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New MacBook Hinge Creaking And Clicking

I recently got a new MacBook m5 pro ( base m5 chip but in pro housing ) and its been around 3 days and whenever I open the top lid it seems to have a very noticeable "creak" sound and when I close it there seems to be a "clicking" sound, please help me asap im very worried

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nadealishah555 wrote:
I recently got a new MacBook m5 pro ( base m5 chip but in pro housing ) and its been around 3 days and whenever I open the top lid it seems to have a very noticeable "creak" sound and when I close it there seems to be a "clicking" sound, please help me asap im very worried



I would return it for one that does not <noticeable "creak>


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FYI, there is very little tolerance for the gaps between the Display Assembly & the Top Case/Palmrest base frame. So any slight offset from assembly can cause this issue. While I have seen a few such reports on this forum for some of the more recent models, I have never heard of this from any of may organization's users for any new devices. I really wish Apple would allow a bit more spacing since it makes it very difficult when replacing the Display Assembly or Top Case/Palmrest Assembly. I have noticed that this spacing/tolerance is much narrower on the more recent models (the older models were already bad enough).


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