• Welcome to the Off-Topic/Schweb's Lounge

    In addition to the Mac-Forums Community Guidelines, there are a few things you should pay attention to while in The Lounge.

    Lounge Rules
    • If your post belongs in a different forum, please post it there.
    • While this area is for off-topic conversations, that doesn't mean that every conversation will be permitted. The moderators will, at their sole discretion, close or delete any threads which do not serve a beneficial purpose to the community.

    Understand that while The Lounge is here as a place to relax and discuss random topics, that doesn't mean we will allow any topic. Topics which are inflammatory, hurtful, or otherwise clash with our Mac-Forums Community Guidelines will be removed.

MacBook Pro Latch Broke!!!

M

mynameis


Joined
Sep 30, 2004
Messages
3,378
Reaction score
61
Points
48
Should I take it into the apple store? or are they just going to tell me I need to ship it in?
 
D3v1L80Y

D3v1L80Y


Joined
Feb 2, 2004
Messages
12,455
Reaction score
604
Points
113
Location
PA
Your Mac's Specs
MacBook
They should be able to ship it for you if you drop it off there. Either way, it will get sent out for repair.
 
PunkRockTuba

PunkRockTuba


Joined
May 27, 2005
Messages
975
Reaction score
61
Points
28
Location
Oklahoma City, OK
Your Mac's Specs
17" MacBook Pro, 8GB iPhone
They might be able to order the parts and fix it for you in the store. I had to get a new logic board, airport, jumpers, and a thermal mod assembly, and they fixed it all in store. Either way, if you are close, I would take it to the apple store.
 
coach_z

coach_z


Joined
Jul 23, 2004
Messages
3,169
Reaction score
164
Points
63
Location
North NJ
Your Mac's Specs
i dont have no mac's
taseal said:
how long would that take to get fixed? just curious
Click to expand...

that sucks that it happened but everything has the chance of breaking on anything you buy. repair time if sent out will probably be about a week. in store should be no more than an hour or so

-chris
 
OP
M

mynameis


Joined
Sep 30, 2004
Messages
3,378
Reaction score
61
Points
48
They told me I would have to wait 3 hours before someone could talk to me about it. I am going to try again tomorrow. I guess like 13 people with broken macbooks walked in right before me.
 
OP
M

mynameis


Joined
Sep 30, 2004
Messages
3,378
Reaction score
61
Points
48
taseal said:
how long would that take to get fixed? just curious
Click to expand...


They claim 10 days.

They sent it away but they also said they might not fix it because it is 'within tolerance' since it technically does latch, even though the slightest bump will open it up.
 
OP
M

mynameis


Joined
Sep 30, 2004
Messages
3,378
Reaction score
61
Points
48
The laptop is back in less than a week and the entire bottom of the Mac Book Pro was replaced.
 

Shop Amazon


Shop for your Apple, Mac, iPhone and other computer products on Amazon.
We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon and affiliated sites.
Top