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Originally Posted by DoubleF
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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It's my go-to laptop for everything (office, gaming, browsing, etc.) so it needs to be able to move around when I need it to. Ideally, I would have used it to replace my media computer and bought a new one, but I'm not in a strong financial position.
Fan hasn't been a problem. My only worry has been that the separated plastic would obstruct the fan and the computer might overheat and cause damage.
The hinge piece pulled and broke away the plastic and brass fixing from the upper plastic case. Without fully replacing both panels, there is no way a screw was going to work. So I'm hedging my bets on gluing the hinge to the panel.
As I say, I'm going to give it a few days to let the epoxy cure and harden, and hopefully by taping the side where the split is it adds enough support to keep everything in place.