T42 Touchpad button non as springy.... how to fix?

[Highline]

Hi all.

The left button on my touchpad is starting to become very very non-springy.

Probably from so much use.

Any easy way to fix this?

Thanks.

[slagmi]

easy? If you have warranty, use it, if you do not buy a replacement keyboard

I don't want to say it's impossible to repair it using any available ThinkPad 'parts' keyboard off eBay- but I wouldn't say it's easy. You probabally won't find any instructions on how to do that available.

[Highline]

easy? If you have warranty, use it, if you do not buy a replacement keyboard

I don't want to say it's impossible to repair it using any available ThinkPad 'parts' keyboard off eBay- but I wouldn't say it's easy. You probabally won't find any instructions on how to do that available.

Thank you for your reply.............!!

[Kyocera]

When I remove my keypads the touch pad buttons are not part of that, you might try getting some quality canned air, like from a real electronics store because the cheaper brands usually coat your equipment with a white film, hold the can upright and try to hold the straw in the crack around the button and give a good long spray, you may have some trash stuck under it. If you are really brave take apart and clean with a fairly benign cleaner, windex and some q-tips.

You did mean the touch pad right? and not the track point, disregard if it is the track point which is part of the kepad.

[Highline]

When I remove my keypads the touch pad buttons are not part of that, you might try getting some quality canned air, like from a real electronics store because the cheaper brands usually coat your equipment with a white film, hold the can upright and try to hold the straw in the crack around the button and give a good long spray, you may have some trash stuck under it. If you are really brave take apart and clean with a fairly benign cleaner, windex and some q-tips.

You did mean the touch pad right? and not the track point, disregard if it is the track point which is part of the kepad.

Right... the touch pad... the left button... i click it so much that it lost its spring!