Need advice, damaged case but not sure to return or not

Hathaway · 11 Dec 2009 at 15:56

I just took delivery of my NZXT Lexa-S and discovered that the clips which hold the front panel to the main chassis (allowing access to the fan filter etc) are all broken... my guess is it was side swiped at some stage. Everything else appears to be in order, though I've yet to check the electronics.
I'm debating whether to return the item or attempt to super glue the clips back on, but I'm concerned that in doing so I might void any return policy and the glue might not hold under the strain of unclipping when I occasionally need to.
Anybody else had a similar experience and is super glue sufficient?

If possible I would rather not go through the annoyance of sending the item back, possibly paying more and having to wait a while.
I didn't get this through OcUK it should be noted, they don't sell this case, but the seller does accept returns.

EDIT: Any suggestions on a particular epoxy?

Hathaway · 11 Dec 2009 at 17:08

Seller has informed me that a replacement front end can be dispatched so I guess that resolves that

cook001 · 11 Dec 2009 at 19:22

Hi
That sucks that your new case was damaged.
But if it was me and it was broken in transit i would send it back.
If your happy to fit a new front then stick with it just make sure nothing else is broken first

Hathaway · 13 Dec 2009 at 00:57

Yea everything else checks out. It'll be a bit of a nuisance sorting out all the cables again that go into the front (surprising amount) but better than sending the whole unit back and waiting till who knows when for a full replacement. The front end is supposed to come off anyway.

It'll also allow me to experiment with replacing the HDD activity green LED with a blue one. If anyone knows, is it a particularly hard job?