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Pics Of Cracked Hinges

post #1 of 138
6/30/04 at 10:55pm
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I thought I would start a thread for everyone to submit pics of their cracked hinges on the M6580x. Here one of mine on the left side.
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post #2 of 138
6/30/04 at 11:04pm
OMG, that is hideous. I hope my m6809 doesn't start doing that. I have no kind of extended warranty.
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post #3 of 138
7/1/04 at 12:14am
Heres my Crack not to happy about it...not really happy about it...WELL here are better shots of my very hated CRACK! emachines need to have a RECALL on their products....the black dot is my mark of the end of the craCK
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post #4 of 138
7/1/04 at 2:47am
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Originally Posted by cornbread2
I thought I would start a thread for everyone to submit pics of their cracked hinges on the M6580x. Here one of mine on the left side.
Here's mine, not as bad though: http://server6.uploadit.org/files/kooloser1-crack.jpg

Now heres my question: I'm assuming you used a digital camera...Which one was that? Your picture was clean and crisp, I just want one like that ...Is that too much to ask?
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post #5 of 138
7/1/04 at 9:16am
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Originally Posted by kooloser
Now heres my question: I'm assuming you used a digital camera...Which one was that? Your picture was clean and crisp, I just want one like that ...Is that too much to ask?
I used the Gateway DC-T50 Digital Camera (http://accessories.gateway.com/Acces....htm?ref=merch). It isn't too bad of a camera for the price.
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post #6 of 138
7/1/04 at 12:25pm
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Originally Posted by cornbread2
I used the Gateway DC-T50 Digital Camera (http://accessories.gateway.com/Acces....htm?ref=merch). It isn't too bad of a camera for the price.
Cool, I might look into it, my 1.2 mp camera just is getting old...at least thats what I think it is...
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post #7 of 138
7/1/04 at 1:05pm
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Originally Posted by jeroplex
Heres my Crack not to happy about it...not really good picture...ill try to get better one
The crack in my outer left hinge on my 6805 looks exactly like this one (same size, location, and pattern).
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post #8 of 138
7/1/04 at 4:06pm
Here's mine:

You guy's may need to adjust your cameras to allow it to focus up close. I had to.
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post #9 of 138
7/1/04 at 4:08pm
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Originally Posted by curtisdr
Here's mine:
Mine looked like that at first, but it somehow snuck farther out...
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post #10 of 138
7/2/04 at 11:49pm
wow thats awful

i hope mine doesnt do that im scared now
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post #11 of 138
7/3/04 at 7:40pm
alright, so what caused it? did it just take a hit or something?
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post #12 of 138
7/3/04 at 8:44pm
I've had my 09 for about 3 months now and I've been opening/closing mines alot and it's fine. No offense guys, but it is an Emachines, you had to expect something to go wrong eventually? I'd check the Voodoo forums and see if the Voodoo's Armia is having the same problems?
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post #13 of 138
7/3/04 at 10:47pm
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Originally Posted by overnight
I've had my 09 for about 3 months now and I've been opening/closing mines alot and it's fine. No offense guys, but it is an Emachines, you had to expect something to go wrong eventually? I'd check the Voodoo forums and see if the Voodoo's Armia is having the same problems?
Just because it is an eMachines, doesn't make it alright to crack like that after such a short time. Yes I know that it is inexpensive, however, it still cost $1650 (before rebates) which isn't necesarily cheap. I have had mine for less that 3 months, it is opened and closed multiple times throughout the day, every day and has never been dropped or bumped and it has developed a crack and the screen seems to looser than before. My last laptop cost less than half of what this one did, went through the same type of use and never had a problem like this. I would have expected that to have more problems since it was cheaper but was a lot more reliable than this POS.
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post #14 of 138
7/5/04 at 5:15pm
Heres Mine
http://inglebrook.com/images/cracked.JPG
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post #15 of 138
7/6/04 at 2:42am
looks like everyones...is about the same type of crack..and same lengtH...the cause has to be all the same...but what is iT??? maybe its 2 hot....that vent gets really warm...
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post #16 of 138
7/7/04 at 7:59pm
Not heat, just bad engineering. I had my m6805 for almost 2 weeks and used it quite a bit(opened and closed it alot) before I decided to return it. I never had a cracked hinge.

It just isnt right for a product to do that and it is an obvious defect. Call up emachines and let them know. After they get a certain ammount of complaints then they have to issue the problem and correct it.

Super glue, anyone?
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post #17 of 138
7/8/04 at 3:18am
hmm considering its on the same side for everyone, perhaps there might be a way to reinforce it or something...hmm, anyone got any ideas? thankgod mine aint cracked...yet
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post #18 of 138
7/9/04 at 1:14am
Here's mine:
http://jepp114.home.comcast.net/crack.JPG
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post #19 of 138
7/9/04 at 1:23am
wow...you have 2 cracks....does anybody know how to stop it from getting longer??? maybe filling the crack wid some kind of gLue...so it will maybe absorb...the shock thats causing the Crack to get longer??? and then putting tape over it...??
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post #20 of 138
7/9/04 at 3:08pm
Just put the tape over it and wait till they release a fix. That way when you go to RMA it there isn't glue all over it, including inside the hinges where it could possibly cause more damage.
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