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Plastic monitor casing cracking - Should I be worried?
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<blockquote data-quote="IJM" data-source="post: 1256421" data-attributes="member: 177450"><p>I've had my Macbook Pro for a little ove 3 years now, and the thing still runs great. The only problem is it's starting to show its age. About a week ago I noticed a crack on the plastic around the monitor. It was nothing serious, until the other side cracked, as well. Then the bottom of the casing, where the monitor meets the keyboard area, began to crack, exposing the innards. Once this last crack happened, I was unable to completely close the monitor all the way. The laptop goes to sleep when I shut the monitor, but it won't lock.</p><p></p><p>As of now the monitor can still stand upright, and the actual screen has no issues at all, it's purely cosmetic. I'm putting masking tape on the monitor for now just so it covers the cracks. But I'm wondering if this could lead to further complications with the screen down the road, and I'd like to address this issue early on before it gets worse.</p><p></p><p>I'm also wondering if there's anything I can do to fix it myself, or if any of you have an idea of what it would cost to fix it. The closest Apple Store to me is pretty far away, and I'm really strapped for cash, so spending top dollar on repairs for a laptop with an expired warranty isn't in my best interest now. Any help is greatly appreciated!</p><p></p><p>I've included some photos of the damages below. The first 2 are of the original cracks around the screen casing. The third photo is of the back of the laptop, where the monitor meets the base. And the fourth is a photo showing the laptop closed, with a giant gap between where the screen and base should lock.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/8775/screen1jmm.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/9464/screen2ov.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/1484/screen3lf.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/3955/screen4l.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IJM, post: 1256421, member: 177450"] I've had my Macbook Pro for a little ove 3 years now, and the thing still runs great. The only problem is it's starting to show its age. About a week ago I noticed a crack on the plastic around the monitor. It was nothing serious, until the other side cracked, as well. Then the bottom of the casing, where the monitor meets the keyboard area, began to crack, exposing the innards. Once this last crack happened, I was unable to completely close the monitor all the way. The laptop goes to sleep when I shut the monitor, but it won't lock. As of now the monitor can still stand upright, and the actual screen has no issues at all, it's purely cosmetic. I'm putting masking tape on the monitor for now just so it covers the cracks. But I'm wondering if this could lead to further complications with the screen down the road, and I'd like to address this issue early on before it gets worse. I'm also wondering if there's anything I can do to fix it myself, or if any of you have an idea of what it would cost to fix it. The closest Apple Store to me is pretty far away, and I'm really strapped for cash, so spending top dollar on repairs for a laptop with an expired warranty isn't in my best interest now. Any help is greatly appreciated! I've included some photos of the damages below. The first 2 are of the original cracks around the screen casing. The third photo is of the back of the laptop, where the monitor meets the base. And the fourth is a photo showing the laptop closed, with a giant gap between where the screen and base should lock. [IMG]http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/8775/screen1jmm.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/9464/screen2ov.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/1484/screen3lf.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/3955/screen4l.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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