The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Speakers grill is detaching by itself on my P670SE

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by mirak, Jun 2, 2016.

  1. mirak

    mirak Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    5
    Messages:
    19
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    6
    Hello!
    I'm facing a really weird problem: the right side of the grill above the speakers on my P670SE is detaching from the chassis by itself. It's slightly curved right now, and I can push it down back to its original position: if I do, I can feel the adhesive sticking to its back, but that lasts only a couple of seconds...then pop! Detaches again. I think the adhesive got loose over time, it's just above the 970m vents on the back, temperatures must have something to do with this (though gpu never went above 68°C [154°F I guess] since I got this laptop). Anyway, I don't know what to do, this thing is really bothering me a lot. Any suggestions? Which kind of adhesive could I use?
     
  2. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

    Reputations:
    9,436
    Messages:
    58,194
    Likes Received:
    17,909
    Trophy Points:
    931
    Contact your original reseller, they may be able to help you.
     
  3. mirak

    mirak Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    5
    Messages:
    19
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    6
    Thanks for your reply, already done that, sent the laptop and got it back: they "fixed" it by bending a small tab in one corner which actually got unbend, but they haven't changed the adhesive (actually they stated there was none, which is not true, I've seen it). So the problem basically persist, even if less noticeable. That's why I want to find a fix myself, looks like they're done helping.
     
  4. Support.1@XOTIC PC

    Support.1@XOTIC PC Company Representative

    Reputations:
    203
    Messages:
    4,355
    Likes Received:
    1,099
    Trophy Points:
    231
    Do you have any pictures of it you could share? I'm curious to see where exactly it is sticking out. Maybe others might have some ideas if they know where the problem is specifically on the system.
     
  5. mirak

    mirak Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    5
    Messages:
    19
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    6
    There you go! Sorry for the bad ellipsis, I have really bad control when using a touchpad :D

    [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
  6. Support.1@XOTIC PC

    Support.1@XOTIC PC Company Representative

    Reputations:
    203
    Messages:
    4,355
    Likes Received:
    1,099
    Trophy Points:
    231
    Thanks for posting those, that helps.. And have you tried taking it a part to see if there is any of the clips that connect those that might be bent as well, or if there is anything in the way from preventing it from going together? If not, that is completely fine, just curious.
     
  7. mirak

    mirak Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    5
    Messages:
    19
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    6
    Yes, I did check the clips before sending the laptop to my reseller and they were all correctly connected apart form the one in that right corner, which is what they have fixed by bending it back to its original position. Problem is that by sticking out for a long time (and maybe temperatures) the adhesive is completely loose right now, so as you can see in the first image it sticks out right in the middle of the red ellipsis. Under the grill there are clips in the right and left edges as well as in the exact center, but none in the middle between those, that's why Clevo put some adhesive there, I think. Thanks for helping :)
     
  8. Support.1@XOTIC PC

    Support.1@XOTIC PC Company Representative

    Reputations:
    203
    Messages:
    4,355
    Likes Received:
    1,099
    Trophy Points:
    231
    You might be able to use some kind of adhesive tape. I can think of the name, but it would be the same kind of stuff that is used to keep the LCD panels in place in a computer. I believe most of it is a clear tape. It's pretty sticky but still removable in the future and not like a glue. Might be worth looking to get a small roll of that possibly.