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15 hours ago, Tester said:

Can someone explain these two pointy things on a plamrest of a precision 7540? It's the first time i'm seeing this

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Looks like someone really screwed up. Is this something you bought recently? Mine doesn't exhibit that.

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Not in use: HP Elitebook 8470P, ThinkPad X131e, ThinkPad T61, Dell Precision M4800 (dead), HP Zbook 15 G2, Dell Precision 7540 (Delta fans equipped)

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On 9/20/2025 at 7:22 PM, loopster said:

Long screw damage?

Yep, looks like someone put in 5 mm screws instead of the two 3 mm screws that secure the palmrest there

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Seller said it was there since buying it, the thing is; it looks symmetrical? Is it a confirmed poorly repaired/refurbished laptop? Specs are on max and it's a nice laptop but that put me off buying it immediately.

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15 hours ago, meowpressreturn said:

I have a similar bump on my Precision 3551. It was added by the Dell tech back when they were doing the second, or was it third? motherboard replacement. 

Is it just one bump or two just like that?

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13 hours ago, Tester said:

These are some additional pictures of it

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At least the palmrest can be replaced. When I got my 7540 it was missing most screws and it only had one heatspreader for the main SSD. Usually they come with all heatspreaders. Whoever worked on it cheaped out, a LOT. Even the SSD was not original and was in bad shape enough to be discarded.

Legion 5i Gen 10 - Core 7 Ultra 255HX, 32GB DDR5, RTX 5060 8GB, OLED 165Hz, 500GB SSD, Windows 11 Pro

 

Not in use: HP Elitebook 8470P, ThinkPad X131e, ThinkPad T61, Dell Precision M4800 (dead), HP Zbook 15 G2, Dell Precision 7540 (Delta fans equipped)

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