# swapping trac pad in a laptop? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 19, 2008, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swapping-trac-pad-in-a-laptop/58425 "2008-11-19T11:06:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swapping-trac-pad-in-a-laptop/58425/1 "2008-11-19T11:06:18Z")
anyone ever attempt this before? ---
**Author:** ![ILC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilc/32/5337_2.png) [@ILC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILC)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swapping-trac-pad-in-a-laptop/58425/2 "2008-11-19T11:07:26Z")
not hard at all. a few screws… and a ribbon cable. just have to crack the case open first. If its a dell laptop… done in under 10 minutes… edit: Oops I lied… you have to separate the top half and the bottom half… that will take a little longer… but remember the little panel that houses the power button and reset button … goes first. then the keyboard… disconnect the monitor ribbon cable and pull off screen (not mandatory just much easier). then 8-12 screws on the bottom and pull it apart. be careful when you pull it the ribbon cable to the touchpad. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swapping-trac-pad-in-a-laptop/58425/3 "2008-11-19T11:10:30Z")
it is an old dell. want to make a few bucks? ---
**Author:** ![ILC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilc/32/5337_2.png) [@ILC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILC)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swapping-trac-pad-in-a-laptop/58425/4 "2008-11-19T11:11:31Z")
sure… that will take me no time what so ever are you sure its the touchpad though? and do you have the replacement part? and what is the model number? ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swapping-trac-pad-in-a-laptop/58425/5 "2008-11-19T11:12:57Z")
you can usually google the laptop make and there will be instructions on how to crack the case open… pretty easy repair if you have opposable thumbs ---
**Author:** ![ILC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilc/32/5337_2.png) [@ILC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILC)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swapping-trac-pad-in-a-laptop/58425/6 "2008-11-19T11:14:26Z")
or a wife to impregnate ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swapping-trac-pad-in-a-laptop/58425/7 "2008-11-19T11:16:50Z")
weak ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swapping-trac-pad-in-a-laptop/58425/8 "2008-11-19T11:19:19Z")
I tried taking the broken one apart, since it doesn’t matter how screwed up it gets (the screen is pretty much falling off of it), but it gave me some problems. Couldn’t figure out how to actually get the case apart and didn’t want to break anything. I have 2 of these BTW, a “good” one, and a broken one The computer is a DELL Insperon 7000. The “good” computers trac pad has never worked as far as I can remember. The crap ones does work though, so figured I’d throw that one into the nicer machine ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swapping-trac-pad-in-a-laptop/58425/9 "2008-11-19T11:31:00Z")
Please tell me this isn’t the 300mhz machine you were trying to install XP on in the other thread. Spending any amount of money on repairs for that thing is a waste. Put the money toward a new laptop. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swapping-trac-pad-in-a-laptop/58425/10 "2008-11-19T11:40:48Z")
lol it is :lol: it’s not a bad little machine. Right now I’m using airmouse on it (for the iphone) but it kind of sucks. I might grab a mini-laptop soon, but the dell still has some life left in her ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swapping-trac-pad-in-a-laptop/58425/11 "2008-11-19T11:57:25Z")
holy fack i would def spend the couple hundred to not use a 300mhz… i can’t even imagine how slow that would be now a days 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swapping-trac-pad-in-a-laptop/58425/12 "2008-11-19T12:07:39Z")
lol yeah, it’s pretty bad at times. the worst part is surfing the internet. That poor processor has a hard time keeping up with flash content ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swapping-trac-pad-in-a-laptop/58425/13 "2008-11-19T17:07:34Z")
Get a mouse instead…trac pads suck. ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swapping-trac-pad-in-a-laptop/58425/14 "2008-11-19T17:35:39Z")
+1 on tossing the laptop ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swapping-trac-pad-in-a-laptop/58425/15 "2008-11-20T19:59:36Z")
> [@BillysRevenge](#): > > Get a mouse instead…trac pads suck. while I agree, I don’t have a desk for it so mouse space is very limited > +1 on tossing the laptop nothing would make me happier, but gotta wait to grab a new one ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swapping-trac-pad-in-a-laptop/58425/16 "2008-11-20T20:20:32Z")
steal a new one? i vote for taking ILC’s ---
**Author:** ![Djs87](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/djs87/32/5132_2.png) [@Djs87](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Djs87)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 10:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swapping-trac-pad-in-a-laptop/58425/17 "2008-11-21T10:01:14Z")
I gave my friend a laptop like that for free. Heres what he did with it. Do the same steve! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swapping-trac-pad-in-a-laptop/58425/18 "2008-11-21T10:03:26Z")
haha :tup: will post the results