dhupverg Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 I have a laptop where the body/frame is starting to fall apart. It is literally being held together by tape and clips. I was just in the US and a shop said they could replace the whole thing, but I didn't have the time. It is a 17 inch hp powerhouse with 32 gbs of ram, 1gb ssd and 3 gb of HDD. I already bought a cheap new laptop, but I would like to keep this high end spec laptop with a new body. Does anyone have a recommendation for doing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindancer Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Goodfix shop chiang mai in icon plaza on the moat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve187 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 are the cases available in Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post impulse Posted April 14 Popular Post Share Posted April 14 (edited) OP may want to specify what city he's in. If it's Bangkok, my first stop would be Fortune Town at MRT Phra Ram 9 station. Then it would be a matter of looking for a shop that repairs HP's, and hope they have (or can order) that particular shell. Edit: I'd also check the benchmark speed of the CPU before I'd dump a bunch of money into it. My "top of the line" I7 laptop from just a few years ago benchmarks slower than a new I3 laptop that costs today 1/2 or less than mine did when I bought it. Edited April 14 by impulse 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaiyaTH Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 (edited) Is very rare to come by, you would almost need to start digging on eBay or amazon abroad to find the actual body of a laptop. Isn't exactly a common replacement part, you could still turn it into like a normal PC too though, using something else or some creativity so certainly worth keeping. Edited April 14 by ChaiyaTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retarius Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Make a new body/frame out of scrap hard wood. Not only serviceable but beautiful as well and much better than factory produced rubbish made from plastic or anodised aluminium. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 I have a Lenovo ThinkPad with a bad hinge for the screen. The notebook is maybe 7 years old and working fine. I asked Lenovo and they don't have a spare part to fix this issue. And in general Lenovo ThinkPad are notebooks with one of the best supports. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingdongrb Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 26 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said: And in general Lenovo ThinkPad are notebooks with one of the best supports. Every product has an 'end of life'...... The better companies usually announce when that occurs and when will be the last time service/parts will be available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingdongrb Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 To the OP...... trash it and buy a real computer..... HP Is rubbish and I'll never buy another HP product again! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 1 minute ago, dingdongrb said: Every product has an 'end of life'...... The better companies usually announce when that occurs and when will be the last time service/parts will be available. Yes. I wrote above because in my experience ThinkPad is about as good as it gets about support and spare part. After a couple of years these devices are treated like obsolete, like nobody would ever use them again - even if they are still working. Sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingdongrb Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 6 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said: Yes. I wrote above because in my experience ThinkPad is about as good as it gets about support and spare part. After a couple of years these devices are treated like obsolete, like nobody would ever use them again - even if they are still working. Sad. I agree with what you are saying but the companies these days don't care about older models as they like to conjure up newer models with more bells and whistles in order to bring in consistent revenue year-year. (Think iPhone) ThinkPads are great, even back in the IBM days. I still have a couple that work great. The problem when IBM had them was that IBM didn't care about the consumer PC market as they were focused on their mid-to-large mainframes and services. As an ex-IBM employee I was fully aware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylophone Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 47 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said: I have a Lenovo ThinkPad with a bad hinge for the screen. The notebook is maybe 7 years old and working fine. I asked Lenovo and they don't have a spare part to fix this issue. And in general Lenovo ThinkPad are notebooks with one of the best supports. I've got the same thing happening on my Lenovo Idea Pad and I will have to do something about it soon. As it's not something which I carry around with me and stays in one place all the time, I will have a crack at drilling through the top and bottom parts, missing vital innards, and put a very thin screw/bolt in it. It may sound strange, but I did this with an old Toshiba laptop which someone gave me because the same thing was happening and I did exactly what I suggested above and kept it for another few years, before finally ditching it! I do have an old HP laptop as a backup, but I'm not keen on putting that back into service, however I will have to think again about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroubleandGrumpy Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 1 minute ago, xylophone said: I've got the same thing happening on my Lenovo Idea Pad and I will have to do something about it soon. As it's not something which I carry around with me and stays in one place all the time, I will have a crack at drilling through the top and bottom parts, missing vital innards, and put a very thin screw/bolt in it. It may sound strange, but I did this with an old Toshiba laptop which someone gave me because the same thing was happening and I did exactly what I suggested above and kept it for another few years, before finally ditching it! I do have an old HP laptop as a backup, but I'm not keen on putting that back into service, however I will have to think again about that. Youtube - find video on how to dismantle your model. Always easier to do repairs with bolts/glues etc with the laptop dismantled and the casing clear of components. Good opportunity to clean things up and remove all the dust/lint that collects in there too. If you can, get some new thermal compound and change it (CPU) - a good clean up will often make it run better/cooler. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStar Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Shop may not have a case. Suggest you search on Aliexpress, lots of spare parts there. Buy a new case and it'll be trivial for a shop to fix you right up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Monday Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 5 hours ago, retarius said: Make a new body/frame out of scrap hard wood. Not only serviceable but beautiful as well and much better than factory produced rubbish made from plastic or anodised aluminium. Mahogany would be nice. With a backing of rich Corinthian leather 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhupverg Posted April 15 Author Share Posted April 15 Thanks for the ideas/suggestions. I am in Phuket if someone happens to know of something besides the basement of big C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStar Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 On 4/14/2024 at 7:33 AM, dhupverg said: It is a 17 inch【43 cm】 hp powerhouse with 32 gbs of ram, 1gb ssd and 3 gb of HDD. How about giving us the exact model of the "powerhouse." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhupverg Posted April 16 Author Share Posted April 16 6 hours ago, BigStar said: How about giving us the exact model of the "powerhouse." It was custom made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStar Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 3 minutes ago, dhupverg said: It was custom made. So you can't know what model the case is taken from? I guess checking with shops is your best bet then. Let us know how it goes. Hate to see good machines down & out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 On 4/14/2024 at 10:44 AM, retarius said: Make a new body/frame out of scrap hard wood. Not only serviceable but beautiful as well and much better than factory produced rubbish made from plastic or anodised aluminium. Yeh, the Termites could do a bit of Googling when you are not using it.......... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomazbodner Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Is this ZBook from HP? I didn't try to replace body of 17" ZBook but I did replace body for a friend who dropped it for the 14" Firefly model. It requires taking entire notebook into pieces and putting it back together, but the body was purchased from Lazada from a parts seller in China. I can attest that the parts were identical to original ones (minus the dents), including being made from metal, not plastic. Maybe I can help some more if you pass on the actual laptop model. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignore it Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Any recommendations for a shop to replace the body of my aging wife? Works great, memory getting weak... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlclark97 Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Try this one, HP Thailand. https://www.hpe.com/asia_pac/en/contact-hpe-thailand.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhupverg Posted April 19 Author Share Posted April 19 On 4/17/2024 at 1:29 PM, tomazbodner said: Is this ZBook from HP? I didn't try to replace body of 17" ZBook but I did replace body for a friend who dropped it for the 14" Firefly model. It requires taking entire notebook into pieces and putting it back together, but the body was purchased from Lazada from a parts seller in China. I can attest that the parts were identical to original ones (minus the dents), including being made from metal, not plastic. Maybe I can help some more if you pass on the actual laptop model. I've got a product id, device id, but finding the actual serial number is proving illusive. I've run the command prompt wmic bios get serialnumber which did give me a serial number, but going to hp support's website, they don't have anything even when including the device name. I've also tried the fn + esc keys and that also gives me nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwak250 Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 On 4/17/2024 at 8:02 AM, ignore it said: Any recommendations for a shop to replace the body of my aging wife? Works great, memory getting weak... Takes ages to warm up? Press the buttons and nothing works? need a trade in i think Plenty out there ,new models turn on so quick and are ready for anything you have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomazbodner Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 7 minutes ago, dhupverg said: I've got a product id, device id, but finding the actual serial number is proving illusive. I've run the command prompt wmic bios get serialnumber which did give me a serial number, but going to hp support's website, they don't have anything even when including the device name. I've also tried the fn + esc keys and that also gives me nothing. If this is still original body, you have serial number printed at the bottom plate, although very small. Alternative is to find HP System Information in All Apps. That lists all details of computer including serial number. Hotkey for it is holding Ctrl and Alt keys together first, then pressing S key. From information above, this seems to be HP Pavilion 17-ab067nr. Is that correct? Not sure if this would fit: https://www.ebay.com/itm/364844380360?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28&var=634391659182&srsltid=AfmBOooluSlsOuJ8DZGXPjbsd7ke_Z8kTBQqP2yW3EcUK6e-jIPOIblFoC0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhupverg Posted April 19 Author Share Posted April 19 1 hour ago, tomazbodner said: If this is still original body, you have serial number printed at the bottom plate, although very small. Alternative is to find HP System Information in All Apps. That lists all details of computer including serial number. Hotkey for it is holding Ctrl and Alt keys together first, then pressing S key. From information above, this seems to be ,. Is that correct? Not sure if this would fit: https://www.ebay.com/itm/364844380360?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28&var=634391659182&srsltid=AfmBOooluSlsOuJ8DZGXPjbsd7ke_Z8kTBQqP2yW3EcUK6e-jIPOIblFoC0 Thanks. It is indeed a pavillion 17 in, but not sure of the model number, but looks to be quite similar in the hp product page https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c05177219. ctrl alt s didn't work for me and there's nothing on the bottom of unit now that is visible. I'll ping that seller on ebay, thank you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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