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Dear X61s owners,

I am a long time X61tablet owner who was bitten time and again with the bezel separation bug.

I have recently bought the X61s and I feel (I may be oversensitized) that there is ever so mild bezel separation issue in X61s. The lower bezel margin has 2 screws on the left but only 1 screw on the right. When I look at the bezel approximation to the screen at an angle from the top I get the feeling that the bezel is in close approximation with the screen on the left aspect of the screen. However on the right side there is probably around 0.5 mm gap between the bezel and the screen. Dont get me wrong- there are no popping noises but the bezel looks less approximated on the right side. Thankfully it does not appear that this will increase. I think the reason is obviously lesser support on the right with only a single screw compared to 2 on the left.

thanks for sharing your experience,

(despite the bezel and everything I love my thinkpads- sign of an addict??)

There is a small piece of tacky two-sided adhesive in this area.. it may have gotten un-sticky or something. If it concerns you, you could take the front bezel off and re-apply a bit of tape there.

rek wrote:There is a small piece of tacky two-sided adhesive in this area.. it may have gotten un-sticky or something. If it concerns you, you could take the front bezel off and re-apply a bit of tape there.

Dear rek,
What double sided tape would you recommend. I went to Bunnings and the thinnest double sided tape (around 0.5mm) is still much thicker than the one under the bezel.

Cheers

I got some transparent double sided tape from Officeworks a while ago when doing the other LCD display shenanigans. "3M Scotch Permanent Double Sided Tape", comes in the usual little plastic tape dispenser thing. My calipers say the tape is 0.08mm thick.

rek wrote:I got some transparent double sided tape from Officeworks a while ago when doing the other LCD display shenanigans. "3M Scotch Permanent Double Sided Tape", comes in the usual little plastic tape dispenser thing. My calipers say the tape is 0.08mm thick.

Wonderful

thanks