marks on the aluminium...

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marks on the aluminium...

they look like pencil marks, a dead straight line just below the touchpad. its come from the top screen rubbng on it i guess. any ideas to remove it?

thanks alot

Macbook Pro 2.2 Santa Rosa, Mac OS X (10.4.10), 2gb RAM, 120gb HD, 16gb iPod Touch

Posted on Oct 15, 2007 3:46 PM

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JLGH

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Oct 20, 2007 7:28 PM in response to lewisg12

What is happening is the aluminum is getting polished as the screen frame's aluminum rubs on the computer casing's aluminum...hence no way to get it off...not even with an eraser--sorry to rain on the smart guy above's parade. I was in the apple store today and got a kit with a sheet of plastic that protects the area below the keyboard as well as a sheet of microfiber that protects the keyboard. This is a good investment because not only do I have the polished aluminum marks (definately not pencil, and not erasable), but I can also see spots starting to show up where the keys are rubbing on the monitor screen while the MBP is closed.

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lewisg12 Author

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Oct 24, 2007 9:51 AM in response to lewisg12

just an update, took it to a service provider nand they said they werent gunna fix it, called apple and after much arguing there replacing it for free! hoorah! 😀 thanks apple

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Ricktoronto

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Oct 16, 2007 5:03 PM in response to a procrastinator

For both of you: An eraser.

If you put the supplied plastic sheet between the screen and the keyboard at shutdown then you won't get marks at all. There are fancy ones to buy that do the same thing. Even leather. You have a good one now, free.

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lewisg12 Author

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Oct 21, 2007 2:38 PM in response to M. Miller

thanks for your help guys...ive had my macbook pro 2 months now. and ive recently discovered the bluetooth doesnt work, and i get kernal panics whenever i restart the pro. should i call apple? what will they say? there is no service centre for over 200 miles.

thank you

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JLGH

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Oct 15, 2007 5:52 PM in response to lewisg12

yup, rubbing screen while it is closed, mine has the same problem, nothing gets it off for me.

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Oct 15, 2007 6:30 PM in response to JLGH

On a similar note, I have small pencil marks on the corner of the aluminum, if anyone knows a way to possibly get lead writing off the case, post away.

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lewisg12 Author

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Oct 20, 2007 5:11 PM in response to Ricktoronto

bump..i really need a way to get this off. really annoying and getting worse. worth calling apple?

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Oct 20, 2007 8:04 PM in response to JLGH

I saw those marks from the keyboard to the screen on a PowerBook recently... Definitely not nice at all. Yet another oversight from Apple on an otherwise fantastic product.

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JLGH

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Oct 21, 2007 3:04 PM in response to lewisg12

I'd be calling if it were me.

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lewisg12 Author

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Oct 21, 2007 3:11 PM in response to JLGH

yea...its just a 15cm line, and i wanted a mighty mouse...what do ya reckon they will do?

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