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Re: Gateway touchpad

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From wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat)
Newsgroups comp.sys.laptops
Subject Re: Gateway touchpad
Date Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:02:49 +0000 (UTC)
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In article <junnr1$2iq$1@speranza.aioe.org>,
Don Phillipson <e925@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote:
>The touchpad on my new Gateway NV57H50u is unusable (and,
>Any bright ideas?   (Anywhere else to look for solutions?)

	Buy a new touchpad or a used pull on ebay.  Look in the manual to see 
how to take the palm rest off.  The touchpad unit will attach to the bottom of
the palmrest with 2-4 tiny little screws and maybe some supporting tin and to
the motherboard with ribbon cables.  It's an easy and inexpensive repair.


	Hint:  resist the temptation to pull harder or pry at the edges if 
the palmrest doesn't come right off.  You missed a screw or there's a "secret"
catch.  Check the manual again.  You *can* help the upper and lower parts
to separate by gently wedging a guitar pick against the little catches. Another
hint:  you may be able to buy a palmrest that includes an installed touchpad.
It's worth a few bucks not to have to mess around with rice-sized screws and
those damned ZIF cables.

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