My side panel is falling off.

RiftexSpectre · July 23, 2023

I recently bought a Corsair 7000d airflow for a computer I was building because I am a beginner and was worried about components not fitting. Recently, the glue that holds the hinge of the side panel to the side panel itself has fallen off. It still sticks but falls off around every 10 minutes and I have to put it back. Can I use gorilla glue to reattach it? Another grievance is that the glue of the plate that holds the posts that click into the case to hold the side panel closed has also begun wearing away, and now the plate is out of place, with one side going out of the side panel's confines. Can I use gorilla glue to fix that too? By the way, this has happened after only two weeks of using the computer I built. I have one last issue with the case. It came with three preinstalled fans, two intake, one exhaust. Only the exhaust is working. It is not that big of a deal, as I have 5 Noctua fans (I know it's overkill) that are also doing intake and exhaust. (And yes I have plugged in the fan hub with SATA cables, as well as the extenders for the two intake fans.) Does anyone know anything that could help? Thank you.

OhioYJ · July 24, 2023

2 hours ago, RiftexSpectre said:

Recently, the glue that holds the hinge of the side panel to the side panel itself has fallen off. It still sticks but falls off around every 10 minutes and I have to put it back.

I would reach out to Corsair. With some images before you do anything. They will likely send you a replacement under warranty as this sounds like a manufacturing defect. Last time I had to deal with Corsair's customer support it was very good.

It's very odd that you are having so many issues with the case, I would send them pictures of all of these issues, they may want to swap out the entire thing honestly. If it's only a couple weeks old and it has this many issues, it's not likely to get better.

As for the fans, you can't have too many fans (*personal opinion). If it arrived with fans that don't work, another reason to reach out to Corsair.