Today, I dropped my MacBook and noticed the bottom separating, as you an see in the pictures below. I've been using it for the past few hours and nothing seems wrong. Should I be concerned?
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Dropped my 2017 MacBook Pro. Should I be concerned?
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I would make sure that the fan is running. There's no other moving parts inside.
Watch for unusually hot spots on the case.
That dented area is near the speakers, so you might test the audio on both sides, just as a test.
Your MBPro is pretty beat up now. It will be expensive to fix, unless you have purchased AppleCare +. You will still get to pay for an accidental damage incident, but not the amount that you would need to repair this one yourself.
Or, you could say that it now has "character", and could continue to use it, as is.
Watch for unusually hot spots on the case.
That dented area is near the speakers, so you might test the audio on both sides, just as a test.
Your MBPro is pretty beat up now. It will be expensive to fix, unless you have purchased AppleCare +. You will still get to pay for an accidental damage incident, but not the amount that you would need to repair this one yourself.
Or, you could say that it now has "character", and could continue to use it, as is.
It should work fine. The only problem is that if you ever go in for battery service they will charge you more because of the chassis damage.
If you don’t already have AppleCare it would be $379 plus $99 to fix this if you could still purchase it.
If you don’t already have AppleCare it would be $379 plus $99 to fix this if you could still purchase it.
There's zero chance that apple will do that. The KB article says "if there is any other damage, it must be repaired first." The only option from Apple for him will be to pay for accidental damage repair (which I believe is only available if you already had Applecare).Just wait for the keyboard to fail, and Apple will change the top case for free.
Given that its showing phyiscal damage on the top case, apple may very well refuse, stating the drop was the cause of the keyboard failure.Just wait for the keyboard to fail, and Apple will change the top case for free.
Not unless you somehow bent or otherwise damaged or compromised one of the battery cells, as that might potentially result in fire. That said, unless there's significant damage to the chassis I suspect the risk of that is fairly low...
Oh, you may want to make sure the screws holding the rear cover are still all there and tightly screwed in as well; the cover coming off unexpectedly would be bothersome, and could potentially short out your macbook if it was to touch the logic board as it detaches.
And that newly created gap you show in your pictures might allow foreign objects to enter the chassis, so be mindful of that as well.
Just wait for the keyboard to fail, and Apple will change the top case for free.
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