Found it!
The battery has started to swell, metal laminate cover near the battery
condition LEDs has begun to lift, it puts pressure on the mouse button below
the trackpad and that is what happened.
When I removed the battery, the MacBook Pro started up (didn't know they worked
without the battery!) and all is good.
so where can I get a MacBook Pro 17" Battery:
Battery Model A1189
10.8V
68W
Any ideas today would be nice, back to work on Monday and no life there after...
Brian
On 28/01/2011, at 3:35 PM, Brian Risbey wrote:
Thank you Ronni,
that sounds interesting, I will try that now!
Brian
On 28/01/2011, at 3:24 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Brian,
Check your System Preferences > Trackpad that your settings haven’t been
changed.
If nothing has been altered try Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
• Shut down the computer.
• Disconnect the MagSafe power adapter from the computer, if it's
connected.
• Remove the battery.
• Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds.
• Release the power button.
• Reconnect the battery and MagSafe power adapter.
• Press the power button to turn on the computer.
Cheers,
Ronni
17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7
2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm
OS X 10.6.6 Snow Leopard
Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
On 28/01/2011, at 2:39 PM, Brian Risbey wrote:
>
> Hi everyone, hope you found somewhere cool today,
> '
> The 'click' seems to have gone from my MacBook Pro - Intel - Mouse button,
> previous model to the 'all in one trackpad'. Makes it unusable/ frustrating
> to use.
>
> Does anyone know if it self corrects (wishful thinking?) or is it another
> trip to the repair shop. (Motherboard last December - ouch!) Looks like an
> external mouse for a while.
>
> Thank you for your time.
>
>
>
> Brian
>
> Model Name: MacBook Pro
> Model Identifier: MacBookPro4,1
> Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
> Processor Speed: 2.6 GHz
> Number Of Processors: 1
> Total Number Of Cores: 2
> L2 Cache: 6 MB
> Memory: 4 GB
> Bus Speed: 800 MHz
>
>
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