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    Can You Replace The Synaptics Touchpad On Compaq Presario V2402? (V2000)

    Discussion in 'HP' started by jonnyj, Jan 20, 2010.

  1. jonnyj

    jonnyj Newbie

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    Somehow my Synaptics Touchpad on my Compaq V2000 (Model 2402) got zapped today and will not power on at all. This is different than the usual driver problem that makes you think it is turned off. I was tightening up a screw that is close to the pad itself while it was running and the notebook suddenly just turned off. Everything is fine but the touchpad will not power on. It was getting pretty useless regardless. I have been using a regular usb mouse most of the time for almost a year now but still need the touchpad for the obvious. ANyone here replace their pad? I haven't found one used or new yet. ebook
     
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    Th3_uN1Qu3 Notebook Deity

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    Methinks you just cut the ribbon cable. I have swapped out a few with success, you can find the needed ribbons in any broken desktop CD/DVD drive. Laptop drives have finer ribbons, you can't use those.

    However if it's not the cable, most recent HP/Compaq notebooks have the touchpad built-in to the top cover. You're going to have to replace the top cover entirely if that's the case.
     
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    Hey thank you for your reply. It seems that it might be possible to unattach the touchpad somehow. There is a thin film of protective plastic covering the wiring and the touchpad assembly itself. It is a V2000 (model 2402) it dows appear that in order to replace the pad a new top panel might be the only way to go.
     
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