X230 design flaw or poor assembly?

Hi, I'm the proud owner of an x230 and have been very happy with it so far but I have become concerned about the the constrution.
I noticed that across the front of the palm rest there are indentations caused by the 8 lumps at the top edge of the screen. When I have the screen closed I noticed that the rubber rests at the sides of the screen do not touch the base, so all of the pressure is on the front edge of the laptop.
To me it looks as though the screen is somehow not in the correct position because the curve at the top of the screen does not match the curve at the palm rest and it is digging in and I think this will eventually crack the palmrest .
Can anyone with an X230 confirm whether this is the design or whether something is wrong with mine.
Cheers
Joseph

Hello,
I am experiencing the problem that you describe. Two weeks ago I noticed the indenture furthest to the right had actually chipped the plastic on the palm rest edge. Today I noticed that the chip has developed into a crack that is at least 3 cm long, running parallel with the bottom edge of the palm rest. It appears that the entire corner of the palm rest may crack off eventually.
I have been very gentle with this device and noticed another major problem. Pressure marks on the IPS display from the screen pressing into the keyboard. The entire screen design is flimsy. If any pressure is applied to the top of the display while closed, the screen will make contact with the keyboard and/or trackpoint. This eventually caused permanent white spots on the display. I store this device in a neoprene sleeve that is then put into a padded laptop pocket in my messenger bag. I also put text books in my bag for school. The small amount of pressure that two text books create against the heavily padded and protected x230 is what I believe to have caused the damage to my display and palm rest.
I do not believe this damage is covered by my warranty, even though I purchased it less than three months ago. I will be forced to replace the display and palm rest myself. I have several ideas on how to modify the design to prevent this from happening in the future. My opinion is that the current design is flawed.
Dear Lenovo,
Please contact me via email if you are willing to replace the described damaged parts or if you would like more details regarding this issue.
Thank you.

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So, I'm finally creating a thread about this.
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There is a design flaw with the Twin Frozr fans.
MSI needs to publicly acknowledge this.
Currently, the only way to get a replacement fan is to send your ENTIRE card in for repair. Other more reputable companies will send you out an entirely new fansink attachment at no cost. As one poster said it; "That would be like sending my car to Nissan every time I blow a tire"
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My non-hawk exhibited rattling as well, but to a lesser extent. No grinding noise on cold boot, just a low rattling.
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Some people seem to have an issue with the other fan, but it appears to be rare and not the same type of problem the majority of people are reporting.
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Quote from: Noway77 on 28-May-14, 05:39:49
I don't think we have a MSI office in Portugal, most brands don't.
Some stores are not reliable they buy from EU retailers some even from Asia retailers and usually they don't give proper support. In Lisbon you have stores like Globaldata, Nanochip, Chiptek and AquaPC they are in business for years, have good customer support and have also good prices.
I'm probably not going to buy any MSI product from now on , for obvious reasons.
Trying to contact a support shoudn't be this hard from a client , at this point I assume anyone that's doesn't want to lose time will just give up.
As a consumer I was forced to RUN and TRY to find msi support , MSI support mail doesn't event exist , since I made this thread it still hasn't been changed.
I really liked MSI ( I still have my 875P MSI neo here with my p4 and the NX6800 working ) it's like saying goodbye to an old friend that has been by my side since P4 times.
I'll buy msi products in US , or in another country maybe , but never MORE in portugal.
This is not cause of the shops , I recommend everyone to buy in the shops listed !!
In fact most of the portuguese shops tried to help me find msi support ( even though they weren't the stored that sold me the card ).
I really don't want ppl to get this mixed up, the problem here is MSI not acknowledging a problem that is simple to fix, having a non-existant email on their webpage as support for over 4 months and the fact that as a consumer I was forced to jump trough loops to actually contact MSI itself !
Every portuguese shop I contacted was super nice and really helpful pointing me to the new msi email
And actually the fix ( hot needle fix forum post link ) came from a shop reply.
US support was always super nice and helpful !
I was forced to fix my fan with the help of users.
If right now my MSI gpu is working is thanks to guru3d and hardwareoc and simillar forums ( thanks to everyone that posted Twin Frozn fixes , this may not mean much , but really .. thanks for helping me out ! )
MSI didn't help or even try to help me , I had to go out of my way to get help , and I never did.
I know some of those stores , they have great prices , but if I buy anything in portugal I'll buy other brands for obvious reasons. ( it was actually one of those shops that helped me pinpoint the "real" msi email )
I am a customer , I should be treated as such , I was joked and pushed around emails , found emails that don't even exist , I was ignored and left looking at a card going dead.
Maybe for some of you it's easy , you just buy another one .... and maybe that's the custommer MSI wants. But that's not me.
Pointing me to places to buy MORE is almost insulting at this point. I wont buy more ... I would be stupid of I did.
I just hope some other person that has MSI and is having this problem with Twin Frozn fans ( that msi refuses to acknowledge as THEIR problem !! ) can fix them themselves or take some info from my posts and others to at least understand what is happening.
From my pov , the fan eventually has some sort of lubrication problem , and due to that it starts to wobble , after that the coils heat up to a point it wobbles even more.
Due to the high temps the fan either "looses" enough to dump all the lubing out.
At some point the fan will heat up so much the plastic IS REALLY hot to the touch and fells that it can be actually moldable ( so I assume this is really bad )
This leads to the start-stop problem , the fan tries to kick itself on , but just makes things worse.
This leads to a fan that fails in 2-3 years.
MSI should either had a way to put oil in the fan OR just start to be ready to replace them.
The fact that IS an ebay market for Twin Frzn fans is just flabbergasting .
I wish I had a better view on this , but seriously looking at this thread, and seeing all the steps I have done , to find there are others like me that have a failing fan and that the ones that aren't ignored like me have to RMA a card for a simple fan doesn't give me any sort of confidence in this brand.
MSI has one of the best gpu coolers , honestly it's so god that after all this mess I stand as a testimony for it being one of the BEST gpu coolers around ! All my MSI products so far have been great ... but this experience was just ... weird ..
I wish MSI would contact the ppl that are in my position and help them , it's just a fan , it's an easy fix and it's easy to replace.
There are lots of ppl right now with fans starting to fail , just take their card , replace the fan and send them back , and MSI will have happy customers , HAPPY cause the brand CARED !
I'm only 1 client , MSI hardly "fells" me leaving ... I really like MSI ... so I wish this won't ever happen again to no one !
I have been ignored in mailing for TDR problems , after that about the 12h+ card artifacting being fixed with cold boot ( I assume this was an nvidia problem )
After using certain drivers that didn't TDR my card ( I have enough PSU for it so ... it's not the PSU ) and having been 2 years finding my own "solutions" to problems ... being ignored and just struggling to get help from MSI for a stupid FAN a cheap part and being hard just to contact them to get no answer .... and getting help from other users while MSI ignores me ? ... I'm thinking on leaving the brand ...
The fans are now working 100% , I'll post info when and if they fail ( if I see my "fix" stopped working ) .
It has now been a long time since 2011 and my first reports , and its been almost 6 months since I contacted msi about the portuguese email listed not existing.
The email is still there , that non-existent email is STILL listen in MSI website RIGHT NOW after me being emailing them about it for 4+ months ,as a customer, I can only assume they either ignore people , or they have a terrible communications internally .
Again after all this mess , I would be kinda stupid to support or try to buy another product from this brand , MSI support was always great and was the main reason I bought msi products, all this posts are from a person that was truly SHOCKED in everything that is happening and the feeling that no one cared.

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Design flaw in Macbook Pro late 2013?

Hi,
Looks like Macbook Pro late 2013 has a weakness, due to a design flaw. Let me explain:
My Macbook Pro late 2013 (13inch, Model: A1502) developed a dent (see attachment) and an Apple Store (Genius Bar) technician told me that this is a result of "excessive pressure" on the bottom case. He also mentioned that because the case is made of soft aluminium and it is only supported around the border (about where the screws are located), any "excessive" pressure in the middle may result into the aluminum case being damaged by the internal components; in this case the damage appears to have been caused by an internal bracket.
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If there are other MBPr users who have experienced this problem under normal everyday use, i.e. not due to an accident, could you please let me know?
I'd be grateful if Apple:
* Looked into this and provided a workaround, e.g. a more durable bottom case.
* Considered replacing our damaged cases for free.
* Published some numbers, to inform prospective customers about the durability of the laptop's case, e.g. in N/cm^2
* Took our experience into consideration when designing their new laptops.
Kind regards.

" I need to understand what went wrong and, if possible, how to prevent this from happening in the future"
So what's underneath the area w/ the "blister"?
"It looks like the bottom base is only supported around its border. The middle of the bottom case has no backing to support it."
That's pretty much been the case w/ every MBP I've ever had apart. Nothing past 2012 however.
" While Apple could have designed a support structure around the battery cells and over the motherboard (logic board) and the back case, there is no support structure at all"
In earlier versions of the MBP there is a "separator" between two areas of the upper case but it doesn't supply any support to the bottom case.
So here's my take on this; Apple has made these MBPs thinner and thinner. In the MBPs I've taken apart 2008 - 2012. In the 2010 I have here the bottom case is very thick and judging by tapping on it is definitely tempered (or heat hardened or stress hardened). I don't have the proper caliper but the edge reads .044 Inch.
There have been other issues on these communities that relate to the thinness of the top or the bottom cases in these newer machines.
Never seen a newer machine but my feeling is judging by the issues seen around here is that the materials are much thinner and probably not as hardened or tempered.
" how “excessive” can the pressure be on a Macbook Pro inside a high-quality, padded backpack?"
To help prevent this from happening again and if this were my MBP I would use/make a hardened case just for the laptop. Say two sheets of 1/4" hardboard w/ a 1/4" separator of high density foam. Wait I'm describing a high quality laptop case.
As Ogelthorpe says, backpacks are not the most delicate way of transporting a laptop. I've seen damage worse than this to laptops, iPads, iPhones, Kindles etc. Especially at the school where I was the main tech. I would say: "What happened to this?" and the kid would say: "I dunno it was just in my backpack".
I've watched backpacks fall from shelves, get stuck in lockers and get smashed into each other in the hallway.
I'm sure you're much more delicate w/ your MBP but as the saying goes ".... happenes!"

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There are online Mac reaper shops that will fix your bezel, it's nothing really.
Here's one
http://www.myservice.com/
Here's another
http://www.techrestore.com/
(no comp)

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Processor 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7
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I was confused by this statement
It is telling me the harddrive is full and is not functioning correctly.
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I would do three things. First I would create a backup, backups are important. Second, I would reboot into recovery and repair my HDD. Lastly while still booted in recovery I would repair permissions.
Can you capture a screen shot of the exact error you are getting?

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Sparky, a juvenile female chacma baboon (Papio ursinus) from the Groot Olifantsbos (Scarborough) troop with a missing leg from being electrocuted, on a log on the beach at Olifantsbos, Cape Peninsula, South Africa
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Hi !
I only ever need to use the Aux channels because the Buss channels don't allow you to insert a Send. A rather unwieldy solution to an otherwise simple requirement.
Now here's the problem. Irrespective of whether the Buss source and Aux is set to stereo or mono ( whatever config I try ) the aux can't receive the signal if the Buss channel is panned to the right !! Left input, no problem
Is this a design flaw, a bug, or is there something I'm missing ?
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Thanks

Tele, I'm surprised that you'd make a comment like that.
It's easy to tell the bugs from the features: the bugs are when the features don't work. And there are ample enough features... I mean bugs... in Logic to help make that distinction.
Or did I really mean to say "enough bugs"...
Well, as Space Ghost once put it, "It's that easy, and it's that hard".
-=iS=-

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Send Feedback to Apple: http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html.
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I'll put headings on this posting because it's gonna be long and you may want to skip parts.
*Executive Summary*
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It turns out +you can't subclip multiclips+. Modify>Make Sublcip is grayed out and if you try to subclip by extending a marker and then making a subclip from that you get a new clip with a length identical to the original full clip, but with the name of the marker appended to the head of its original name and the original clip also now has this modified name and there seems to be no way of changing that name back.
Still with me?
_Approach 2_. OK, so I'll put markers where I find a sound bite I like, name them by subject matter and then, at least, I'll be able to find my selects in my Interviews bin by turning down the disclosure triangles next to the relevant clips. Not as good a solution, but it's what I've got.
Not.
+Multiclips do not retain modifications.+ Put a multiclip in your viewer, apply a marker (or adjust audio level), play, switch angles, play, switch back. Your marker (or level adjustment) is gone. They're just gone.
*Corporate Response*
I got on with Apple Care Enterprise. My tech guy reproduced my problem exactly. He then put me on hold and went to an upper level tech. When he came back he told me that's the way it's supposed to work. Multiclips have a sync relationship established by the mere fact that they are multiclips so markers are superfluous. I told him I thought markers served several purposes and he started to get a little testy with me. I laughed a little (not derisively, I swear), said thanks and he hung up without even saying goodbye. I was hurt.
*Why I Care*
I've got hours of these two-camera interviews and no script. I need to find what I like before I can build it into a show. I need to have access to both cameras as I screen because I can't hear the host on the subject's mic nor vice versa.
*Less Than Satisfying Workaround*
Here's the best I've got so far. I make a sequence out of each multiclipped interview, I then mark in and out points when I find a bit I like and I make a sublclip (sub-sequence, really) of it. Let's say I make a 10 second sub-sequence of a soundbite I like. When I'm ready to work with it I drag it to the Viewer and I have a fullscreen image of either the host or the subject. I'm now into the cutting and I know precisely which part of this subclip I want. I mark an in and an out, I cut it into my show, I'm good. And if I want the host and the subject is showing in the Viewer I simply hit SHIFT 1 or SHIFT 2 to get the other angle.
Here's the downside of this process (besides the extra steps). If I do choose to switch angles in the Viewer, the Viewer reverts to a copy of the original full-length multiclip with a Media Limit set at the In point. If, now that I'm cutting, I find I want to include the host's question with this response I can't without another workaround.
How many workarounds does it take to screw in a light bulb?
*If You've Made it This Far and Have a Better Solution I Would Be So Grateful*
And don't think I'm just looking for problems; this is going to be a huge issue for me on this project.
Rant
More and more often I'm finding FCP simply isn't designed for long-form editing, especially long-form documentary where organization, searchability, flexibility and general versatility are essential... No, at best, I've only got one person still with me. No sense in ticking you off too.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to raise such ire. Let me respond briefly in turn.
Zebulun wrote, "How would you go about this if you were in a linear suite with tape machines and a switcher? Lotsa logging."
I didn't come from tape editing, but rather film editing where you could pull selects. Then for most of the past 15 years I've been cutting on Avid products that work in the manner to which I've become accustomed. I could group then subclip or add locators (markers in FCP) that would not disappear. I've come to realize in FCP I have to change (not lower, simply change) my expectations and my post was in pursuit of direction.
"...who said editing was easy?" Certainly not me, but any editor worth his or her salt finds ways to eliminate pointless impediments.
+Patrick Sheffield+, your posting was very helpful and the link to your other posting was so good I've already passed it on. I will say that a long stringout of preferred soundbites, while I may resort to it, is hardly as manageable (for me, for me, we all have our own approach) as a nice bin where every subclip is named by its particular subject. Still that may well be the way I go.
+David Bogle+: "It's not even a design flaw. But you knew that..." Well then why does it allow me to apply markers and change audio levels if it isn't going to maintain those modifications? I hate to believe after two feature-length and several shorter projects on FCP I still don't understand its fundamentals to such a degree. But perhaps I don't.
" You say you don't have time or money to do this properly so you appear to be attempting to blame the software product you have chosen as your editing platform."
Who said there's one proper way? Jeez. I came on to this project as editor and post-producer after a lot of key decisions were made and most of the money spent. I am trying to view the material for the first time and pull what appeals to me as I go. I've reread my original post and, with the possible exception of my rant it just didn't seem harsh enough for this sort of response; I was pointing out something that appeared to not be working or which I didn't understand and looking for a solution. Isn't that what this site is for?
"I decide what I need to tell the story and then I work on it. That is, I'd select the sound bites and then figure out how to edit the multiclips later"
Perhaps I wasn't clear. I can't tell what the host is saying while watching the subjects camera nor vice versa. And both sides remarks are important. I had no say over how they shot this show so I have to live with that. This show will be almost entirely a series of dialogues between the host and various other people. And it is part of my job on this project to find the interesting conversations and mold them in to something worthwhile. Yes, I can watch the host's camera until the subject speaks then load the subject's clip and listen to that until the host speaks again and then go back to his clip. I was hoping for something a little more elegant.
"...this is easily corrected by cutting and pasting the tracks together and merging the new clip's tracks or nesting and exporting."
Thanks David, this is what I will probably resort to. I am sorry if I offended you or anyone else who replied or merely read my original post. I have no desire to get into one of those 'FCP vs. Avid' dialogues that are so common on these sites. Avid is blowing their market share, my clients and prospective clients are moving to FCP and it is on me to learn to love this application. I am in no way out to alienate those who would guide me.
Regretfully,
Martin

Content Server News Portlet major design flaw ?!

I ran into a Content Server 6.1 issue which is really frustrating me. I am wondering if I am doing something wrong or if it is a design flaw: 1. I created a content server news portlet "out of the box" and added it to my MyPage.2. I created and published 2 news articles.3. I edited the 1st article and just saved it. I did NOT PUBLISH it.4. I edited the 2nd article and PUBLISHED it. The news index is re-published automatically to reflect the changes of the 2nd article which has been published. But the index now displays the changes of BOTH articles, even the unpublished! Furthermore the 1st article can't be opened from the index anymore if the name property has been changed. As the published file name changes with each version and especially when the name is updated, the news index links to the new published file name - but it has never been created as I didn't publish the 1st article! I understand why this is happening: The index content item holds a list of all article content items and is published whenever an article is published / deleted / expired. But until now I thought that content server is holding the last published version and includes this into the list until a new version is published. That's not the case! Imagine this on a production environment with workflow activated: one article was approved and published while the other still needs to be reviewed, but it's (unreviewed) index data like headline etc. is already displayed in the index?! And in worst case the article can't even be opened. You just get the server error "page not found". Many of my content items for a current big project follow the idea of the news template, e.g. HR Staff Overview (persons = articles, overview = index), so I am kind of stressed by what I found out. Has anybody made similar a experience and found a workaround for this? Perhaps one of the support people could explain how the news portlet is intended to be used with this severe behaviour? Am I expecting too much? Is updating an already published article not possible? But why are version mechanisms included for content items then? I appreciate your comments. Thanks.

Thanks for the quick reply.
We are using Content Server 6.1 with all Hotfixes installed and we are not planning to upgrade to G6 at the moment.
As far as I understood the 'filtered.published' property contains the date the content item was published the last time. So it will always be 'true' if the item has been published in the past, no matter if it's currently published or not.
The index template with the code snippet you sent will display the currently not published (but changed) item properties whenever another item was published. Have you changed the design in 6.2 so that properties of an item in a list property of another item are just copied and not linked?
As a workaround I now compare the 'modified' property with the 'published' property and if it is greater or equal I don't display it in the index. But that's not the way Content Server was designed to behave, is it? With this solution I can suppress the item in the list if it has been modified after the last publishing, but of course I rather want to have the data of the last published version.
Isn't that possible? Is it possible in 6.2? Is there any way to update Content Server to 6.2 without acquiring G6?
RegardsStefan

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