[ltp] Repairing Track Point on TP 600e

[Charles E Taylor IV]

On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 14:09:32 +0200
Rolf Kutz <kutz@netcologne.de> wrote:

> I have a dying trackpoint on my TP 600e. It just
> pushes the mouse pointer randomly to one side of
> the screen or the other. Does anyone know if one
> can repair a trackpoint. Would it be better to
> exchange it? Where could I get a new Trackpoint?

It's been a while since I had a 600, but if it's like my other Thinkpads,
the simplest thing to do would probably be to try and find a replacement
keyboard assembly.  The trackpoint is built into that.

The 600s are quite common, so you should be able to dig one up
on Ebay fairly easily.

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