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so, the gf toshiba a200 laptop has had an issue with opening the screen for a few weeks where basically opening the screen beyond vertical would strain the plastics around the top of the keyboard. plus it was rattling so i suspected something had come unseated and or broken..
so today i finally got my bum in gear and stripped the thing down.. first thing i noticed was the amount of screws that just spun and spun..
once i got inside this is what was causing the screen issue..
the plastic mount/screw hole for the hinge had snapped
even more surprisingly the metal hinge itself had sheered in two
how it should look (although even this side has some of the plastic screw mount snapped off)
how many bits of plastic came out of the laptop. note that most of these bits are bits of plastic that contain the metal inserts for the chassis screws, hence most just spun and spun when i was taking it apart
screws that no longer have a home..
so there we go kids, if you can afford a metal chassis laptop go for it.. lol
so today i finally got my bum in gear and stripped the thing down.. first thing i noticed was the amount of screws that just spun and spun..
once i got inside this is what was causing the screen issue..
the plastic mount/screw hole for the hinge had snapped
even more surprisingly the metal hinge itself had sheered in two
how it should look (although even this side has some of the plastic screw mount snapped off)
how many bits of plastic came out of the laptop. note that most of these bits are bits of plastic that contain the metal inserts for the chassis screws, hence most just spun and spun when i was taking it apart
screws that no longer have a home..
so there we go kids, if you can afford a metal chassis laptop go for it.. lol