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    Tecra M3 touchpad

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by Jon1001, Dec 4, 2007.

  1. Jon1001

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    Hi
    I disassembled my tecra M3 to clean my heatsink but upon assembling it together found my touchpad and pointer not to work. Opening it, I found a bare ended cable running from the motherboard which I assumed to have fitted somewhere in the touchpad. I opened the touchpad but can't seem to find where it attaches.
    Any ideas would be much appreciated
    Regards
     
  2. John B

    John B Notebook Prophet

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    Thanks for your reply John B
    Laptop freak was able to help me out luckily and this is what he said:

    "Apparently you accidentally pulled the cable from the touchpad during the disassembly process. I’ve done the same mistake on both Tecra M2 and Tecra M3 laptops.
    Here’s what you should do.
    1. Remove the palmrest (top cover) again as it shown in the step 12 in this disassembly guide.
    2. Turn over the palmrest and remove screws from the touchpad. Separate the touchpad from the palmrest.
    3. On the back side of the touchpad you’ll see white sticky tape. Remove the tape.
    4. Plug the touchpad cable back into the touchpad, make sure to plug the correct end of the cable and secure it back to the touchpad with the same sticky tape.
    5. Install the touchpad back into the palmrest and assemble everything back together.

    If the touchpad still not working after the cable has been properly installed, try enabling the touchpad with Fn+F9 keys."