Bah. I just bought a new one from MacResQ >This is a reaaly common problem and an easy fix. Take the machanism >apart and the fracture will be obvious. Now get some good stiff >plastic about 1.5mm thick (I cut mine from the storage box some >screws came in) and cut a little square just big enough to sit under >the rectangular tab that has cracked , bridging the crack to the >supports (this will be obvious ) > >Now get some goo impact (=contact) adhesive. coat both the >reinforcing square you have just made and the bottom of the fractured >machanism . let it dry. press together (get it right first time! you >dont get a second chance. > >That's it. I've done this to all 3 of my 3400s now. > >ISSUES: > >You need to be sure the repair will clear both the fan casing and IC >on the board underneath, you dont want to transfer 'click-vibrations' >to the circuitboard! But all this is really obvious when you have >it apart.
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