X61s lid issue

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Philippe Laurichesse · #1 Post by **Philippe Laurichesse** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:26 pm

Just came across a video describing an issue with the lid on the X61s and realized that my X61s has something similar, and while I don't think it enough of a problem to go to Lenovo about it, I wondered if others out there had encountered the same issue with their X61s.

Here is the video :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCMWMWRLa8s

Sine · #2 Post by **Sine** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:06 pm

My X61s does that too; I don't think it's a huge deal but still kind of annoying. My old X40 has a little wiggle, but it's about half the distance.

gunston · #3 Post by **gunston** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:36 am

think this is normal across all the thinkpad models

Marin85 · #4 Post by **Marin85** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:50 am

AFAIK this is designed to spread the pressure exerted in point on the lid from above towards the lid edges in order to preserve the screen.

gunston · #5 Post by **gunston** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:39 am

Marin85 wrote:AFAIK this is designed to spread the pressure exerted in point on the lid from above towards the lid edges in order to preserve the screen.

no testing report to support this context.

Marin85 · #6 Post by **Marin85** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:33 am

gunston wrote:no testing report to support this context.

I read it long time ago somewhere regarding the T61 series. I´ll try to find it for you.

hausman · #7 Post by **hausman** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:14 am

Marin85 wrote:AFAIK this is designed to spread the pressure exerted in point on the lid from above towards the lid edges in order to preserve the screen.

Even so it makes the unit feel flimsy and the lid latch feel insecure. It's not consistent with the "fit and finish" for which ThinkPads are noted.

Surely the engineers could have come up with a more elegant solution.

PhilD · #8 Post by **PhilD** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:42 pm

i have a couple X61s ThinkPads and the lids are all like this. wouldn't lose any sleep over it.

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