p182 problem

vygec · 26 Sep 2007 at 08:47

Ive got my cae all setup except for a slight problem with the lock on the front, when inserting the key in, no matter what way i turn it it doesnt turn the lock.
Is there a 'special' way of doing this? ive even tryed pushing the key in, and tried fiddling with it to no avail

Any ideas?
Ta

BlastRadius · 26 Sep 2007 at 08:53

The P182 locks come in two flavours - Push hard and it will eventually turn and will not turn at all.

I had a will not turn. Got onto antec support on their website (I can't access it from work :mad:

) And they sent me a whole new front panel with a lock that works. No need to send the old one back, they asked me to destroy it .... and I will by trying out a few mods

Dutch777 · 26 Sep 2007 at 10:02

The key only turns from 6 o'clock position unlocked to 9 o'clock position locked it took me a while to get mine to work you have to push the key in a bit.

Hope that helps

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vygec · 26 Sep 2007 at 12:08

thankyou gents, will give it a shot when im home in the evening.

Rezident · 26 Sep 2007 at 12:50

Mine doesn't seem to lock either. Might try their support, it sounds good.

gt_junkie · 26 Sep 2007 at 13:23

Rezident said:
Mine doesn't seem to lock either. Might try their support, it sounds good.

Their supports probably the best in the business - never heard a bad word.

gt

BlastRadius · 26 Sep 2007 at 20:29

Antec support:

http://www.antec.com/uk/supportRMA.html

I used the European Email in the middle of the page. They responded almost immidiately (was during business hours) and I had a replacement from the states within 3 days.... It was worth the extra cash on this case just for the support - outstanding.

Tooks · 26 Sep 2007 at 21:33

It would be preferable if they made them properly in the first place to be honest.

I've used the support function twice now, once for a new front door that was poorly finished (although the replacement was not much better), and once for a new filter door after the other one broke its hinge.

Service was very quick in both cases, but I reckon they could knock a tenner off the price of the case if they had proper quality control in place!!

C64 · 27 Sep 2007 at 16:52

BlastRadius said:
The P182 locks come in two flavours - Push hard and it will eventually turn and will not turn at all.

I had a will not turn. Got onto antec support on their website (I can't access it from work ) And they sent me a whole new front panel with a lock that works. No need to send the old one back, they asked me to destroy it .... and I will by trying out a few mods

So anyone that buys a new p182 can get a free spare front just by saying the lock doesn't work that's cool. :cool: