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MacBook Air M2: Bent bottom plate
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Now it has arrived. It's still a little wavy, but better than my first unit. Now that I know that almost all devices are affected by this, I can live with it and will enjoy the MacBook.
I have two MacBook Air M2 (one for me and one for my wife). They both seem to have a slightly bend back edge line at the display side. It is only noticeable when you kinda search for it and hold the device at a certain angle. I wonder if this is more of a common or more of a rare issue. I had found out rather accidentally when I was holding my closed laptop by this side to slide it into a sleeve. That was when I suddenly heard a "click" sound thus inspecting the back of it.
The sound is reproducible and occurs each and every time when I hold the laptop at the marked spots or apply some pressure. Of course I stopped doing that
... I thought probably too thin to withstand any pressure and nothing that holds against from the inside. That was when I started wondering if I had caused the bended edge line. But the second m2 has the bending without having touched it there before.. so...
And well.. don't get me wrong. The "bending" is only noticeable at the edge looking onto it like shown in the pictures and not from any other angle. The back itself doesn't look bend at all when you just look at it in "general usage".
But I am really curious now if anyone else noticed such a "click" sound or something like that?
Joe.
The sound is reproducible and occurs each and every time when I hold the laptop at the marked spots or apply some pressure. Of course I stopped doing that
... I thought probably too thin to withstand any pressure and nothing that holds against from the inside. That was when I started wondering if I had caused the bended edge line. But the second m2 has the bending without having touched it there before.. so...And well.. don't get me wrong. The "bending" is only noticeable at the edge looking onto it like shown in the pictures and not from any other angle. The back itself doesn't look bend at all when you just look at it in "general usage".
But I am really curious now if anyone else noticed such a "click" sound or something like that?
Joe.
I have two MacBook Air M2 (one for me and one for my wife). They both seem to have a slightly bend back edge line at the display side. It is only noticeable when you kinda search for it and hold the device at a certain angle. I wonder if this is more of a common or more of a rare issue. I had found out rather accidentally when I was holding my closed laptop by this side to slide it into a sleeve. That was when I suddenly heard a "click" sound thus inspecting the back of it.
The sound is reproducible and occurs each and every time when I hold the laptop at the marked spots or apply some pressure. Of course I stopped doing that
And well.. don't get me wrong. The "bending" is only noticeable at the edge looking onto it like shown in the pictures and not from any other angle. The back itself doesn't look bend at all when you just look at it in "general usage".
But I am really curious now if anyone else noticed such a "click" sound or something like that?
Joe.
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No click sounds here, even when pressing down on those marked spots. This sounds like one of your clips is not fully seated
Out of interest I took the bottom plate off.
The bend in my case was not due to the 4x fastening clips sitting proud of screwhead (as others have suggested here) , but its actually the components themselves having a slight curvature.
Not sure what the parts are - but they have what appears to be antenna cables running to them (perhaps wifi/bluetooth modules?).
I loosened the screws either side of each module (pushed down on the module, in an attempt to reseat) then re-tightened. Maybe made a fraction of difference. Probably not worth your time.
Bottom case back on, and on with life 🤙🏻
The bend in my case was not due to the 4x fastening clips sitting proud of screwhead (as others have suggested here) , but its actually the components themselves having a slight curvature.
Not sure what the parts are - but they have what appears to be antenna cables running to them (perhaps wifi/bluetooth modules?).
I loosened the screws either side of each module (pushed down on the module, in an attempt to reseat) then re-tightened. Maybe made a fraction of difference. Probably not worth your time.
Bottom case back on, and on with life 🤙🏻
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This is pretty hilarious if true. Not sure I've ever seen Apple's famed industrial engineering actually misjudge the sizes of internal components relative to the fitment of the casings they are to be placed within...
I don't super care either way (love my M2 and have AC+), but does kind of seem like a first!
I have m2 mba as well and bending is slightly noticable when you look at that angle. Did loosing screws fix the problem ? How does if appear now ?
I wonder if this is relevant
Apple’s Industrial Design Chief Hankey to Leave Three Years After Ive
www.bloomberg.com
Hi,
Did it fix the problem making backplate completely flat ?
My mba is slightly wavy i am considering to send it apple.
I will take my MacBook Air m2 to the service, what do you think will they replace the bottom case due to wavy bending or blame the user ?
I have returned my macbook air twice and had the same issue. They all have some degree of waviness. Not worth returning.
I noticed the same sound on mine when picking up my laptop a couple days ago. I bought the laptop about 2 months ago and it’s very annoying having issues like this in such an expensive machine. The clicking sound is very noticable and the backplate is a bit bent aswell. I haven’t damaged the laptop myself, no dropping etc. I went to an authorized Apple service provider and they weren’t sure if the repair would fall under warranty or if I would have to pay for the repair myself and they won’t be able to tell until they check the laptop. Wouldn’t want to pay for something that’s probably been there since the day I bought the laptop. Didn’t realize I’d have to thoroughly inspect a new Apple product for defects before I start using it. I booked a repair appointment for tomorrow so we’ll see what happens.I have two MacBook Air M2 (one for me and one for my wife). They both seem to have a slightly bend back edge line at the display side. It is only noticeable when you kinda search for it and hold the device at a certain angle. I wonder if this is more of a common or more of a rare issue. I had found out rather accidentally when I was holding my closed laptop by this side to slide it into a sleeve. That was when I suddenly heard a "click" sound thus inspecting the back of it.
The sound is reproducible and occurs each and every time when I hold the laptop at the marked spots or apply some pressure. Of course I stopped doing that
And well.. don't get me wrong. The "bending" is only noticeable at the edge looking onto it like shown in the pictures and not from any other angle. The back itself doesn't look bend at all when you just look at it in "general usage".
But I am really curious now if anyone else noticed such a "click" sound or something like that?
Joe.
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So everybody has that little bend, i have it aswell. I havent seen it before i’ve red this, but i am not going to send it back for that, get some refurbished piece, just to see that it has the bend too. Also i am not going to play “apple engineer” and remove the plate to put it again like a pro.
Just like my m2 and hope to have a long life battery 😉
Just like my m2 and hope to have a long life battery 😉