Mac Pro 2009 - the base is uneven and "wobbles"

I just picked up a new 8-Core Mac Pro. I have a glass desktop table. Upon setting the Mac Pro on top of it, the unit "wobbles" I know the glass desktop is even and flat. From what I can tell the front right side and rear left (if looking from the front of the unit) are to blame. When flipping the unit on its side I can see the rubber "sliders" or "cushioned feet" are present. The question is, should I try to fix it myself with some type of "hack" or exchange it?
Thanks!

Try and see if they will fix it for you. You paid for that warranty, why not try to use it first. It is expensive to replace the cabinet, so I expect everyone will try to straighten it out. They may have straightened out a ton of them.
They may tell you it is shipping damage, and you should make a claim against the shipper, but it is their shipper, and they have much more sway with the shipper than you do. So they should at least help you with that.
I was surprised when my son's MacBook refused to load CDs. They told me that the MacBook frame was bent, and that they had a tool to straighten them out, which they had done, no charge. Oh, and by the way, try not to pick it up one handed by the corner.

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Mac Pro 2009 audio problems

Hi there.
I have a mac pro 2009 quad-core intel xeon and since i've updated to 10.7.3 i've started to have problems with audio.
Sometimes when i turn on the mac, the audio doesn't work (the audio icon in the menu bar is shown grey, and if i try to rise the volume using the keyboard it doesn't work.
I've tried to get inside the audio preferences and select a different audio output like the internal speakers (i currently have speakers connected into the jack output) but it doesn't work too.
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Thanks for the support and forgive me for my bad english.
Greetz,
Lorenzo

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