Question about top case

Hi there,
I'd like to know if the "top case/keyboard" part also includes the trackpad?
I'm asking because I just had the top case replaced (was interfering with the fan that produced a clicking sound) and it looks like they replaced it with a used one?! For example, the bottom left corner shows a 1.5 inch square, lighter gray patch (as if there was a sticker there?), and the middle of the trackpad button is very shiny compared to the sides, like it's been used...
Thanks for any input!
whitebook 2.0Ghz - 4H622   Mac OS X (10.4.7)   2GB RAM

The top case includes the trackpad and trackpad button.
This is at the moment a bit of a sore subject with me. After my MacBook was returned from being repaired for the random shutdown problem, the trackpad button does not respond at all to clicks in the lower right corner. (The repair consisted of replacing the top case and heat sink.) So half the time when I click the button, it doesn't work, because the right end is where I click most often.
Yesterday I talked to AppleCare phone support, and the Product Specialist suggested I talk to a store Genius, that maybe it could be fixed or else the turnaround for a new top case would be faster than shipping.
I did that this morning, and the Genius claimed that the behavior was within specs, that it would not bother his typing since you're supposed to click in the middle of the button, that it was equivalent to complaining about a couple of dead pixels.
I haven't had a return call yet from the Product Specialist, and I'm currently planning on trying a different Apple store tomorrow.
I see "mushy trackpad button" is one of the common complaints on web forums:
http://www.mymac.com/showarticle.php?do=something&id=1572

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    5. scroll down to Control Channels
    6. Press > button to See Locked Channels
    7. Scroll down to Add/Remove Channels
    8. Scroll right to choose LOCK ALL
    9. Press OK and then scroll to YES to lock all channels
    10. Press EXIT to get out of settings.
    11. All channels are now locked.
    12. Go to any channel
    13. A black screen will appear with a lock silhouette with the word LOCKED below, followed by instructions to Press OK to enter PIN and unlock this channel. (plus how to change locks...).
    14.Press the OK button and, if it is working, you will see a dialog box at the bottom of the screen that is titled: UNLOCK, with the channel listed and the instructions to "Enter your PIN using your numeric pad on remote to naje this channel availabe for all users." THere's a PIN box, which shows asterisks for each number entered, with "Press Exit to Cancel" below.
    15. On the Standard STB, it works exactly as described in steps 1 thru 14. On the Media Center DVR, it works up to step `13, but in 14, no matter how you press the OK button, the UNLOCK dialog box never pops us. The Remote STB light flashes on the remove and the REMOTE yellow light flashes on the DVR,  but nothng happens.
    If you have a Home Media DVR, can you please try this and see if it works?
    Thanks,
    John

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