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    Strange Touchpad problem

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by SpongeBomb, Jul 16, 2021.

  1. SpongeBomb

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    Hi Everybody. I have a very strange touchpad issue on my Clevo Laptop and i already searched the net for something similar but cannot find anything. The touchpad is working but not the whole touchpad. The left
    side about 1/3 of the whole pad does not work and also the whole lower side. Does someone experienced this kind of issues?
     
    SpongeBomb, Jul 16, 2021
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    That does speak to an issue in the touchpad itself. The connector is just a USB connection so it's not like it can partially fail.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jul 17, 2021
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    Yes Indeed it was the Touchpad PCB. I removed it and cleaned it with alcohol and now it's fine. Thank you.
     
    SpongeBomb, Jul 19, 2021
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    Did you notice any corrosion? Did you have liquid ingress?
     
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    No, nothing of this except of a few dust particles. Seems like the PCB wasn't firmly connected to the touchpad itself as one side of the PCB was a little bit loose so i suppose
    there wasn't proper contact.
     
    SpongeBomb, Jul 20, 2021
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    So it was more a physical thing of placement, interesting. They are quite sensitive to that, it would mess with it.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jul 21, 2021
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    Looks like I'm a bit unlucky with the clevos as you already replied to my other thread "Clevo P370SM-A / XMG P724 Disassembly Help".
    Two clevos and both with touchpad issues. Very strange.
     
    SpongeBomb, Jul 21, 2021
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    It is, it's not something that seems to have come up a lot.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jul 26, 2021
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