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stiff hinge

  1. victor.muc

    PowerBook G4 Titanium – both hinges suddenly seized up, can’t open display

    Hi everyone, I’m running into a really strange problem with my PowerBook G4 Titanium (Mercury, 2001) and I haven’t found anything quite like it. The machine has been working perfectly for months. I’ve always opened the display very carefully, slowly and with both hands. 4 days ago, while I...
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    • hinge hinges mac macintosh powerbook powerbook g4 powerpc stiff hinge
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  2. Grobaouche

    Resolved MacBook Pro 16" hinge stiffness while closing

    Hey Guys, I have a MBP 16 M2 Pro since a few months and juste came up to realize a maybe not so strange thing but wanting to confirm : When I CLOSE my screen lid from grand open wons to completly close, I can feel the stiffness of the hinge all the way until I am about 20° angle between the...
  3. slvdrfrncs

    Macbook Pro 2020 hinge tightness

    Hi all! I got my macbook pro (2020 model) recently (purchased September 25) and I noticed that the hinge is a bit too stiff at times. I know Apple have designed their laptops in such a way that you can open the lid with one hand, and the body will stay in place, but that isn't the case for me...
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    • hinge macbook macbook pro 2020 stiff hinge
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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