2013-08-06T17:33:18+01:00 Zend_Feed_Writer https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/921 AUGW info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ 2013-07-23T20:46:02+01:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/921#4071 Lionel Ogden info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ After not using my touchpad for a week or so, when I came to use it again I could not turn it on. Ha! I thought, it needs new batteries. However when I tried to remove the battery compartment screw cap I found that it was seized and nothing I have been able to use will remove it. I can only conclude that a cell has leaked and corroded the inside of the battery compartment. The poor thing remains dead as the proverbial parrot. Has anyone else had a similar experience. I have not had a leaky battery for years. 2013-07-23T22:45:06+01:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/921#4072 Alan Cox info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ My solution to a stuck anything is a judicious squirt of WD40, and wait a bit. I dare you! 2013-07-24T19:54:09+01:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/921#4073 Lionel Ogden info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ I have tried that, sadly with the same result as everything else. 2013-07-25T11:56:09+01:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/921#4074 Mick Burrell info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ A drastic solution for when all else fails - drill two small holes opposite each other in the end cap. Use a pair of right-angle circlip pliers in the holes as extra leverage. (I can loan you a pair if you don't have any) 2013-08-03T16:49:52+01:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/921#4079 Lionel Ogden info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ I used a method similar to that suggested by Mick but sadly when I got inside, the battery compartment was a solid white mass and so the touchpad was consigned to the care of Dorset Waste Management. Perhaps this is a cautionary tale because several Mac accessories such as wireless keyboards and touch pads use this type of battery compartment. In my case the touch pad was not left for many weeks unused. 2013-08-03T17:53:29+01:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/921#4080 Trevor Hewson info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ Sorry to hear that. What type of battery did you have in there Lionel? Leaking batteries seem to be a lot less common nowadays so I would guess that you had a duff one - unless the touchpad itself developed a fault and drained the battery. 2013-08-06T17:33:18+01:00 https://www.augwessex.org.uk/discussions/view/921#4092 Lionel Ogden info@augwessex.org.uk https://www.augwessex.org.uk/ I cannot remember the make of battery, but it was of a reputable make, not one of the indeterminate types that you see sold for pence on market stalls.