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Clicking noise from the Screen base

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Alienworkshoper

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Jan 2, 2011
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On that black cover thing that runs over and under the space where the screen connects to the computer. If I run my finger along it (applying hardly any pressure) It makes this clicking and creaking noise.

It also makes a similar noise when picking the laptop up from the back. DO they all do this?
 
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Jottle

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Oct 17, 2003
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Alienworkshoper said:
On that black cover thing that runs over and under the space where the screen connects to the computer. If I run my finger along it (applying hardly any pressure) It makes this clicking and creaking noise.

It also makes a similar noise when picking the laptop up from the back. DO they all do this?
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Mine does. That piece tends to fit kind of loose on most mbp's. You could get a genius to replace it, but there's no guarantee that the new one would not make that sound. Unless it bothers you all the time, I would leave it alone. Plastic flexes. And that black piece (the clutch) is all plastic.
 
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Politis

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Nov 10, 2010
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Alienworkshoper said:
On that black cover thing that runs over and under the space where the screen connects to the computer. If I run my finger along it (applying hardly any pressure) It makes this clicking and creaking noise.
It also makes a similar noise when picking the laptop up from the back. DO they all do this?
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Thanks a bunch, now you got me running my finger along that black plastic cover. Yuk, it was dusty but only made one click. Are you the compulsive type?
I am kind of obsessed by the loose, louder click made every time I hit the space bar.
 
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Jottle

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Oct 17, 2003
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Very much the compulsive type. So I try to "live with" any defects in my computer gear. It's a way of teaching myself not to worry about minor things.
 
mgartner0622

mgartner0622

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Jun 6, 2010
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On my 13" I had that problem, it was quite loose.
Since getting my 15" a while back, the clutch cover (It's what that piece is called) has been perfectly tight and nice.
 
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