Equium M40X silver top marks too easily

My new M40X has a silver coloured lid/screen top that marks if you so much as look at it. It had a plastic transparent cover but that was ugly and peeled off. It is daft to make something so easily scratched when it is a portable device. Otherwise it is a really great machine. Stupid design flaw or deliberate?
Can anything be done about this. Angry. :-(

Hi
As far as I know this plastic foil on the top cover is an only a temporary transport protection. I have also removed this foil. I think its not a design fault or something like that. In my opinion the notebook looks much better without this foil. Furthermore I use a carry case for a transport and in my opinion its an enough protected.
Enjoy this unit. Its really a nice notebook ;)
Bye

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As far as I know the RS-232 port is a serial port and I dont think that its possible to connect the RGB port to the RS232 port.
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Thanks for the reply however, when it comes to selecting my model it is not listed. I can select the product series as M, but after that it doesn't have my model number listed.
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Equium M40x-230 - Lost dispaly driver

Hi, I'm new here.
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I've only had my Equium M40x for a week or so and there is a very small fly that has managed to crawl under the display and die in the middle of the screen. It's not huge but it's very annoying, especially because I haven't been using it outside and I've only had it for such a short period of time.
Is this sort of thing covered under waranty? Any help appreciated.
[Edited by: admin on 17-Jul-05 20:11]

Hi Kevin,
I very much doubt if this will be covered by your warranty, since this is not a component malfunction or failure.
I would recommend contacting your original supplier and explaining the situation to them as a first course of action. They may well be happy to exchange the notebook for you.
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