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The issue: when pressing the battery light indicator the button falls into the case. For those still confused I am talking about this:
Alright my issue is with the Battery Light Indicator on my Macbook Pro 17" Mid-2009 model. As I am unable to find any reference of this issue anywhere I figured I'd post it here for future reference.
Upon opening up (disassembling) my MBP for the first time and removing my hard drive (which is on the side of that indicator) I found that the only thing holding that button in place is a GLUED metal strip which has the green LEDs on it... but for some reason the glue has stopped doing it's job.
Temporary Solution: (for now) I stuck a match between the hard-drive and the metal strip with the LED's... not great for shock resistance but at least it keeps me from losing the button entirely (or it damaging things inside).
This design flaw sucks - paid 3K euro for my MBP.
Alright my issue is with the Battery Light Indicator on my Macbook Pro 17" Mid-2009 model. As I am unable to find any reference of this issue anywhere I figured I'd post it here for future reference.
Upon opening up (disassembling) my MBP for the first time and removing my hard drive (which is on the side of that indicator) I found that the only thing holding that button in place is a GLUED metal strip which has the green LEDs on it... but for some reason the glue has stopped doing it's job.
Temporary Solution: (for now) I stuck a match between the hard-drive and the metal strip with the LED's... not great for shock resistance but at least it keeps me from losing the button entirely (or it damaging things inside).
This design flaw sucks - paid 3K euro for my MBP.