I have a Unibody MacBook Pro, and near the hinge on one corner of the lid it has this weird bend?
I've never dropped it, so the only way I can imagine that this has happened is through heat - it does get hot there, but I didn't think it could get that hot.
Here's a pic:
http://yfrog.com/jmrvfsj
...it does get hot there, but I didn't think it could get that hot.
It can't. Aluminum melts at 660°C (1220°F). No part of your MBP's outer enclosure is ever likely to exceed about one twelfth of that. If your MBP's case ever becomes incandescent, then will be the time to worry about it melting.
A bent display corner can only be caused by accidental damage.
I recently went on a trip and took my MacBook Pro with me. While in the airport waiting to board a plane I decided to play a movie while I waited and to my surprise when I tried to plug in my earbuds from my iPhone into the jack on the left side.. my case was so melted that the plug would no longer fit inside the jack. I began to inspect the case and it was very noticeable that the case has melted due to heat. I have a difficult time believing that this case is made of aluminum. I am also a welder and work with aluminum... the case is warped and curled under, not typical of melting aluminum. I looked further and the left front corner (if closed) of my display is also melted with a divit in the lid and the corner is turning/bending up. My MBP is out of warrantee as I have owned it for almost 2 years now. I called the local Apple store in Huntsville AL and made and appointment to go have it looked at. I have never once dropped or misused this computer or left in in the sun. It has always sat on a marble table top or on my lap. I have noticed in the past that sometimes it gets so hot in my lap that I have to put it back on the table for a while and let the cool marble top heat sink some of the pain away. The gentleman that I spoke with, Vance Hughes... with the supposed title of Genius told me in not so many words to go pound sand. He told me that he has worked in the Apple store for years and has never seen a case melt like that, in that spot. He accused me of setting it on a hot surface because there was nothing in the computer that could produce enough heat to do this type of damage. I assured him that I am an honest guy and I never misused it or set it on anything hot.. He said that the parts could be replaced but it would cost me over $1000.00 and I should take it to an aftermarket computer store to have it worked on. What really ticks me off is 1, he in not so many words called me a liar and 2, would not even consider standing behind the Apple product. I understand when a warrantee is up, normal wear and tear is expected.. but this has got to be a design flaw and it is just a matter of time before the computers that were purchased around the same time as mine (December of 2008) will start showing the same problems. This computer has been plugged in almost since the day it was purchased. Is there any relief to this issue? I would think that Apple would be very interested in why my computer is melting. What if it caught on fire and burned down my house..? Then what? I am going on record here that this is a problem and I hope that no one else experiences the same issue but on the other hand I hope that everyone does so this problem in some sense gets validation.
Respectfully,
MR.
It's not possible by any stretch of the imagination for your MBP to get hot enough for any part of the aluminum case to melt, and still have the computer operate at all. Nothing has melted.
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It just dawned on me that if the case is truly made of aluminum.. which now it looks like it is, then I may have damaged it myself in a backpack that I had to mash into the overhead compartment of the previous flight aboard and airliner. I hate to complain about something and then retract it but fair is fair.. if It is aluminum then there is a very good possibility that I tweaked it myself. I guess I can pop the case open and try to straighten it out... and I'll be careful of the radiation hazard.. 🙂
