Macbook Pro monitor hinge adjustment
Hello, does anyone know how to adjust the mbp monitor hinge by loosing up all the screws? video? picture? anything? been suffering by the small angle...close to 90 degree....jees....thank you for the help.
My 17" seems very flimsy on the hinge and it will a lot of the time just start closing the lid by itself. Is there somehow to tighten it, maybe adjust this myself or do I need to take it into get done?
Thanks in advance.
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Is it normal for most macbook pros to have a slight gap on the left- hinge between the black part and silver. The right side is fine and the hinge is continuous with the aluminum body whereas the left side hinge is not. Also, I have noticed when picking up my macbook an occaisonal pop or click noise coming from the bottom. Any help or suggestions would be most appreciated!! (P.S. I have only had my 13 inch macbook pro for nearly 2 weeks)
Not Normal Left-Side Hinge (Gap)
Normal Right Side Hinge (no gap)Hi Jordan,
I have a late 2008 Macbook Pro and it arrived with the exact same condition as yours.
Truth is I took no notice with it, guess it was probably just my piece that was like that.
After a couple of months, the hinge, the black part started to move about, sideways. It could move due to the gap that was already present. The creaking hinge sound you hear, yes that's an indication of the problem. Its not the hard drive shutting down at all.
A year and a half later, the screen begin to peel away from the unibody surface, the metal surface that hold the screen together. It all happened and started from the left side. Closing the lid now showed a significant gap on the left side near the hinge.
2 years and 10 months after I got my Macbook Pro, the hinge has snapped. The screen has peeled signifcantly away from the unibody surface on the left side and now my right side is also affected.
I can only use my Macbook Pro with the wall supporting my screen now.
I implore you to return your Macbook, accept no flaws with the hinges at all.
Email me at [email protected] if you like to know more, or want to see pictures even. -
MacBook Pro Screen Hinge Tightened?
Can anyone confirm that the new MacBook Pro's (purchased recently) have the screen hinge tightened?
I have a new MacBook Pro 15" produced in 2008, week 51. It has this same problem with the hinge. As long as the MacBook is sitting flat, the screen will stay put. However, if the base of the MacBook is tilted at 45 degrees or more the screen will close until it is a couple of inches from being fully closed.
Many people don't care about this and ask why anyone would want to do that. However, for me and others who like to use their MacBook while lying on a bed with knees drawn up, this presents a problem. I consider this lack of tension in the new MacBook Pro hinge to be a design flaw.
I've tried this with older 13" MacBooks and older 15" MacBook Pros (from early 2008) and none have this problem. Those models have stiff hinges that hold their position no matter the orientation of the MacBook.
Has anyone learned whether or not it is possible to adjust the tension in the hinge? I have heard of people having the hinges tighted in older MacBook Pros but I have not heard for the latest MacBook Pro models.
Thanks,
John
Name: MacBook Pro (Late 2008)
Model: Mxxxx MacBook Pro 2.4GHz
Screen size: 15 inch
Memory - number of slots: 2
Factory: W8 (Shanghai China)
Model introduced: 2008
Production year: 2008
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Hello,
I purchased my macbook pro about 2 months ago. I just recently noticed that there is a 1 mm gap on the left side of the hinge.
There isn't a noticable gap on the right side so I just wanted to know if this was normal or not. If it isn't should i take it to apple?If it bothers you take it to an Apple store. Unless there is a malfunction I doubt they'll do anything. Perhaps they can make some sort of adjustment.
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Colormunki calibrates my MacBook Pro monitor too bright.
I'm trying to calibrate my 15" MacBook Pro's monitor using a Colormunki Photo. I've different setting but the results are always way too bright. Anyone have and success or tips?
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I'd turn it off just in case you hit it again. -
F5 and F6 keys (MacBook Pro) do not adjust screen brightness after upgrade to OS X Lion
Hi All,
since "upgrading" my MacBook Pro from Snow Leopard to Lion, the F5 and F6 keys for adjusting the monitor brightness do not work anymore! No matter how I set the settings for the monitor, the keys do not work.
Sometimes, the MacBook now just uses a low brightness and the only way to modify this is to open the system settings and change it there.
Does anyone know how to fix this so that it works properly (like in Snow Leopard) ?
Thanks,
Kristian.The screen brightness adjustment is F1 and F2.
You can also adjust in System Preferences > Displays.
Regards,
Captfred -
I am using a MacBook Pro 2009, Snow Leopard (OSX 10.6.8). All of a sudden last night after a long day of work, my monitor resolution changed without warning and the secondary monitor display started bleeding into my laptop monitor. When I go to detect displays, it doesn't fix the problem. It looks like I need to switch to a larger display setting and the largest setting has disappeared.(The display seems to default to this setting where my screen bleeds into the laptop monitor.) When this started happening last night, I immediately shutdown and restarted to see if this would fix the problem. So far, it's still not looking too good.
I also tried shutting the laptop and using the external monitor only. When I do this, the monitor freaks out and keeps flashing on long enough for me to input a password. Then it flashes off, the computer and dipslay goes to sleep and I have to re enter my password to exit sleep mode and the process starts all over again.
Here are screen shots of the two monitors side by side:
http://danisco.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/monitors.png
(Notice the weird overlap - it's not keeping me from working, but it's super annoying!)
Any ideas on how I can try and fix this? OR do I need to get help from Apple directly. Thank you in advance for any suggestions on this!Okay - this issue seems to have resolved on it's own. Yea!
I did find a thread that suggested resetting the PRAM/NVRAM so I did this, restored the external monitor to factory settings and went into Disk Utility and repaired disk permissions and verified disk permissions.
Here is a link to reset the PRAM/NVRAM: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
These things may have helped resolve this issue. I can't tell what worked because it was hours after I did all these things that my monitor and computer decided they liked each other again. If you have a similar issue, maybe these steps will help you resolve your problem too.
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I have an old MacBook Pro whose monitor recently died. I took it to the genius bar to get assessed and ended up buying a MacBook Air to replace it. The genius hooked up my external hard drive to the MacBook Pro and did something with the way she started up the MacBook Pro so that I could get my files off of it and onto the external hard drive while it was plugged into another computer so I could see the files there. However, I failed to transfer some files that I really want. Now I'm trying to figure out how to transfer them on my own. And I can't make it work.
Here's what I have to work with:
- The monitor-less MacBook Pro, which still turns on.
- The new MacBook Air.
- The external hard drive, which I connect to the old MacBook Pro via 6-pin FireWire and the new MacBook Air via a thurnderbolt-to-9-pin-FireWire-to-6-pinFireWire converter.
Would love to hear your ideas so I can avoid another genius bar appointment if possible (as they take forever)."Target Disk Mode"
FireWire or ThunderBolt, whichever you can make work in common.
OS X Mountain Lion: Transfer files between two computers using target disk mode -
Does anyone have a solution that allows me to use a Samsung TV connected via the AppleTV to my MacBook Pro as an extended (not mirror) monitor?
Thanks.I would recommend upgrading your laptop. Does your current laptop have an HDMI port? If so, connect your Mac to your TV with an HDMI cable. Your TV must be compatible, if it is, you will have to understand that it will be no where near the quality of AirPlay.
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Late 2008-09 MacBook Pro Broken Hinge
This machine has been about as babied as a machine can be yet this week the hinge has started breaking in a corner until it's broken completey. It's so obvious that there is some glue failure. You can see it. It's like brittle ""Gorilla Glue". I took it in this monring to an Apple authorized dealer who quoted me about $600-700 for the repair, then I called Apple support and they basically said the same thing. I have aready had almost every internal drive, cable and board replaced, some TWICE due to defects (thankfully I was still under AC. My patience has grown thin.
On known design flaw issues like this, and it IS known, is there any recourse to get Apple to repair this? We have 6 Apple laptops in my family and we use them exclusively in our business, but this is leaving a really bad taste in my mouth (along with having to buy new powercords every freaking six months because the insulation breaks around the wiring).
Did I mention my patience is growing thin? My love for Apple is rapidly waning.I have gone through the exact same problem and Apple wants me to pay MORE money for their defect...
my patience is not wearing thin... it is gone...
i bought it refurb, and as soon as i got it the track pad was messed up so i took it to an authorized seller/repair place in my town and nope... their repair was useless. i took it back again and Apple finally approved a total replacement.
so... fast forward to several months ago and the display begins creaking and making cracking sounds as i close it and getting very tight. then it finally separates from the back lid... and it got so bad i could see the insides of the display and the cheap-looking glue inside.
well, Apple wants a minimum of $310 but will probably ask for more (as i have seen estimates up in the $600 range)... but considering i spent almost $1,800 for it, and in less than 2 years it has a defect that should obviously be a recall/replacement.
all anyone has to do is go to google and type "macbook pro hinge" and they will get pages and pages... and pages of results of people all dealing with the same issue.
i've had apple's since the Apple //e, and normally Apple has the best customer service, but asking customers to pay for THEIR defective product is a huge slap in the face.
frustrated and not a happy apple customer...
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TV as Macbook Pro monitor video quality
Hi there,
Hoping for some advice here. I've been using an Apple mini displayport to HDMI cable to use my tv as a monitor for my Macbook Pro when streaming online video. It's hard to describe, but the video doesn't look as smooth on the TV as it does on the MBP itself - almost as though the frame rate is different - (like I say it's to describe). On my TV, the default 'PC input' is VGA rather than the HDMI, so would I notice any difference or improvement if I was to use the VGA input instead?
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MacBook Pro monitor turns on... when lid lifted
OK, first and foremost before some snarky reply comes - I am posting in Lion, because this problem is unique to Lion - I never had it prior to yesterday.
I start-up or wake my MacBook Pro and the lid is down so the monitor is off - I'm using an external monitor. However, once the laptop wakes or fully starts-up - if I lift the lid, the built in monitor comes on (it would stay off, pre-Lion). I like to open my lid for better sound and I think for better ventilation.
Can someone tell my why this is happening, and is there a way to go back to the previous behavior where it would stay powered off?This is already being debated here: https://discussions.apple.com/message/15662934#15662934
So far it would seem it is a bug and so far other than using 'SwitchResX' there is no way to circumnavigate the issue.
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hello, I would like to connect my macbook pro to an imac (white - the old kind) to use it as a second monitor. how do I do this?
thanks a lotDidn't work with the old iMacs. Only works with the newer 27" iMac.
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Hi, I have a Macbook Pro (mid 2010). Yesterday i conected it to a videobin. After that the monitor is not working anymore, when i conected to my television i can see everythin thru the tv, but it doesnt show in the monitor. Any ideas?
I read the above thread but at the bottom, it says that I would need to connect the G4 to a monitor (which I don't have), or remove the hard drive and connect it to another Mac (I didn't know that this was even possible but I know I don't have whatever it would take). Maybe I'll just remove the hard drive and dispose of it like japamac advises.
Thanks for your quick response.
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