[ltp] OT - Average Life of Thinkpad Mouse Buttons

[Nils Faerber]

Kelvin KAN schrieb:
> Hi,
Hi!

> I've been using the trackpoint & touchpad quite extensively.
> 
> Last December (after 2 yr of purchase), the mouse buttons of my T42 went
> crazy (either refused to respond or swapped the left/right buttons
> undesirable).  And Lenovo replaced the whole set of trackpoint &
> touchpad for me.
> 
> And then yesterday, the left buttons refused to respond again, but I
> could still use the external USB mouse buttons.
> 
> 
> Luckily, the T42 is still within warranty until end of 2007.
> 
> 
> So I am wondering if there is any time / no.of.clicks life limit of the
> mouse buttons.
> 
> Anyway, 1 or 2-yr seems too short.

No problem here on T42p.
I suspect dirt or sweaty fingers on touchpad. The tuchpads are a little
vulnerable to dirt. I once had an almost invisible but thick long hair
stuck on it and wondered quite some time about erradic mouse behaviour.
After cleaning everything was back to normal again.

> Thanks,
> Kelvin.
Cheers
  nils faerber

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