Y510P Synaptic Touch Driver Problem with win 8.1

Under warranty my Y510P Elan touchpad was replaced with a Synaptics and now will randomly not register a tap until taped 3 times. After the 3 tap it works fine again for a while then repeats the cycle over and over. After many tech suport calls it was sent in, twice, and sent back with no repairs made. They push the one button recovery and ship it back.
They told me that the system is set up for Windows 8.0 and not 8.1 so it's driver is the problem and when Synaptics updates it's driver all will be well. After a call to Synaptics I was informed that it's not an issue with 8.1 because it's the same as 8.0 as far as there touch pad and driver were concerned. This thing was not cheep and has turned out to be such a boat anchor.  

The y510p has a whole range of issues, it has een discontinued, Im having a lot of problems with mine as well. Lenovo should atleast help out owners who bought this $900+ laptop.

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