to manually select for use in the device manager. Update driver, manual, have disk, browse to unzipped location, use and when windows objects say use anyway.

If this fails next would be to try unrelated drivers and force them in similar fashion like use synaptics touchpad drivers and see if one of those will play nice. Last solution or idea would be to mechanically swap touchpad for another kind from junk system or cheap keyboard.

So long work day done. More info for your repair. My reading says if you press shift key and hold and also press f8 this should boot system into safe mode (both win8 & Win10). Would like to know if you can run system in this mode without the bsod you have been experiencing. Safe mode basically runs windows with the most basic of drivers so the touchpad should not cause issue but be advised this mode also means basic vga graphics and other features. If this mode works we can proceed to replace the driver. Let me know.

hi again and thanks for reply yet again. i have resorted to just taking out the ribbon for the touchpad and doing without it. i read a forum with various fixes but i couldnt do any of them, i have deleted elan from laptop but when i redownloaded it i couldnt seem to enable it in any way (tried fn+f7)and the setting tab for elan was there but everything was greyed out and i couldnt select anything. seems i am not installing eln properly or something and im not sure why this is happening, anyway i havent had bsod even before doing this, i got problem when i loaded windows this morning and was asked if i wanted to restore i just went to advanced options then went to exit to windows 10 and it launched without error. i have since took out the ribbon connection for the touchpad so hopsully that will prevent the problem from occuring again. not the greatest solution really but i seem to have a working computer at least for now. pity i have lost various pps i had downloaded etc but i can get them back somehow im sure. thanks for your reply and i will get back to you i have any more issues or if i find a proper fix. thanks for your time though really appreciated

You might also want to check whether pressing a particular function key enables or disables the touchpad. On many laptops, F6 is the key for this purpose. In some other laptops, Fn+F6 or Fn+F5 do the trick. Take a look at the laptop manual to find out which key or combination works in the case of your laptop.

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