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general dusting and cleaning
general dusting and cleaning
I just took the palmrest out of my T30 to clean under it. It was pretty dirty/dusty. I put it back, and firmly connected the touchpad connector to the motherboard but now the touch pad and the trackball do not work. I managed to get the trackball to work by disabling the touch pad in setup. Any suggestions as to how to get them both to work like it used to.
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Re: general dusting and cleaning
You'll get a better answer if you ask in the T30 forum
You can download the Hardware maintenance manual from here which will show you how to disassemble and reassemble your thinkpad.
You can download the Hardware maintenance manual from here which will show you how to disassemble and reassemble your thinkpad.
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general dusting and cleaning
Trackball?
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2015 X1 Carbon, ThinkPad Slate, T410s, X301, X300, X200 Tablet, T60p, HP TouchPad, iPad Air 2, iPhone 5S, IdeaTab A2107A, Yoga 3 Pro
Bill Morrow's thinkpads.com Facebook group
I'm on Twitter
I do NOT respond to PM or e-mail requests for personal tech support.
Re: general dusting and cleaning
He already mistook X30x for T30; trackpoint->trackball is to be expected.
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