Thanks. From what you tell me it seems to me that this is a major job. I
have tried to avoid taking the 2400 apart myself, I just don't have the
time. It has not been opened since I bought it (except to increase RAM at
time of purchase), and I am afraid that if I start messing with it I will
have to devote to it time I do not have. The amount of repair/maintenance
time I would have to devote to this machine to maintain an ongoing
relationship with it is starting to look like my marriage.
There might be hope. Just like there is psychological therapy for
marriage, I am sure there is a repair shop somewhere that will do these
pesty little jobs for a reasonable price. Any suggestions?
Pedro.
On 11/1/99 3:41 PM, Timothy A. Seufert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote
>At 8:02 AM -0500 11/1/99, Pedro Nogueras wrote:
>>Reading about this problem brings up the opportunity to comment on mine.
>>It seems that the track pad bar on my 2400 is not working as it should.
>>Sometimes I have to press the button either more than once or just very
>>hard in order for it to click-choose; other times when I am selecting a
>>group of icons or dragging an icon(s), I loose them as though I had
>>released the pad button eventhough I had not.
>>
>>Has anyone any explanations for this problem and any suggestions on how
>>to fix it? It is not severe now but I fear it will get worse.
>
>Earlier 2400s have a track pad button which is just about guaranteed
>to kill itself with use. The button uses one of those switches where
>there is a metal dome that gets deformed when the button pushes down
>on it. The column of plastic which comes down from the trackpad
>button to push on the switch is a little too pointy on the end, which
>over time ends up destroying the switch.
>
>To fix this, you'll need to take off the palm rest assembly and
>disassemble the trackpad. Take a flat file (it could even be a nail
>file) and very carefully use one or two passes to partially flatten
>the little spherical nub on the end of the trackpad button's plastic
>post. You should take off very little material.
>
>This won't make your button better, but it might prevent further
>degradation. You could try putting in a shim between the switch and
>the button to enhance clicking. If that doesn't work, Sun
>Remarketing (www.sunrem.com) sells the entire palm rest assembly,
>including a new trackpad button assembly, for about $60.
>
>http://www2.sunrem.com/sun02.w?pt=076-0697&catcode=15420
>
>
> Tim Seufert
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