Unofficial trackpad fix

This fix is not offical, it is just a worksforme fix:

On 5/8/08 5:37 PM, "Samuel Klein" <null> wrote:

> There's a folk-remedy for touchy touchpads : applying chalk dust.  Can
> someone with a really bad touchpad test this out to confirm?

Wouldn't you know but the touchpad has started working again. Here's what I
did..

The original problem occurred at my parents house where I opened it up for
the first time. I brought it back to my house and it sat for a few days. I
happened to try it again and the pad was much more responsive.

My house has much lower relative humidity (central air) than my parents so I
started thinking about moisture in the pad. So I got a hair dryer and ran it
on low over the track pad to see if I could dry out some moisture.

Son of a gun - it's working perfectly now. Perhaps the talcum powder isn't
such an urban legend. If some gets under the pad it would tend to remove
some moisture from the area.

Using the dryer trick might be something to suggest to folks. Another idea
is to use some moisture absorbing product and seal it with the XO into a bag
for some time.

Maybe something that OLPC might want to consider is including a moisture
absorbing packet in the plastic bag with the laptop. Easy to do and cheap..

(Alan Claver)