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wrote:

Hi,

 

I have been experiencing some major palm rest flexing above the finger print reader and some noise when I press down on the palmrest near the right button of the thinkpad trackpoint mouse keys. Is there anybody that knows about the structural integrity of those parts? Is there anything which I should be worried about or is the laptop itself perfectly safe and the durability will not be compromised. I am assuming that the innerds of the laptop is rollcage protected so that the motherboard will not flex. After all the palmrest is just some average plastic...I guess it is somewhat normal for it to flex after extended use. Oh and I have replaced the  keyboard for this laptop in the past...so I guess that can possibly influence the firmness of the palmrest area of the laptop?

 

Thanks in advance for those that respond!

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Just out of curiosity, is the screw securing the keyboard firmly tightened?

There are two screws holding the keyboard in place & one of them lies approximately around that area of the trackpoint's buttons. This does not explain the palm rest flexing at that area unless the screw that holds the palmrest at that area is also dislodged along with a loose keyboard screw.

You can always remove the keyboard to doublecheck.

Konker

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wrote:

Hi,

 

I have been experiencing some major palm rest flexing above the finger print reader and some noise when I press down on the palmrest near the right button of the thinkpad trackpoint mouse keys. Is there anybody that knows about the structural integrity of those parts? Is there anything which I should be worried about or is the laptop itself perfectly safe and the durability will not be compromised. I am assuming that the innerds of the laptop is rollcage protected so that the motherboard will not flex. After all the palmrest is just some average plastic...I guess it is somewhat normal for it to flex after extended use. Oh and I have replaced the  keyboard for this laptop in the past...so I guess that can possibly influence the firmness of the palmrest area of the laptop?

 

Thanks in advance for those that respond!

---

Just out of curiosity, is the screw securing the keyboard firmly tightened?

There are two screws holding the keyboard in place & one of them lies approximately around that area of the trackpoint's buttons. This does not explain the palm rest flexing at that area unless the screw that holds the palmrest at that area is also dislodged along with a loose keyboard screw.

You can always remove the keyboard to doublecheck.

Konker