Are you concerned about the clicking or the laptop fan? Laptop fans I saw were like 30-40 bucks on ebay. Consider replacing that? Is there also a way to insert maybe a screw or something vertical to better manage the weight between the laptop and the plastic section so that the weight isn't always on the hinge?
Also, how portable do you need your laptop to be? Can you just leave it open most of the time and use it in that manner? Or hook it up to external screens while it's in a closed position and use it that way?
I dunno if it's worth sending in TBH. Personally, I'd consider a Lenovo with similar specs to swap the HDD to and use the old HP with the Lenovo's HDD as an HTPC.
But fingers crossed your DIY fix works.
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