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anyone else feeling loose hinges on their albook?

Submitted by westieg3 on January 2, 2008 - 10:45pm. PowerPC Macs

i wanted to see if anyone else with one of the older albooks noticed this. mine is getting some freeplay in the hinges. not much, but some. wondered if it was a common issue.

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GEOS's picture

I haven't owned my 12" Powerb

Submitted by GEOS on January 3, 2008 - 5:52pm.

I haven't owned my 12" Powerbook for long, but I did think the hinges felt a little loose compared to my girlfriend's same model. Definitely not as tight as my MacBook Pro's hinges.

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My MB Pro's hinges are defini

Submitted by themike on January 3, 2008 - 7:53pm.

My MB Pro's hinges are definitely looser than the were when I bought it.

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Faceplanted recently?

Submitted by Eudimorphodon on January 3, 2008 - 8:53pm.

They definitely loosen up with age. That said, out of my stable of Al's the only one with *really* loose hinges is the junker/parts mule, which faceplanted from several feet up. (Didn't break the display, but did a number on the rest of the case.) It's positively "wobbly", which implies at least something in the hinges is susceptible to damage from overstressing.

I suspect how quickly they get loose has some relation to how violently the lid gets opened on a regular basis. If you're the type to just whip the thing open it's going to show quicker.

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I've had 4 MacBook Pros and s

Submitted by protocol6v on January 3, 2008 - 11:00pm.

I've had 4 MacBook Pros and so far all of them have had their hinges come loose, but not the hinge itself, just the screws. So I opened it up and tightened the screws and they've all been fine ever since. One of them is also the very first model MacBook pro.

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My MB Pro is also a first gen

Submitted by themike on January 4, 2008 - 3:13am.

My MB Pro is also a first generation. How hard is it to get to the screws? If its not too difficult I might give it a go.

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Just take off the top case(pa

Submitted by protocol6v on January 4, 2008 - 3:23am.

Just take off the top case(part with keyboard and trackpad in it) and you can get to all four screws. There's two in each hinge, torx 8 IIRC.

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Re: I've had 4 MacBook Pros and s

Submitted by GEOS on January 4, 2008 - 4:52am.
protocol6v wrote:
I've had 4 MacBook Pros and so far all of them have had their hinges come loose, but not the hinge itself, just the screws. So I opened it up and tightened the screws and they've all been fine ever since. One of them is also the very first model MacBook pro.
Dang, you've had 4 already? I feel left out being only on my 2nd :-)

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just a screw adjustment to ti

Submitted by westieg3 on January 4, 2008 - 8:00pm.

just a screw adjustment to tighten them back up? well that's simple. i'll do it when i swap my hard drive. this computer still has the squealing one in it. O_O i have an external one to back up to, and i will get to that and ordering another drive.

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