Antec P180 - plastic hinges

metachi · 16 May 2007 at 16:49

After 5mins of trying to take the door off and this is for what happen afterward:

2 of the hinges is broken

this case is about a year old and will antec do replacement for me?

killer_uk · 16 May 2007 at 16:58

Yeah, Antecs RMA service is one of the best. They should send you some new panels free of charge. All you need to send them your invoice (I scanned and emailed mine).

Took around 1 week to get my replacements

metachi · 16 May 2007 at 17:02

are they metal hinge on the newer panel?
yep i still have the invoice

killer_uk · 16 May 2007 at 17:53

metachi said:
are they metal hinge on the newer panel?
yep i still have the invoice

No, they are still plastic ones. The side panel themselves are reinforced to stop the bending issue that was affecting the earlier panels.

metachi · 18 May 2007 at 15:32

....they email back saying "We afraid that the accident will not be covered in Antec warranty."...

what did you say to them to get replacement?

dun · 18 May 2007 at 17:13

Do you tell them you ripped the door off after 5 minutes of pulling at it, because to be honest i may have replied in the same vein.

gt_junkie · 18 May 2007 at 17:24

metachi said:
what did you say to them to get replacement?

Best to tell them that the case arrived in that state with the clips already broken.

gt

Felix E · 18 May 2007 at 23:10

My hinge broke because the door wouldn't go back to 270 degrees, as Antec state that it should.

Going back to OcUK for a refund.

Gamezy · 19 May 2007 at 19:50

I've done the same thing to mine after the door got stuck. If you keep the case screwed on it doesn't really matter too much, depends how much your in and out of your case. I'm too lazy to RMA it

Just switched the broken panel to the "wrong" side.

EDIT: Good luck getting it sorted, Antec are suposedly pretty good from what I've heard/read.

metachi · 1 Jun 2007 at 13:37

wott my replacement panel have arrived.

i might mod the old panel to have a window

thank you antec

collisster · 1 Jun 2007 at 16:59

what did you say to them ?

beermonster · 1 Jun 2007 at 19:57

they must have been faulty because mine take 5 seconds to remove and slide off perfectly smooth and clean :rolleyes:

gunner · 1 Jun 2007 at 22:54

I'm suprised at their negative response, i have had loads of spares from Antec... great service unfortunately the plastic they use is rubbish.

For spare side panels just mention warping.

musicman53 · 5 Jun 2007 at 14:11

Felix E said:
My hinge broke because the door wouldn't go back to 270 degrees, as Antec state that it should.

Going back to OcUK for a refund.

For your information and for any other P180/P182 owner,
Point one, side panels are not called doors and so do not have hinges.
The door on the front of the case does fold back 270 degrees as stated but you have to push the vented strip(left hand side)sideways to the left that the door is attached to first..
Then you can fold the door all the way back to the side.
All that holds the lefthand vented strip in place are top and bottom pins.
Place your thumb of right hand at the top of veted strip and thumb of left hand on bottom of vented strip and push it to the left.
It will pop back.
I have seen loads of reviews of this case and every review says the door will not fold all the way back.

musicman53 · 5 Jun 2007 at 14:14

metachi said:
After 5mins of trying to take the door off and this is for what happen afterward:

2 of the hinges is broken

this case is about a year old and will antec do replacement for me?

No hinges on the side panels, they are called lugs that hook into the case.

Bald-Eagle22 · 6 Jun 2007 at 06:01

Really sorry this happened to you man , its a great case otherwise.