Loose touchpad button on UK Vaio CR31

My Vaio is just out of warranty and it's always had a bit of a clicky odd left-button.

I've noticed that it is gradually getting worse so I'm expecting it to break soon. I should have had it done while the computer was in warranty, but I've heard bad things about their service centre, and they'd probably have charged me for the repair anyway. I did ask them about it toward the end of the warranty period and they wanted me to email them Admin passwords and then pick up the computer for an undisclosed period. I just didn't fancy it - my fault.

Anyway, I have several friends at work who are IT technicians and one of them will have a look. I haven;t found a service manual for the CR series yet, but I'm assuming the buttons are part of the mount for the trackpad and can either be replaced individually or the mount (or pad) can be replaced. Anyone had any experience of this, or able to offer any advice, comment or guidance?

It's just over a year old and I'm thinking about boosting the RAM, HD and upgrading to W7, but on the other hand, I'm not convinced the machine is going to survive another 2-3 years...

 

i had the samething! When you open the harddisk and remove it you can fix it your self the left mouse button if you don't wanna send it to sony. I fixed it with fastglue.

 

oh that's interesting to know! When you got inside could you see what exactly was wrong with it?

 

Yes, when you remove the harddisk and press the left button you can see that one plastic holder is broken. That was my problem and i had the laptop just over 1,5 years but i fixed it my self.

 

Great - was yours a CR too or one of the similar C series models (C, CS)?

 

I have the vgn-cr29xn black edition europe version.