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warped case?

or is it normal? i have this on my new refurbished mbpro 2.16, what do you guys think? anyone with the same problem got it fixed? thks.
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Posted on Apr 16, 2007 3:22 AM

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Apr 16, 2007 5:52 AM in response to labouas

I might add, be very careful with the machine so as to not bump it against anything. Some of these bends can come from the slightest door jam or other bump. Put it inside a foam protected case, and shut it down completely before traveling. Make doubly sure that it is shut down by checking if the caps lock key lights up as that's one of the last things to turn off.

Apr 16, 2007 9:02 AM in response to labouas

My refurbished MBP arrived with the same case defect and I figured so goes it with refurbs until I saw how often the problem was appearing on this site. I was able to remove some 90% of it by careful massaging with a small piece of wood like a tongue depressor. In my case that was better than arguing with a techie about whether Apple would fix it and then waiting for it to be done. By the way, I didn't have any trouble interpreting your original picture. Good luck.

Don Rieg

Apr 16, 2007 11:23 AM in response to labouas

I have the exact issue. It came about a few months ago. I shut it down one night and went to sleep, woke up and this was there, I was pretty upset but I just figured it was normal. But someone mentioned that Apple fixed it for them, so I may try and take it in and see if I can get mine fixed as well. I will admit it is kind of annoying, it's right in view so I see it every time I use/open/close/look at my computer.

-joe-

Apr 16, 2007 12:33 PM in response to JoeMC87

I got my MacBook Pro in January and this samething happened to me about a week after I had it. I talked to Apple on the phone and they told me I could bring it in but I would be without my laptop for a week. No thanks.

I have AppleCare and am just going to live with it for now. If something else goes wrong down the road, I'll get it repaired but as it stands now, it really isn't affecting anything else so I have forgotten about it.

Apr 16, 2007 12:37 PM in response to labouas

Well, I was expecting them to give me some poop too but they didn't. I simply told them it gradually appeared, they inspected it briefly, saw that there were no dings or scuffs from me dropping it or whatever and agreed to fix it.

Took it in last Saturday got it back the next Sunday.

There were absolutely no new scratches or anything on it. I even made a point to ask about that before I left it with them. Haha, good to see others are a paranoid as I am. 🙂 They assured me it would be well protected.

Great work from Apple. Just hope this new bottom case doesn't do it again.

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