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Originally Posted by robbak
Did you have to disconnect the touch pad to access the power socket?
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Yes, you have to disassemble the entire thing to get at the power jack.
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A broken trace in the flexible strip connecting the touchpad to the motherboard is the most likely cause.
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That's what I figure too, but I did check the continuity of all the traces and they were OK. Still, the differing results I get when I reseat the FFC leads me to believe that this is it. It pretty much has to be.
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If you can find the break, you can get a little bottle of demister repair compound at an auto supplies store.
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I have all sorts of things that I can use for this, but it would be better simply to replace it. Any ideas for vendors? It seems these are not often available to consumers, though I could probably get an engineering sample from one of the vendors.