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    going crazy

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by splitz, Feb 19, 2008.

  1. splitz

    splitz Newbie

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    Hi there, I have a vostro 1500 and so far the thing has been a big piece of crap. Can someone tell me if there’s something I can do to stop the palm rest from creaking? it really drives me crazy. I just had the thing fixed last Friday and only used it for about 20 min yesterday, maybe an hour today and it started creaking again. I really don't want to have to send this thing back to dell again.
     
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  2. AlexF

    AlexF Notebook Deity

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    Creaking? As when you put your wrists on it, or just all by itself?

    What sort of creaking? Is it an air-ish sort of creak or is it like when a door creaks? Electrical? High-pitched?

    I know my Seagate HDD makes a bit of a cricket, servo-arm-like noise every few minutes, supposedly to do with thermal calibration or preventing wear on the disks?
     
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  3. splitz

    splitz Newbie

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    its a plastic creaking, when my hand rest on the palm rest is makes noise. its the bottom part of the housing and the palm rest rubbing together at the seem.
     
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    vespoli 402 NBR Reviewer

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    Not really much you can do ... as long as the palm rest is assembled properly the noise is there to stay. I guess the only advice I have would be to not rest your hands on the palmrest or buy a higher-quality computer ;) You may want to see if you can wedge some kind of bushing inside to reduce the squeaking.
     
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  5. splitz

    splitz Newbie

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    i guess i'll just have it fixed again then try to sell it and not lose my shirt on it.
     
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    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    Both of mine do it. It's not a big deal if you ask me...
     
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  7. MAC5217

    MAC5217 Notebook Consultant

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    You should sue Dell. My stickers are on crooked....you wanna join in my class action lawsuit???
     
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  8. splitz

    splitz Newbie

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    well to me it is a big deal, I pretty much live on my notebook. If the machine were a few years old and did it, i could totally live with that. but its brand new. I'm also on my second keyboard. I'm going to setup my old machine till i can figure out what to do with this thing. :(
     
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