Trackpad Button Doesn't Work Properly

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I have a Samsung R580 laptop and the trackpad button doesn't work quite right. The button is a single piece button. The right clicking works just fine, but when I try to left click, it doesn't always work. I'll have to press really hard to get it to work. This has only started the last couple of weeks. I know that I probably shouldn't, but I take a thin knife and stick it in the crack surrounding the button and slide it back and forth a few times. This seems to fix the button momentarily, but only for a few seconds. After which, it goes right back to hardly working. I have no idea of what's wrong. I can use a mouse, but it's much more convienient to use the trackpad button. I can also use the trackpad it's self to tap which will do the same thing as clicking the button, but I keep clicking things I don't want to. Any ideas ? I don't know that the keyboard being dirty is causing it, as every other button works perfectly.
 

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Windows 7 Home PremiumNvidia
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Windows 7 Home Premium
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Nvidia
It sounds like you might actually need a trackpad repair or replacement. Are you still under warranty?
 

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HP Pavillion dv5t (generation 1)
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Vista 64 bit and 32 bit (SP2)
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Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor T9400 (2.53 GHz
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4GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
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15.4" diagonal WSXGA+ High-Definition HP BrightView Widescre
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Built-in HP
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It's most likely as stated above.
Or it could have something lodged underneath it. The only way to know would be to take th laptop apart or have a shop do it.
Fabe
 

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