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    Upon first receiving your alienware, how many of you guys had a blemish?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by XxAlbertoxX, Sep 13, 2011.

  1. XxAlbertoxX

    XxAlbertoxX Notebook Consultant

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    How many of you guys after having received, your alienware laptop, after intensely observing the exterior case, noticed any blemish, i.e. scratch or smudge or dent?

    How many of you guys would return or exchange the machine based off these findings.

    I think I noticed a smudge on mine. It's very small, like 1cm, looks like a factory blemish.

    I'm very anal and that's why I noticed. So who noticed, and what would you guys do?
     
    XxAlbertoxX, Sep 13, 2011
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  2. Gearsguy

    Gearsguy Notebook Deity

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    I notice the left side of my computer isnt clipped and goes under when pressed, and my spacebar is uneven.
    For both problems, I figure I dont really want to be pressing down hard on my computer anyways, and if I ever have a problem I can just get the technician to replace the space bar while he fixes the other problems. I dont want to have to wait weeks for a little problem that isnt really noticeable. :/
     
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  3. ZACK02

    ZACK02 Notebook Consultant

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    Wow, that's exactly what my m14x has. Is the left side of the space bar which is hollow?... Also, my screen is marked by the keyboard when I close it. I notice that the left border of the screen (which serve to not get marked the screen) is uneven too, so that's what is causing the keyboard marks on the screen.

    I think the same, I don't want to have to wait a few weeks for some aesthetics problems

    PS: Sorry for the bad english
     
    ZACK02, Sep 13, 2011
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  4. vr6-gti

    vr6-gti Notebook Enthusiast

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    The crooked spacebar is actually not just the spacebar. its the entire right side of the keyboard...at least for my 2 M14x's. There is a very thin and small ribon cable for I can't remember what but it runs right under the keyboard so it is causing it to be uneven. There is nothing you can do about it. I'm pretty sure that all of them have this defect but some may be more noticable than others. I've taken mine apart so I know exactly what's causing it. Too bad they couldn't have found a better way to route the cable.
    joey
     
    vr6-gti, Sep 13, 2011
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  5. libertine

    libertine Notebook Guru

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    same happens with my m14x!! but its no a big problem so...
    but when im playing games using the keyboard for example battlefield, COD
    it bothers....
     
    libertine, Sep 13, 2011
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  6. Killer Juice

    Killer Juice Notebook Consultant

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    No blemishes for me :)
     
    Killer Juice, Sep 13, 2011
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