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Mouse Woes

Bredabe · 2022-04-15 10:33:09

The laptop has an intergraded mouse button, the left button has taken been used a lot and now is feeling a bit soft and is taking more time to return to its start position and I've noticed that its sitting slightly lower in its casing than the right button. As its a loner I don't want to mess with it a lot but I have to…

15-04-2022 11:33AM

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Bredabe

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The laptop has an intergraded mouse button, the left button has taken been used a lot and now is feeling a bit soft and is taking more time to return to its start position and I've noticed that its sitting slightly lower in its casing than the right button.
As its a loner I don't want to mess with it a lot but I have to send it back as I got it, so how do I fix this? afaik its not been dropped or had anything spilled on it, most likely is that it has dust or crumbs stuck in its casing.

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#2 16-04-2022 10:45PM

riclad

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https://www.pcwebopaedia.com/laptops/info/how-to-clean-laptop-touchpad/ leave the laptop off for 2 hours to dry off if using the alcohol in the link, use a tiny amount,
or plug in a usb mouse into the laptop, maybe deactivate the laptop mouse in windows settings

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