My MacBook Air has had a annoying creaking noise since shortly after it's purchase. I have had it for approximately two months and it continues to get worse. In goggling the internet I discovered I am not the only one suffering this problem. Has anyone had any success in redding their MBA of this problem permanently?
MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
take it to an Apple retail store or AASP and demonstrate the noise it makes to them.
I have read where a number of peple have done that and the technicians reseated or tightened the screws on the back plate just to have it start again in a few days. I've also read that Apple had replaced some only for the new ones to do the same thing. It sounds like to me that Apple needs to come up with a permanent solution for this problem.
Ok. Bring it in as suggested and tell them your concerns.
I took my MBA to an Apple repair center. They determined that the creaking noise is coming from a sheet of plastic that is factory installed between the keyboard, battery and other hardware components. The creaking is cause by movement of the plastic against the battery and body housing. Reseating the backplate or tighting the backplate screws will not remedy the problem. The plactic sheet was added when the backlite keyboard was added to the MBA (newer models). There is currently no published fix from Apple. Hopefully Apple will eventually offer a solution.
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