[iBook] Mouse pad not working

Malcolm Cornelius malcolm at fireflyuk.net
Sun Mar 12 09:48:55 PST 2006


> This condition is with a 600mhz 14" ibook.
> 
> It happened about a month ago and I have been using an external mouse since.
> The mouse pad has stopped working. If I do not plug the external mouse in
> the pointer stays at the upper left of the screen. If I unplug the mouse the
> it stays where it was when I unplugged it, it does not respond to the mouse
> pad.
> 
> This condition started suddenly. When it first happened I was turning it on.
> At the time I suspected that it was a software relater issue. However, at
> this point I can not remember why I though that.

Check that the cable from the trackpad is plugged properly into the logic
board.

It's a think brown cable under the RAM cover.

-- 
Best wishes

Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fanatic
http://www.pbfanatic.co.uk





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