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17 PB: How do you open your display?
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17-inch PowerBook owners:
How do you open your PowerBook? Do you push the button and your display opens or do you have to push down on the display as your pushing the button to open it? Does it ever catch and not open?
Is this normal?
This is how it came back from the 3rd repair.
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Pops open with push of the button. Mine doesn't get stuck, no; I've seen a 12" with problems similar to yours, though (doesn't seem to bother the owner too much, he just pushes down a little harder upong closing).
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Oh man...That sucks.
I just sent my new 12" Rev C in because the LCD was separating from the bezel....Hope they dont bend mine.
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Originally posted by Dave Hagan:
17-inch PowerBook owners:
How do you open your PowerBook? Do you push the button and your display opens or do you have to push down on the display as your pushing the button to open it? Does it ever catch and not open?
Is this normal?
This is how it came back from the 3rd repair.
This looks like mine but it occured over time and not from a repair, the button feels a little stiff sometimes, but not too stiff. It seems the Aluminum frame distorts after some time, like from heat to cold to heat. I dunno just a theory. Sound plausible?
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Anything sounds plausible to me at this point. Although, my buddy has a 1GHz 17-incher which he's had for a year and a half, and it is working flawlessly.  He doesn't have these issues. I have had mine technically since late-April, but between the repair times have only been able to use it for about a week or two.
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I just push the button and it opens without any problems. Has done so for the past year.
When closed thereīs a bigger gap on the left side than on the right - but a lot less than on the picture you took.
It seems that all 17'' are the same in this respect.
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Originally posted by cszar2001:
I just push the button and it opens without any problems. Has done so for the past year.
When closed thereīs a bigger gap on the left side than on the right - but a lot less than on the picture you took.
It seems that all 17'' are the same in this respect.
I have a 15" (sorry) and mine is the same, having a bigger gap on the left side of the PowerBook. Somewhat on the same topic, does anyone have a problem with "stiff" hinges? When my display is open and whenever I want to adjust the display it gies some resistance before it starts moving and then "pops" and then starts moving smoothly. I have a friend with the same AluBook and his display moves smoothly all the time. Is this something I should worry about or something that I can fix?
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If I use my fingernail to press the button it usually pops open. But sometimes when using a finger there is difficulty; the button is just too narrow horizontally. There should be a better design. I'm sure some of us could come up with better alternative ideas. Yet I consider it just a nit-pick; the Powerbook is the best laptop on the planet as far as I am concerned.
I used Rad Tech cushions stuck to the lid corners not only to protect the LCD frame bezel from making marks on the handrest edge, but to make the front lid edge more parrallel with the bottom of the Powerbook. After my old 1 Ghz was replaced free with a 1.5 Ghz 17" I could not find any spare cushions but I noticed some small felt stick on round feet from Home Depot; they seem to work just as well. They look kinda fuzzy though...
Check out how my 17" looks before and after the Radtech cushions:
http://homepage.mac.com/bhardy3/PhotoAlbum34.html
Looking at the inside frame of the LCD bezel, well, it LOOKS as if a thin rectangular gasket can be used to seal the laptop completely. Wow. Interesting idea...
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Originally posted by Synotic:
I have a 15" (sorry) and mine is the same, having a bigger gap on the left side of the PowerBook. Somewhat on the same topic, does anyone have a problem with "stiff" hinges? When my display is open and whenever I want to adjust the display it gies some resistance before it starts moving and then "pops" and then starts moving smoothly. I have a friend with the same AluBook and his display moves smoothly all the time. Is this something I should worry about or something that I can fix?
The hinges donīt pop - but they are a little stiff when I first move the screen.
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Upon looking at a friend's 1GHz 17-inch PowerBook, he discovered that my left latch is pointing in the wrong direction. It should be pointing the other way. Combine this with the warped display on the left side, this must be what's causing it to stick when I try to open it up to use.
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Wow Dave you are right! Good catch! Not a good reflection on Apple repair though. I would recommend actually taking it to an Apple store if possible and let the Apple genius be a witness plus have the condition of your powerbook recorded as to its overall exterior condition; they do that you know. If it comes back with another problem like scratches it can't be pinned on you. I never use phone support anymore. It's best to have an Apple genius on your side who can speak for you.
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