[Yamer]

Thanks again, everyone.

So I fully took apart the laptop today to see the extent of the damage. Unfortunately, the upper base with the keyboard AND the lower plastic case are damaged at the split point. As I suspected, the hinge, made of a heavy metal to support the touch screen, had broken away from the upper base. All 3 screws with their brass fixings and most of the plastic.

I cleaned out the broken plastic, removed the broken and loose brass fixing for one of the screws, and decided to glue the hinge back into the upper base using Gorilla glue epoxy. I'm going to let it cure for about 48 hours and hope it does the trick. I'm also going to use some gorilla tape near the split.

If this doesn't work I'll just bite the bullet and send it in. Unless anyone has other suggestions?