[P1] ibook track pad not working...

[Gloria Vogel]

The only thing I can suggest (which does not solve your internal 
problem) is to circumvent the track pad and use an auxilliary mouse - I 
use a small turbo-mouse only because I find it difficult to use the 
track pad.  The model like mine costs about $20 at either Best Buys or 
one of those superstores. (Make sure it will work with Mac.)
On Monday, September 15, 2003, at 08:01 AM, M. Kadioglu wrote:

> Hello Group. I  discovered that the ibook I  just bought on eBay 
> recently has a defective track pad connector. The connector is not 
> soldered on the logic board but completely loose. The unit is past its 
> warranty service period and Apple refuses to replace the logic board 
> unless I  spend $295. I  went ahead and had the legs soldered on to 
> the logic board. Now the connection is like it is supposed to be. 
> However, now I  have completely lost the little trackpad action that I 
>  used to have... The "System Pereferences-Mouse" control panel no 
> longer displays/recognizes that I  have a track pad. I  have checked 
> against another ibook, and found the connector to be soldered 
> correctly, and the track pad is also not defective as I  was able to 
> install and test it on another ibook. So it appears to me that I  have 
> either bad soldering, or the logic board/track pad functions are no 
> good, OR.... there is some kind of software that I  need to reinstall 
> so that the track pad can be recognized. I  am running 10.2.6 at the 
> moment, and do not have OS9 on the problem iBook. Any tips would be 
> greatly appreciated. Matt.
>
>
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