My mac-bookpro touch pad is stuck in down position

my mac-bookpro touch pad is stuck in down position... i cannot do anything help

touchpad mechanism apparently jambed with debris. I held the laptop in a vertical orientation..rotating back and forth , as i rapidly tapped the touchpad like a woodpecker at each corner...it eventually freed up the pad...

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Joe,
Welcome to the Discussions.
The simplest procedure to get you back up and running is to disconnect the orange trackpad ribbon cable from the logic board, then use a USB mouse. It is really quite simple:
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3. carefully disconnect the connector from the logic board
IFixit has good disassembly guides; here is the Pismo:
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac/PowerBook-G3-Pismo/6/
This page shows the orange trackpad ribbon cable slightly to the left of the trackpad next to the edge of the palm rest (click on the bottom photo to enlarge):
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac/PowerBook-G3-Pismo/PRAM-Battery/6/4/Page-2/Heat- Shield
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Hi..
I repled to you here > https://discussions.apple.com/message/25598596#25598596
Please do not start duplicate topics. It makes it that much harder to assist you.

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It sound like the calibration screen and the touch "focus" has been shifted to the "primary" display - which is the last added display adapter. I don't have the setup to test, but you might be able to fix by selecting the Touch panel as the primary display (maybe). You may be stuck because the USB adapter will always be enumerated as the last device.
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... an HP employee expressing his own opinion.
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