If it's just the touchpad the easy fix is to use some USB mouse. That's what I'd do until parts are located and ordered.
I was replacing the face panel of my Asus X550JK / R510JK and after the replacement the touchpad doesn't work. I have looked closer and saw that the ribbon cable looks slightly messy. Can I repair that? My first idea was to cut the ugly part and connect the further pary. Any ideas?
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