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    Vaio Z: Clicking sound when pushing against the bezel?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by tkgopher, Nov 25, 2008.

  1. tkgopher

    tkgopher Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just a quick question to all Z owners. When you against either the left or right side of the screen bezel, do you get a slight clicking sound? Bascially, its when you push the bezel against the back lid cover. I have one and was wondering if there is something loose on just my machine. Thanks in advance.
     
    tkgopher, Nov 25, 2008
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    Yeeze Notebook Consultant

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    I got this on the left side...
    I couldn't make out anything loose or see anything.
    I can just hear and feel it...
     
    Yeeze, Nov 25, 2008
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    Thanks for letting me know. I am worried that its a bent and/or broken metal clip. Mine is on the right side... i know its minor but at the same time I am worried that the bezel may fall apart later due to poor assembly.
     
    tkgopher, Nov 25, 2008
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  4. Yeeze

    Yeeze Notebook Consultant

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    Well I have my Z now since late September and it did not get worse...

    Since I bought it in Germany it is covered for 2 years, so I don't worry...
    In case it falls apart I will post it =D
     
    Yeeze, Nov 25, 2008
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    chong67 Notebook Deity

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    My left side of my bezel did not close properly. I press hard and still got that tiny crevice.

    So I take out the keyboard. Turn out that on the left side, there is some plastic thing that didnt fit in properly. So I snap it back in and now my bezel is flush.

    I am comfortable opening my Z bc I just put in a 500 gig hd.
     
    chong67, Nov 25, 2008
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  6. IEASTI

    IEASTI Notebook Enthusiast

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    would u lose ur warranty for opening it up?
     
    IEASTI, Nov 26, 2008
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  7. InfyMcGirk

    InfyMcGirk while(!(succeed=try()));

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    I believe so, yes... but not if the Sony engineers can't tell it's been touched - i.e. you put the original HDD back and make sure not to scratch any screw heads etc while working on it. ;)
     
    InfyMcGirk, Nov 26, 2008
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  8. IEASTI

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    is there a step by step tutorial for replacing the z's harddrive on NBR? i would like to know how difficult it is before i consider performing such deed
     
    IEASTI, Nov 26, 2008
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  9. InfyMcGirk

    InfyMcGirk while(!(succeed=try()));

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    There's a pretty good decription with pics of the steps required, but it's buried deep within the Z Owners thread. From memory, it's roughly around page 100.
     
    InfyMcGirk, Nov 26, 2008
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  10. IEASTI

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    lol, man there's so much info in that thread it makes it extremely difficult to look for anything there, i did a thread search within that thread and couldnt find anything, if someone can post the link to the posts that will be gold!
     
    IEASTI, Nov 26, 2008
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  11. Metsn

    Metsn Maiku Hama Yokohama

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    Not that difficult to find :)
     
    Metsn, Nov 26, 2008
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    InfyMcGirk, Nov 26, 2008
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