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    flex on dell media buttons

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by pcgamer03, Apr 10, 2008.

  1. pcgamer03

    pcgamer03 Notebook Geek

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    when i press the media buttons buttons there is a good deal of flex, is this on every dell, or just myn?
     
    pcgamer03, Apr 10, 2008
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    SmoothTofu Inspiron 1420 Owner

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    I don't have any flex on mine. (Inspiron 1420)
     
    SmoothTofu, Apr 10, 2008
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    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    There is a slight flex on my vostro 1500. Nothing i care about though.
     
    nizzy1115, Apr 10, 2008
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    Gfresh404 Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah, I know exactly what you're talking about. I think it's normal.

    Did you get your screen replaced?
     
    Gfresh404, Apr 10, 2008
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    i did not get my screen replaced, it came with the dw306, however the build quality of my laptop is kinda bad. there are scratches on the left side where the silver plastic thing meets the media button panel, like it was forced on.
     
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    is that the protective film your supposed to remove?
     
    nizzy1115, Apr 10, 2008
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    nope, it's like someone jammed something inbetween the gray plastic thing and the media button bar thing... it's fairly subtle, just annoying. The biggest thing i am worried about is the huge amount of flex when you press any of the media buttons
     
    pcgamer03, Apr 10, 2008
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    Why are you worried?
     
    nizzy1115, Apr 10, 2008
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    I don't know, it just flexes alot, that seems like it wouldn't be a good thing...
     
    pcgamer03, Apr 10, 2008
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