Need a part!

RAS001

Hi All,

My E1-731 has suffered a broken "mouse paddle", what used to be a one-piece paddle is now two. I've looked for the paddle itself, and the entire palm rest, but nobody has one available. The right button is normal, left button still works but is iffy - and for how long remains to be seen. Any ideas other than finding a used laptop for parts?

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Acer-Samuel

RAS001

Well, I ended up buying an identical, used laptop and transferring over my HDD and (faster) WiFi card so I'm back in business. So took this old one apart and was able to glue the paddle back together from behind, it has lost a bit of the "tactile" feel and sound but works as it should. I'll keep it as a spare should something happen to my "new" one.

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Acer-Samuel

Commodore_1995#

Can you send a photo of the damage?

RAS001

Here's what I've got:



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Acer-Samuel

Commodore_1995#

I find this piece only on foreign sites, see: https://eu.eetgroup.com/i/60.MG8N5.001-Acer-Upper-Cover-W-TP

RAS001

Ah, got to "sign up" to see the price, bookmarked it though. I may take mine apart and see if it can be glued with some kind of backer-plate underneath or just buy a 2nd-hand identical laptop and swap over my HDD, then I'd have a spare and adequate time to either fix or source a paddle.

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Acer-Samuel

Commodore_1995#

ok post the result here.

RAS001

Well, I ended up buying an identical, used laptop and transferring over my HDD and (faster) WiFi card so I'm back in business. So took this old one apart and was able to glue the paddle back together from behind, it has lost a bit of the "tactile" feel and sound but works as it should. I'll keep it as a spare should something happen to my "new" one.

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Acer-Samuel

Commodore_1995#

great my friend. accept your own answer.