MP 7,1 Mac Pro 7,1 case tight/pressure to lock

[daveedjackson]

Anyone having issues removing and replacing the outer case? Mine literally just arrived, and unlocked fine, but when trying to lock it, I had to apply significant pressure to close it, and lock. IE kneeling on the top to push it down as far as it needed to be able to twist the handle?

 

[ZombiePhysicist]

That sounds REALLY wrong. Mine takes very little force to put down. If I leave it after putting the bottom of the case over the top of the chassis, it basically slides down (slowly) most of the way itself. Then a little pressure to push down to connect to the chassis. Twisting the lock takes little effort. No more than it did unlocking it.

 

[daveedjackson]

That sounds REALLY wrong. Mine takes very little force to put down. If I leave it after putting the bottom of the case over the top of the chassis, it basically slides down (slowly) most of the way itself. Then a little pressure to push down to connect to the chassis. Twisting the lock takes little effort. No more than it did unlocking it.

it slides down no bother, it's locking it which is the issue, I can't twist the handle, because it doesn't go entirely down to the bottom, it leaves a slight gap, needing pressure to close it before being able to twist the handle.

 

[bsbeamer]

Look at this thread, seems like the same issue?

Bought two Mac Pro for my business, problems with both.

I purchased two Mac Pros, one came with damage on the housing, and the other one was so hard to pull the housing out and put back in, was kind of ridiculous. So sad because I wanted to keep it (MP with housing issues) so much that if they could fix the padding I wouldn't mind, but these...

forums.macrumors.com

 

[daveedjackson]

Look at this thread, seems like the same issue?

Bought two Mac Pro for my business, problems with both.

I purchased two Mac Pros, one came with damage on the housing, and the other one was so hard to pull the housing out and put back in, was kind of ridiculous. So sad because I wanted to keep it (MP with housing issues) so much that if they could fix the padding I wouldn't mind, but these...

forums.macrumors.com

Thankfully not, it turns out, it's just hot it sits when it's closed, until it's locked it is raised up slightly. Must be to do with cooling, and being tight. All good. And nothing untoward. Just stress posted with a history of non working kit.
Cheers for the speedy replies

 

[arock]

I had the same reaction as you the first time I tried to re-lock the case. But yes, it does sit a bit raised prior to locking and that is normal.