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Offline gunug

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Macbook feet!
« on: September 25, 2020, 07:45:10 AM »
 :wallbash: I bought a refurbished Macbook Pro to suit my needs and I have one problem: It keeps losing it's feet!

I tried silicon adhesive and it doesn't seem to do the trick; I'm thinking of finding a different sort of foot that I can secure through the mounting hole with a screw but better adhesive might do it!  Any ideas?
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Re: Macbook feet!
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2020, 10:34:09 AM »
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Re: Macbook feet!
« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2020, 10:30:46 AM »
Quote from: gunug on September 25, 2020, 07:45:10 AM
:wallbash: I bought a refurbished Macbook Pro to suit my needs and I have one problem: It keeps losing it's feet!

I tried silicon adhesive and it doesn't seem to do the trick; I'm thinking of finding a different sort of foot that I can secure through the mounting hole with a screw but better adhesive might do it!  Any ideas?

Similar issue, similar MBP. Last time I thoroughly cleaned both the foot and the MBP, scraping and using denatured alcohol, then used super glue.  It has been several months now it it is still holding.  It is always the left side where more heat is generated.  HTH

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Re: Macbook feet!
« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2020, 12:07:29 PM »
I 2nd Daryl's suggestion; I did the same thing with my MBP, but I do have a hard rubber cover on it!
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Re: Macbook feet!
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2020, 12:51:39 PM »
Since I originally wrote this I have lost another foot and I'm not sure where yet.  I am seriously thinking of prowling around a hardware
store to look for alternative feet with more surface area.  I have also seen something advertised that has an adjustable riser that lets you
tilt the laptop! 

Thanks for all the advice; will post what I decide to do about it! 
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