Milkin_it
Aug 27th, 2005, 02:12 AM
A friend of mine bought a new laptop just about a week ago for school (Toshiba M60) I think she said it was. Anyways, she says the keyboard flexes way too much and when she types it throws her off because you press one key and you hear and feel the keyboard sink in or basically bounce off. Just too much play and not solid like some laptops, like Apple . Now I know this is normal in plastic laptops, hence would explain why Apple does not suffer from this sort of problem due to the all metal frame, but she says its a bit overboard.
She called the place she bought it at, and they said this is normal in this line, but they said what she could do is, take thin small pieces of paper and cut them in squares and place them just under the keyboard, in between that and the back frame. Is this safe? From what I heard you can fry your Dimm's. The guy even said alot of people use double sided tape. But they said as long as you don't cover the open vents/holes where you can visibly see any part of the mobo (chips/ram etc), it should be fine, and the optical drive would be fine as well since it doesn't draw much heat. Basically the paper should only be touching the metal frame/casing - no sensors, cables, etc.
She even went into the store, and tested out another one and it was just as bad she said. So changing it for another one, will do nothing. She wants to stick with Toshiba as she has had previous good experiences with them - but it was the Tecra series line, the ones built like IBMs from what I have heard. She sold her old Tecras because she found it too expensive for her needs and how much she really used it.
She called the place she bought it at, and they said this is normal in this line, but they said what she could do is, take thin small pieces of paper and cut them in squares and place them just under the keyboard, in between that and the back frame. Is this safe? From what I heard you can fry your Dimm's. The guy even said alot of people use double sided tape. But they said as long as you don't cover the open vents/holes where you can visibly see any part of the mobo (chips/ram etc), it should be fine, and the optical drive would be fine as well since it doesn't draw much heat. Basically the paper should only be touching the metal frame/casing - no sensors, cables, etc.
She even went into the store, and tested out another one and it was just as bad she said. So changing it for another one, will do nothing. She wants to stick with Toshiba as she has had previous good experiences with them - but it was the Tecra series line, the ones built like IBMs from what I have heard. She sold her old Tecras because she found it too expensive for her needs and how much she really used it.