PG

OK, There is a crack on the hinge of my laptop could anyone suggest a product that I could use to repair it ??


[Edited by PG - 9/7/2003 5:35:15 PM]

Chip

Industrial super glue from your local specialist hardware shop.

Chip.

midget1500

superglue. epoxy would mabye be a bit OTT for that?

PG

There is a fair bit of strain on the area when the lid is opened and closed so would the industrial Superglue stand up to the movement of the lid ?
The stronger the better as far as I am concerned
I am going to sell it so I want the repair to be a decent one.

damian666

I have always had good results with the following method:

1. 'pull' the plastic apart to get the gap as wide as possible (without making a bigger crack obviously!)

Be quick with this part!!
2. Fill the gap with superglue or superglue gel copiously
3. Press the plastic together
4. Wipe quickly with a kitchen 'spongy cloth' over the excess glue
5. Hold the plastic together, or tape the pieces together, but not over the crack, as the glue can adhese to the tape
6. When this 'sets' (shouldnt take longer than 2-3 mins) then remove the tape and admire your handiwork!

An optional step, if glue remains 'bulging' at the crack is to lightly sand with very fine grade of (wet) wet and dry.

Good luck

Damo

Scoobydick

Good luck to you, mate. None of that lot shall be going near my crack Ouch!

corradoboy

I'd suggest using a 17" Apple G4 Titanium. For about £2.5k you can chuck that Microsoft PC sh!te in the bin where it belongs.

NACRO

As you say that is a stress point when you open and close the laptop, I'd be surprised if any glue would stand up to that.
Your best bet would to order a new top case for the laptop and then dismantle the thing and stick it on. You'll probably be able to get a workshop manual in PDF format off the net then it's just a case of putting everything back in the right order.
When I was a young lad I used to fix the "luggables" in use in those days. Dead easy.

Alpine99

had two dels go in exactly the same place. Rang the support line even though thet were out of warantee and hey presto they agreed to fix them free of charge. Great service.. also did some upgrades while the second one was away at very good prices..

If you ring suggest it's a manufacturing defect / design fault.

good luck

NACRO

Actually alpine has a good point there- HP had a similar problem with their Pavilion series laptops and provided repairs/parts free of charge even out of warranty.
If it's a reputable make they may do something for you- particularly if you can find a service advisory note on your laptop and quote it to them. Got to be worth a shot.

Leslie

3M make a plastic repair kit which is used for repairing 'bike fairings etc. It works really well. Superglue often does not stick to plastics. You could try a 'bike shop or even a car accessory store. It would not be hard to use the glue on that crack.

Les

Scooby96

black gaffer tape?

PG

I like the sound of finding a service advisory note but where would I find such a thing