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mine is broken so that whenever i open the screen my keyboard comes up out of the case and the handle you pull on to take out the optical drive pops out
anyone that has any please aim me or reply to this
it would be much appreciated

hi x-ray
i'll have to say u have some screws loose or missing
the keyboard is hel in place by 2 screws from the backside, one is located near the battery and the hole has 2 little triangles near it and the other one is inside the minipci space and holds the CDC daughter card.the cdc card has 2 screws and one of them holds the keyboard.
check if u have the screws in place

PS: i have an T23 thinkpad, what type is yours?
i don't know if this same placement of screws on other thinkpads.

good luck

i will take a picture of the broken part and where its broken at on the keyboard and show you what i mean
i will email it to you

why not post the pictures here so others can see and solve similar problems?

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j25/b ... laptop.jpg

the red is where that pullout arm comes out when i open the screen
the white is where the bezel comes up and the keyboard moves around

all because the ultrabay2000 drive cage is broken and that caused the bezel to break when the screen opened

Moderator edit: Please no embedded pictures >50k and without warning in subject line!

This is a very common problem with the T2x. There is a metal latch on the aluminum cage which brakes. This causes the keyboard bezel to stretch/bend and eventually it breaks. The only solution is a new cage. They are not sold separately by IBM (I think it's part of one of the miscellaneous packages), but sometimes pop up on eBay.

thanks everyone that contributed
i got me a solution on its way...should be here monday or tuesday