Digital Home Thoughts: Fixing My Dell XPS M1330 Chassis Scratching With a 15-Cent Part

If you recall my story about my squealing Dell XPS M1330, you'll remember that one of the problems I was having with it was that Dell seems to have constructed this laptop to scratch its own chassis over time. After some browbeating persuading of the technician I was speaking with, he agreed to let me ship my XPS M1330 back for repair, where they replaced the plastic bezel around the screen and also replaced the screen itself. I was impressed with how fast they did the repair; I had my laptop back in three days. What was less impressive is that the laptop still had the same problem - by the end of the week I was noticing fine scratch marks along the top bezel. I try to take great care of my equipment, and it's frustrating when a design flaw makes a piece of gear damage itself. The solution isn't exactly elegant, but it works: I went to my local home improvement store and picked up...whatever those things are called. You know, the small rubber half-circles, where one side has an adhesive on it. What are those called? At any rate, it worked and now I no longer have my M1330 damaging itself. It's pretty ridiculous that Dell would design something so clearly flawed to begin with, but at least I've solved my problem...