Brian Masinick
@rayluo: You did a great job, not only of getting your problem fixed, but also of:
1) Clearly sharing the specifics of the problem in the first place.
2) Carefully reading and applying the suggestions that were given.
3) Giving appropriate recognition and credit to those who helped to provide answers.
4) Expertly documented the steps you used to solve the problem, and
5) Getting the problem solved! Congratulations!
Regarding the part about the sore thumbnails, I wonder if there is a good tool for dislodging and removing the thumb rest? I suspect there is.
I believe that it was either a popular Dell model or an IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad model that my next door neighbor/hardware engineer was able to carefully disassemble and fix, all in 5 minutes. It involved removing the keyboard and synaptics, and whatever else may have been on the top (visible) layer. Many of these models have an odd combination of screws and plastic snaps, which can be frustrating for a clumsy person like me to handle, yet incredibly easy for those who do this for a living and know what they are doing!
My complement to you is that whether you found it easy or difficult, you DID successfully accomplish the task and wrote in easy to understand words. Thank you very much! This will undoubtedly be helpful to someone along the way, whether it’s the same model or a laptop that has mostly similar parts.
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Brian Masinick
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