steelepulse Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Any recommendations for a competent tech to do this? Last thing I want is someone to bungle the job and render the screen useless. A hinge appears to be broken and this is affecting the bezel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thequietman Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Super glue? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodga Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 8 minutes ago, thequietman said: Super glue? ???? really no way!! I had a dell 15"it was a known fault I ordered the part and did it myself, as for WHO can do it, well in Bangkok there are many shops, the one I use "if" I have to is in what used to be SERI CENTRE next to Seacon Square, top floor but dont know the name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelepulse Posted July 8, 2020 Author Share Posted July 8, 2020 Being in Phuket, I think I'll try and look for a local recommended tech. I've seen some youtube videos, but I'd rather have someone do it that does this on a regular type basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChasingTheSun Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 (edited) Try alibaba/ebay/lazada for the parts, and it should be an easy DIY. Edited July 8, 2020 by ChasingTheSun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A1Str8 Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Melt it with a lighter and press it together. You can make it assume any form you want. And it's free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylophone Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 4 hours ago, steelepulse said: Being in Phuket, I think I'll try and look for a local recommended tech. I've seen some youtube videos, but I'd rather have someone do it that does this on a regular type basis. A friend of mine had a Toshiba Satellite laptop and both of the hinges had broken on this, and it was a known fault on this particular model. Toshiba He was going to throw it away, so I took it from him and did a repair on it, although it is not cosmetically pleasing, it works. Of course the thing with the laptop hinges is that they activate a switch to shut the computer down or not, as the case may be, so it was not as straightforward as I thought. However I took out the screen and found where the hinges should have connected to the cover and actually drilled a few very small holes through the back of the aluminium cover, used a combination of small screws and glue and put the whole thing back together. All that you can see on the top of the laptop are two small pieces of silver tape which cover the very small screws, however the whole thing works perfectly and I got a very expensive laptop for nothing – – much better than the cheap HP that I had before, which is now a backup laptop. If it is a new laptop then it's worthwhile salvaging, but if it's an old one, then perhaps take advantage of some of the offers now available out there. Anyway whatever the case, you have got nothing to lose by having a go at it yourself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzzzz Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 "fixit" shop, basement Big C, next to Central, phuket town. very knowledgeable an speaks english. https://www.facebook.com/fixitphuket 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelepulse Posted July 9, 2020 Author Share Posted July 9, 2020 1 hour ago, zzzzz said: "fixit" shop, basement Big C, next to Central, phuket town. very knowledgeable an speaks english. https://www.facebook.com/fixitphuket Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agusts Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Best option is to get the part, if available, and do it yourself... Otherwise, I had an old laptop repaired by a guy on ground floor of central festival, there is a hall with some repair guys, I think last week I saw a few back at work, but many still closed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 A post with a thinly disguised profanity has been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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