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Question Acer ES1-521

Jan 15, 2021
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OK, I have had this laptop a long time and from new. My one issue/dislike of it from new, was how very hard it was to press the mouse pad (actual / clicky) buttons. It seems they have recently become even harder to press them to get the click and near impossible to click and hold one down for things like copy and paste.

I'm absolutely no weakling, a fairly strong male, but these buttons have a finger breaking strong spring. I have not seen any similar complaints, is it just my Acer with this issue?
 
I've seen laptops with poorly build mouse buttons, nothing really you can do unless you want to take them apart, lube the mechanism and see if it helps, or replace them.