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I don't have a 17bii+ but I find that the 20b (and now 30b) rock back and forth too. This is a design defect where pressing keys on the outer column put force beyond the support feet.
-Katie
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Hello Ryan,
perhaps your desk has a slight bumpiness to which the Casio perfectly fits by pure coincidence ;-)
My 41CV has suffered the same flaw since I bought it 1984. I solved the problem with adhesive tape. Another solution would be to try to pull outwards the disturbing rubber foot a little bit (I don't know whether the 17BII+ has) in order to restore the balance. This works with the HP48, but you must be careful not to lose the foot.
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Frido
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Thank you, all.
It seems the rubber feet are perfectly molded into depressions in the bottom, so pulling it one direction or the other isn't possible. The outer column of keys also appear to be well within the supported area so the wobble seems to be from imbalanced rubber feet or a twisted case.
That said, my 12cp has the same problem and I ended up putting some tape on the bottom to keep it from rocking. The downside is that it lost its grip in that corner so now it tends to slide a bit!
I must be overthinking this. HP is sending crap out the door.
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I have the same (annoying) issue with a couple of my calcs (all Pioneer series).
--Sancerre