Acer Switch 10 Creaking

fridmund

Hi all,

 

I just received my Acer Aspire Switch 10 (SW5-012-11E6) today and I absolutely love it. However I am not sure if this is suppose to be normal but when the tablet is docked to the keyboard, closing the tablet towards the keyboard has no problem but there is this loud creaking sound when opening the tablet away from the keyboard. It is almost certainly going to creak when that motion is applied. Is that really normal?

 

Thanks for any answers in advance!

fridmund

Bump! Anyone knows? Any other switch 10 users?

bill928p

I have the same problem but the administrator emailed me that this complaint was already mentioned and that she was removing the post from the forum.  WHAT if it is listed 50 times, that is what the forum is for! Too get to the bottom of problems and "multiple posts of the same issue" is how we communicate. So I must admit I was put out.

 

I do have a clue as to a solution also.  The creaking is caused on some units because the tablet perimeter frame is rubbing hard against the keyboard plastic. Boy is it loud! This is an unintended mismatch cause by a slight dimensional variation in the tablet frame on the front side. If you turn the tablet backwards on the keyboard, it is as quiet as a mouse, because the interference fit does not com into play. One solution is putting thin tape on the rubber pads on each side of the hinge assemblies of the keyboard. This raises the tablet a few thousands and no more creaking is caused by the two components rubbing together. The other method would require that you sand the ridge on the bottom of the forward frame of the tablet until it no longer rubs.

 

Just my 2 cents and it WORKS.

 

The pins that make the connection from the keyboard to the tablet are not impacted because they have been designed with a spring loaded travel that makes contact as much as 1/16 of an inch before the tablet bottoms out.