Loose battery on new 17"

[BENJMNS]

My battery unit on my hi-res 17" moves around.

So if you're holding your PB like a tray with your hand underneath it like a butler, you can push the battery up and down a few millimeters to the point where you can hear it thud.

Is this normal operation? how would one go about fixing this? i hate the idea of having apple guys mess with a brand new pb.

thx in advance

 

[bartelby]

It's like that on my 15" Powerbook.

 

[semaja2]

yeh it seems to be a design flaw with all apples laptops, what im still thinking about doing is putting some paper into the slot that locks it in so it wil be pushed in more

 

[BENJMNS]

Maybe I didn't notice on my other units... Sorry, i went thru several new 17s... one for a delete button that wouldn't work consistently... second for the flashing during sleep display which i've come to find out is on pretty much every hi-res unit i've come across... and now this.

the battery never sits flush. and now with this, the battery literally moves around.

i'm wondering if a new battery would make this problem go away. if not, the paper idea works, but i have concerns about the heat generated in that area.. not sure. maybe a piece of foam rubber.

this is pretty ghetto, dude.