How to Fix Synaptics Trackpad works flawlessly (with multi-gestures). However, the trackpad buttons are not working.

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How to Fix Synaptics Trackpad works flawlessly (with multi-gestures). However, the trackpad buttons are not working.

This mini-guide provides a structural approach to troubleshoot and fix the issue.

Prerequisites

  • Confirm your hardware specifications (CPU, GPU, Motherboard).
  • Ensure you have a bootable recovery USB and backup your EFI.

Fix Steps

  1. Check your ACPI patches (SSDTs) for battery and trackpad (e.g., VoodooI2C, SMCBatteryManager).
  2. Ensure you have applied the correct IRQ patches if audio or trackpad is missing.
  3. Perform an NVRAM reset after modifying SMC-related kexts.

Verification

  • Reboot and verify if the functionality is restored and stable under typical usage.

Original Question:

My laptop is HP Folio 9470M with Synaptics SMBus Touchpad. I have VoodooPS2Controller.kext, VoodooSMBUS.kext, VoodooRMI.kext. All of them are on the latest version.

My config: [Link removed to comply with Google AdSense and copyright guidelines]

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