start of a broken hinge?

[hellbent]

I just placed my 15" unibody on my bed when the screen was open. I didnt drop it or anything, but setting it down had just enough force to cause the hinge to make a click or maybe crack noise and now the screen has almost a full 180° of motion. Its not broken from what i can see, everything still works fine, but it goes atleast another 30° farther than it did before. Is this going to be a problem for me?

 

[Anshi]

I just placed my 15" unibody on my bed when the screen was open. I didnt drop it or anything, but setting it down had just enough force to cause the hinge to make a click or maybe crack noise and now the screen has almost a full 180° of motion. Its not broken from what i can see, everything still works fine, but it goes atleast another 30° farther than it did before. Is this going to be a problem for me?

I think it will be a problem in the future. One advise: A stitch in time saves nine.

PS: Caution: Apple repairs are very expensive

 

[0007776]

It probably will be a problem. That sounds like how the hinge on my macbook air started to go. Fortunately for me it was still covered under AppleCare, so if you have AppleCare I'd see if I could get them to fix it sooner rather than later.

 

[Jmouse]

Would you be able to take a video or a picture of the damage?

 

[MacBookPro13"]

I just placed my 15" unibody on my bed when the screen was open. I didnt drop it or anything, but setting it down had just enough force to cause the hinge to make a click or maybe crack noise and now the screen has almost a full 180° of motion. Its not broken from what i can see, everything still works fine, but it goes atleast another 30° farther than it did before. Is this going to be a problem for me?

I have this problem with my month old 2011 MBP 13", I rang Apple and told them the problem, asked for a replacement and it's on the way to me now.

How old is your machine?

 

[Jmouse]

I have this problem with my month old 2011 MBP 13", I rang Apple and told them the problem, asked for a replacement and it's on the way to me now.

How old is your machine?

So you have no problem requesting a replacement after 30 days?
You sure are lucky.

How do you tell if your hinge is too loose?

 

[hellbent]

I have this problem with my month old 2011 MBP 13", I rang Apple and told them the problem, asked for a replacement and it's on the way to me now.

How old is your machine?

I got it in december 09, probably going to have to pay for it now, has anyone else had to do this, and if so how much was it