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Stinky The Clown

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9. There was a problem with "swolen batteries" a while back

Reply to cbayer (Reply #8)

Sat Sep 15, 2012, 10:56 AM

Sep 2012

The earlier MBPs with the removable battery had some issues with the battery swelling just a tiny bit. That put pressure on the underside of the trackpad causing erratic behavior. The fix was to remove this tiny rubber wedge that was there to keep the battery from moving.

Yes, it could have been something as simple as you describe. I am also told that wet (sweaty) fingers can cause it.

Weird.

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Help! My track pad just started actin all wackadoodle! [View all] cbayer Sep 2012 OP

You have a laptop, right? Stinky The Clown Sep 2012 #1

Yes, a MacBook Pro. cbayer Sep 2012 #3

Check the batteries (if it's for a desktop) REP Sep 2012 #2

I went into preferences and looked at all my trackpad settings and they look fine. cbayer Sep 2012 #4

OK, I went into preferences and unchecked and rechecked everything and it seems to have helped. cbayer Sep 2012 #5

Scratch that, it's still not right at all. cbayer Sep 2012 #6

I assume you've started and restarted. Stinky The Clown Sep 2012 #7

I have. It seems better this morning, so I will work with it and see what happens. cbayer Sep 2012 #8

There was a problem with "swolen batteries" a while back Stinky The Clown Sep 2012 #9

OK, this is good information. My battery was running really hot yesterday, so cbayer Sep 2012 #10