even us dumb mechanics can do it.

Mijn probleem

I'm out here in the backwoods of Alaska taking care of a helicopter used for fighting forest fires. while on some down time i was perusing the internet when I accidentally spilled a drink on my computer. after wiping it down, the track pad started doing things all by itself. it was too the point that it made the computer almost unusable. I brought my computer out to my tool bag and proceeded to take the computer apart piece by piece. unfortunately I didn't have the correct tools so I took a small but not small enough screwdriver and filed it down small enough to fit. I figured out how to take the track pad out eventually and cleaned up everything I saw. once I got it back together, I noticed that the track pad was not acting funny anymore. I guess I was able to partially fix it just by wiping it down from the inside. it still wasn't quite right though. it would take a lot of pressure to get it to respond to the click. I ordered a new one from ifixit.com along with a tool kit. I placed the order on a saturday and by the end of the following wednesday, I had my new track pad installed. everything went smooth and it seems to work just like it used to again.

Mijn oplossing

good

Mijn advies

buy the tool kit. it's only 25 bucks. I used more out of it than I thought I would.