touch pad on laptop wearing out, any thing i can do?

[beau]

over past few weeks my laptop mouse pad thing seems to be wearing out, when held in the light, its all shiney and worn in the middle, when i use it, it dances all over the place and dont do as i instruct it am i able to change them? its getting hard to use, and im not using a mouse and also i cant, all my usb's are used up.

also when i looked the laptop is all worn where i lay my arm and the left button is really shiney. obviously i dont use my laptop much

 

[The Negotiator]

Nope, nothing you can do which may not cause more damage, this loaned laptop has a similar problem, annoying but I can ignore it when my laptop is back from repair.

 

[serin]

my mouse has a shiney center, works fine (but 70% of the lappy is worn shiney )

you tried updating drivers?:chin:

other than that, get your arse down to dixons, and buy a cheap laptop mouse

 

[beau]

Nope, nothing you can do which may not cause more damage, this loaned laptop has a similar problem, annoying but I can ignore it when my laptop is back from repair.

i knew you would be the one to reply, your the "technical" one on the forum, lol

 

[serin]

i knew you would be the one to reply, your the "technical" one on the forum, lol

who??

me or paul??

anyway, it might be worht looking on ebay for a similar model with a broken screen, or just the chassis or something, it wont be "new" but should be better than what you got

 

[beau]

who??

me or paul??

anyway, it might be worht looking on ebay for a similar model with a broken screen, or just the chassis or something, it wont be "new" but should be better than what you got

paul the person who i quoted

 

[serin]

paul the person who i quoted

there was no qoute there when i posted!!!

 

[beau]

there was no qoute there when i posted!!!

i know, quick edit

 

[The Negotiator]

Nah just have far too much experience around laptops.

I did forget to say "you could get a second hand one - they are usually ok to fit" BUT the second hand on may have a similar problem. The problem I have on this one is that the shiney bit slows your finger down and the rest of it is much quicker (the shiney bit is slightly tacky).

 

[beau]

mine works ok when i press as much as my finger down as i can and press quite hard.

 

[Liam]

Mice also come with those "old" connection like PS2! Your Laptop will have one of these.

Now some peripheral manufacturers provide a USB to PS2 adaptor becuase USB slots could be taken up by other devices etc.

Liam

 

[beau]

nope, dont have a ps2 connection

 

[The Negotiator]

You sure? Consider a USB hub maybe....

Have you tried going into the settings and lowering the force needed?

 

[Luke....]

shiny has nowt to do with it...it senses heat the pad does...chuck it in the fridge for 10 minutes and see if it helps...

if its sticky i advise u buy some kleenex young man!

 

[Gav]

Get an IBM (OK, new ones are Lenovo, but IBM branded), as they have a nipple pointer. I find them much better to use and it wont wear out as you can replace the cap.