Hi

I realized a few weeks ago that the top-left corner of my touchpad is not stable anymore, it is sunk in a bit. I am not sure the the word “sink” describes what has happened to the touchpad.

Basically the top-left corner is not being held by the shell anymore, and when I press the touchpad, it goes in and I can see a gap between the pad and the frame. I guess this should be a dust-trash collector from here on, so I would like to get it fixed as soon as possible.

Have any of you saw anything similar to this? How do I go about fixing it? When I press the touchpad, and look under the shell, I can see two little white pins, or maybe one pin with two legs.

Here is a shoot I took to illustrate, I understand my english is not 100%, hope you will get me by looking at it….

Thanks for any Help,

Ben

Hi

Problem solved. I took the guts and opened the shell, found the problem, and fixed it with super glue. A holding PIN was broken off, and I had to glue it back to its place. Once I was there digging, I found another little plastic latch that was broken, so I patched it as well. That one had a piece missing.

Here is my site with pictures showing the process

http://celifornia.com/linux/article.php?story=20060401215815350

But for a starter, here are two pictures BEFORE and AFTER the glue was applied.

BEFORE

AFTER

Cheers

Ben