Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!panix!not-for-mail 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) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: panix2.panix.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1343224969 14350 166.84.1.2 (25 Jul 2012 14:02:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:02:49 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.laptops:1503 In article , Don Phillipson 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.