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Cody1926

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Posted: 11/07/09 07:07am

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My touchpad left button no longer works--am currently using usb wireless mouse as a workaround for now. Laptop will be 4 yrs old in April 2010. I also need a new battery.

I have reviewed the service guide and pulled the covers, keyboard down to one grounding screw and couldn't get it loose. Then I read that the problem could be either a touchpad or motherboard replacement and I backed out and put it all back together successfully.

Can someone tell me how to isolate which it could be and advise on whether I should just get by until I replace this laptop with a new one? Or better yet, do you have clever McGyver trick to fix this problem now besides the USB mouse I am currently using?

Thanks for your ideas as always.

BillArf

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Posted: 11/07/09 07:21am

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I replaced a touchpad on my friend's E1505. Don't remember much about the job other then it was easy. Did it last year. Not a big deal. I also have had my E1505 open in order to change the WiFi card to an N type. Again, not a big deal. For you, chances are high that it is just the left button. Buy a new pad from this eBAY vendor or elsewhere and do the fix. Please let us know how you made out. If you need a E1505 manual let me know and I will make it avail. to you online.

By the way, you can buy the pad and palm rest combo for a few $ more then just the touchpad. Look here for part & Exc. blow-up pic for you.

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Posted: 11/07/09 07:43am

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BillArf

Great info!!! At those prices, I might be inspired to upgrade to "n" also and a bigger disk drive! Thanks for the links!

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Posted: 11/07/09 07:46am

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Cody1926 wrote:

BillArf

Great info!!! At those prices, I might be inspired to upgrade to "n" also and a bigger disk drive! Thanks for the links!

You can find the N radio cards on eBAY and elsewhere for cheap.($20-30) (Dell Intel 4965AGN wireless N Mini PCI card WLAN) Very easy to get the old one out and the new card in. I found the N radio and new firmware did help out WiFi on my E1505. (My secondary laptop these days). Hardrives are cheap also and of course easy to change.

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Posted: 11/07/09 09:52am

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You could go into the control panel and change the left button to the right but you would loose the right button function. That might get you through til you can replace/fix the computer.
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