movement in palmrest of T61

[geluidsgolf]

Hi People I have a T61 and after removing the Palmrest to add extra memory I can move the whole palmrest a little bit up and down on the front..
I can't seem to tighten the screws to resolve the problem

Are there any other T61 owners who have a little bit of movement in the palmrest

Thanks alot!

[andyP]

Is it possible that the palm rest isn't correctly seated? When re-mounting it there are "tooth and groove" locators in order to hold firm.

[geluidsgolf]

they don't say anything about tooth and groove locators on the lenovo site..
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... 67761.html

I just unscrewed it again and pressed it firm whilest screwing the screws back but it doesn't change a thing...

It's not moving alot just 1 or 2 milimeters max but I don't remember if it was doing this before.. I just got it yesterday..

[andyP]

Believe me there are, the description shows that the palm rest should be laid onto the TP and then pushed towards the back. If you remove it again and have a good look you will see what I mean.

[geluidsgolf]

I have to say I have the 14.1 inch model..

im doing exactly what they say and I can see it clicking into place on the front but still there is a little bit of movement in the front..

Thanks so far!

[ryengineer]

All plastic have a basic property of flexibility and elasticity to a certain extent. Impurity in the material and usage of some below par material are to blame for the ones that do it more easily, a sign of little cheapness in other terms on part of the company using such quality.

As to why? Lenovo has 6 different manufacturing centers in Asia, 1 in India, 1 in Mexico and 1 in the US, most do a good job, at times some don't.

You can get a replacement if you're unhappy however before doing so try reseating the keyboard and palmrest from the scratch.