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post #21 of 26
4/15/05 at 9:31pm
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Originally Posted by FiZi
I just called the Canadian eMachines Techsupport number and the guy told me no replacements but I could go to Radio Shack to get them. Anyone else in Canada have better luck?
No no no. Call the emachines Corporate office. You will get them in a few days. Radio Shack doesn't have em either, they are proprietary parts made in Taiwan or something.

Trust me I tried tech support/Radio Shack and the like. Do what I said in my previous post and you will be all set. There are no exceptions here.
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post #22 of 26
4/15/05 at 9:47pm
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Originally Posted by kirby
Hi, I think I have read somewhere that you can buy that rubber feet from Radio Shack (or Radio Shark, or something like that - sorry I am not from US & just happenned to read it in one forum). Hope this will help those that are feetless
Look, it appears Airma is taking exception to these missing feet. I think they would rather ship them out than pay someone to replace them at their shop. Sounds very reasonable to me. Not to mention they are saving a ton on shipping costs. But it has been only of late that Arima has become reasonable. The BIOS update in December comes to mind. Why pay for them when you can get them for free??
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post #23 of 26
5/9/05 at 2:08am
A few of my feet things fell off...is there a way to put them back on so they won't fall off again? Like some type of glue that's safe to use?
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post #24 of 26
5/14/05 at 2:38am
The best glue I have found for dissimilar materials is 3M's Contact Adhesive. Came in a pint size but they prolly have a smaller bottle. The glue itself looks orange. Apply the adhesive to both surfaces to be glued(make sure beforehand that the surfaces are clean and free of oil and old glue), wait 15 seconds then stick them together. Works very nice.

I had a sheet of 1/8th inch rubber and cut out some new feet. Honestly, your local hardware store will have replacement rubber feet of all shapes and sizes. Cut them to shape and stick them on with the supplied adhesive backing.
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post #25 of 26
6/14/05 at 10:08pm

I got my feet!!!

I like hackbox called corporate and they sent me four new feet. When I called the person I talked with said that they get a bunch of calls about the missing feet problem. And she said that if i did get any feet, then they would be probably used oned of a broken notebook. But lo-and behold, today (exactly one week after) in the mail was a envelope from Arima Texas that had four new little feet enclosed on a small square (1 by 2). Good news for me!! I guess the rep just liked me or something - more flies with sugar yada-yada-yada. But try calling, it can't hurt.

(Banana LOVES feet)
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post #26 of 26
6/14/05 at 10:13pm
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Originally Posted by Killamajig
I like hackbox called corporate and they sent me four new feet. When I called the person I talked with said that they get a bunch of calls about the missing feet problem. And she said that if i did get any feet, then they would be probably used oned of a broken notebook. But lo-and behold, today (exactly one week after) in the mail was a envelope from Arima Texas that had four new little feet enclosed on a small square (1 by 2). Good news for me!! I guess the rep just liked me or something - more flies with sugar yada-yada-yada. But try calling, it can't hurt.

(Banana LOVES feet)
It would suggest completely removing the double sided tape on the feet. And using contact cement to glue them on.
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