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dell inspiron 6400... the left mouse button is utterly gone.have to hold it down REALLY hard and to drag and drop is a nightmare.
at the moment i'm purely using the touchpad to tap and select stuff...
any ideas on fixing it? is it a squashed spring or something simple or would i need a whole new button etc etc?
any ideas/links?
cheers
its a surface mount button, easy enough to solder a new one if you can find it in the RS/Maplins book.
Maplin > Tactile Switches
You need to dismantle it and see what sort of switch it is. Some use microswiches, some use the little surface mounted switches.
im 99% sure dells to tight to use a microswitch, its the cheap ass option tactile jobbies :)
never seen a microswitch yet in the dell range, never worked on a the XPS tho, they might have?
I take it it's out of warranty? Although knowing what dell are like they'll claim "ware and tear" so not covered by warranty.
yeah way outta warranty but ill check the buttons later.