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My display housing of the LCD is unattached near the hinges of the display in the one side. It’s kind og hard to explain so please see picture: http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/1004/ds… It somehow looks to me, as if the housing was originally just glued together, but i don’t know. I will appreciate any help thanks
The Apple Store replaced the entire display assembly of my late-2008 MacBook Pro in January 2013 for free, long (long, long) after the warranty expired. The aluminum lid was separating from the glass bezel near the left hinge, making the laptop difficult to close or open safely. Apparently there is a documented issue with the adhesive used to hold the display together. Apple must have issued some guidance to tech staff that it is a permissible out-of-warranty repair. My work order referenced article EM209.
The Apple Store just replaced the entire display of my early 2009 MacBook Pro for free, and it’s been out of warranty for nearly a year. I was also having the problem of the aluminum housing separating from the glass, but all the way along the bottom and partly up the sides. I actually took a photo of professorpolymath’s post above to bring with me, and it served me well - I was able to give the tech assisting me the referenced article, EM209, and he pulled it up right away. I was out of the store in 15 minutes, and got the call that my repair was complete (completely free) less than 24 hours later.
I had that same problem with my mac book pro A1286. my screen was separated from body, I used different kind of glue after couple of days again separated, Then i found this 3M™ Windo-Weld™ Super Fast Urethane, This is usually used to bond vehicle windscreen to body, its did my job well. first clean both parts , remove old glue . when you apply glue use a clam or similar kind of heavy object on top until its cure, i kept 24 hours , its a rubbery glue can withstand heat and vibration ,http://imageshack.com/i/ng8py1j
Someone has dropped it breaking the hinges or been inside it. There are screws and catches to hold it in place - You need to disassemble and reassemble it properly. Good Luck, N.
this isn’t a common issue with these clamshells, but I agree it usually happens from a drop. Not sure the exact epoxy compound apple uses but we haven’t found any that will properly hold it in place once its happened. Sadly, your best bet it to get a new clamshell. If there is no sign of physical damage, go to apple and speak to a manager. If they don’t do it, call apple and ask for customer care. If you have to purchase it on your own, it’s pretty pricey.
Hi Torben, DO NOT LISTEN TO MOST OF THESES GUYS!!! DO NOT USE GLUE, SUPER GLUE OR PERMANENT ADHESIVE OR PERMANENT ADHESIVE TAPE!!! My advice to you is to fix it with an adhesive… Start to use a heat gun and a putty knife, Pro Tech Tool kit has a spudger set which can help… A proper double sided adhesive tape such as 3M. If you glue it just tell me how are you gone deal with another problem, such as broken LCD, glass… There are quite a lot of videos about that issue on you tube… Good luck, Max
Mine had the same problem, but it had a DROP to encourage it to come loose. I fixed it by taking the screen assembly off, removing the glass (with a putty knife and a heat gun - you can read about it on the web), removing the screen, and regluing it with some epoxy. Get the strongest epoxy you can find… The screen is actually really easy to take off of these newer Unibody models… PowerBookmedic.com offers videos.
My display housing of the LCD is unattached near the hinges of the display in the one side.== Heading text == It’s kind og hard to explain so please see picture: http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/1004/ds.. It somehow looks to me, as if the housing was originally just glued together, but i don’t know. I will appreciate any help thanks Torben - Get Apple to do it ! Hey mine has did exactly the same thing though on the left side, took it to apple and they replaced the entire screen on the same day. Though mine was under warranty as long as you haven’t dropped it they would replace it warranty or not … Apple dude said wasn’t common but he had seen one before mine it’s probably a better than mucking around with tape and glue …
Same happened here, when I tear down the upper assembly, I found out that the inside frame(Apple didn’t use a unibody design on the upper assembly of this model) was broken. A crack was found on the lower left where the screw was located. The only way to fix it is either replace the whole assembly or the back case.
I’m just weary of buying a part that is known to go bad. But if it’s the only somewhat long term solution (repair doesn’t hold up, then I guess that’s what ya gotta do). Anyone tried rivets? ;)
I have a late-2008 unibody that is getting up in age, and mine has just done this on the left side too. In fact it was just sitting on the table closed last night when I saw and heard it come loose. It has never been dropped, and I strongly disagree with the people who seem to insist that drops and mistreatment must occur to cause this problem. The bottom parts of the display assembly near the clutch experience torsion during normal opening/closing. Add to this that these models emit most of their heat from the left rear fan, and I think you have the formula for a pretty simple heat and mechanical fatigue problem. I am going to repair mine soon, and I expect the similar problem of the frame coming unglued from the housing and possibly being cracked. If this is the case, my repair will be to rough the inside of the housing if I am able to access it, apply JB-Weld and clamp overnight. JB-Weld is a metal epoxy and bonds particularly well to both aluminum and plastic. For those who have had failures with other epoxies, I would suggest either JB-Weld or LePage Metal Epoxy as a proper adhesive for this job.
@Supan- thanks for this suggestion. Considering it’s used for adhering windshields to cars, this seems like a good solution.
@Supan or anyone here- i have a macbook pro 13" mid 2010. i admit it fell down and broke the glass, so i decided to replace the glass by myself. but the problem is i don’t know how to separate or unglue the aluminum cover inorder to get the old glue and clean it before applying the 3M WINDOW WELD. Can anyone give me a link on how to do this??? Thanks
I also having same problem with right sight of the screen and I am looking solution for it. Since I can fix it if adhesive is available. But if apple replace even after warranty that will be great.
Hello, I had the same problem 3 years ago and Apple did replace it for free. But… the problem appeared again, and now since the mac is “vintage” they won’t accept it. It was fine for me as long I was careful with it, but last week the screen is always black. I need to use an external display to use the computer. Can someone tell me what they think the problem for the screen to be black is? The webcam works… Is it the Display Data Cable? If yes then I could repair it myself instead of paying 300GPB or more as it costs, using the tutorial MacBook Pro 15" Unibody Late 2008 and Early 2009 Display Data Cable Replacement Is it another problem? Another connection that is lost and that just awaits to be reconnected? It is a shame to replace all the display assembly if it is only a cable… Please help me in finding the reason, the machine works perfectly otherwise… I need it to be mobile. Thank you so much.
The problem is as follows. The lcd is mounted on a frame, which is glued in the Outer aluminium case. The frame is screwed to the Outer case at THE bottom near THE hinges. This construction isn’t strong enough for THE torsion created by opening en closing the screen assembly. I tried to epoxy glue THE frame to THE outer case, but this wasn’t strong enough. Now i drilled 4 holes through the outer case into THE frame at both sides beside the hinges and made m3 threat, screwed m3 screws in. Done, not really beatifull, but strong. My next step Will be grining the screwheads and welding them with durafix after…
I found the solution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEKwBsKl…
Originaly it’s glued and put together with some spotweld aluminium taps. As there’s a big force on the frame in the aluminium shell on the location of hinges the glue break lose and the spotwelds break. My solution is to drill holes through the outer shell beside both hinges. use 2.4 drill and m3 tap and screw a 3mm screw right through the shell into the frame.
