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Screens, keyboards and trackpads

Dead pixels, flicker, dim or cracked screens, sticky keys, failing trackpads and loose hinges: diagnosing what broke and whether it is worth fixing.

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    Dead pixel on a brand new laptop, will the store replace it?

    I bought a laptop four days ago for classes and noticed a tiny dot near the lower left of the screen that stays black when the background is white. On a dark...

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    Trackpad randomly stops working until I restart the laptop

    I use accessibility features every day, so when the pointing device misbehaves it affects everything I do. My Chromebook's touchpad has started freezing at...

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