[ltp] T61 hinge is loose

Michael Gaber linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:26:32 +0100


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Daniel Castro schrieb:
> 
> 2009/1/28 Noah Dain <noahdain@gmail.com <mailto:noahdain@gmail.com>>
> 
>     On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Marius Gedminas <marius@gedmin.as
>     <mailto:marius@gedmin.as>> wrote:
>     > On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 05:24:46PM +0100, Jens Rutschmann wrote:
>     >> Markus Grunwald schrieb am 27.01.2009 15:55:
>     >>> Hello,
>     >>>
>     >>> after a good year of using my T61, the hinge of its LCD panel is
>     quite
>     >>> loose: I can wiggle the LCD by about 5mm to 1cm at its top side.
>     >>
>     >> Same problem here with my T61. I can wiggle it even more (1,5 cm)
>     at the top.
>     >> This is pretty annoying when using the laptop in train etc.
>     >>
>     >> Closing or opening the display completly is pretty hard compared
>     to that:
>     >> I need two hands to open the display, pressing the laptop down
>     with one
>     >> hand while opening it with the other one. If I used only one hand
>     I would
>     >> simply lift the complete machine.
>     >>
>     >> Is that normal?
>     >
>     > I think so; this exactly describes my experience I had with my T61
>     since
>     > I bought it (brand-new) more than a year ago.
>     >
>     > Marius Gedminas
>     > --
>     > If your company is not involved in something called "ISO 9000" you
>     probably
>     > have no idea what it is.  If your company _is_ involved in ISO
>     9000 then you
>     > definitely have no idea what it is.
>     >                                (Scott Adams - The Dilbert principle)
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>     my T61 lid is wobbly as well after about a year of use.  :-/
> 
> 
>     However, there's a good thread from march 08 on this very topic:
>     http://mail.matrix.de/pipermail/linux-thinkpad/2008-March/042858.html
>     <http://mail.matrix.de/pipermail/linux-thinkpad/2008-March/042858 .html>
> 
>     of particular interest is Ted Fraters contribution:
>     http://mail.matrix.de/pipermail/linux-thinkpad/2008-March/042907.html
>     <http://mail.matrix.de/pipermail/linux-thinkpad/2008-March/042907 .html>
> 
> very interesting indeed!
> so Ted reckons one should not do it as it is not a simple process....
> i have the same problem, am in Galway, Ireland, nowhere near a thinkpad
> savy shop.... has anyone of the many who replied this thread adventured
> in doing it following the service manual?
> 
> 
> 
>     march 08 thread index (search for 'hinge'):
>     http://mail.matrix.de/pipermail/linux-thinkpad/2008-March/thread.html
>     <http://mail.matrix.de/pipermail/linux-thinkpad/2008-March/thread .html>
> 
> 
> 
>     --
>     Noah Dain
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> -- 
> ________________________
> 
> Daniel Castro, M.Sc.
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> ________________________


if the tp in question is still under warranty I'd check with lenovo support.
when i had this wobbling with my t60 it was a broken structure frame (at
least 3 places) which was replaced under warranty.
this has happened to every t60 i personally know

Michael

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