Unhinged Display - About To Fall Off! (but still works)
Hello
the other day, completely out of the blue, my laptop screen did something funny. The left hing effectively snapped, so that the furthest left white plastic thing is now no longer "tucked in" to the screen. See a picture of it at this link:
http://stellarrunning.org/temp/IMG_1193.jpg
This then, about 4 hours later, happened to the right side. Now, the screen will not stay up when I put it up. it just sort of flaps around, such that I need to lean the screen against something so it doesn't fall flat.
It feels as the whole screen is about to completely fall off the computer, but for the moment it still works.
I have 2 quesetions:
1. Is this something I can fix? (with a couple spare parts, etc.)
2. Assuming that it is not, how much would it cost to fix? Can it be done without replacing the whole monitor? (right now, the only thing broken is the hinge, not the monitor)
thanks!
wow MINE DID TOO!just yesterday...and I am on working holiday in rome, where things dont run as smoothly as we would like, seems repairing is out of the question. as Im being told it would be 1,000 dollars to change and replace the entire screen. I've lst so far only the left hing, same thing happened out of the blue. glad to hear yours still works fine though--worried about the amount of unbacked up folders...and the possiblity of it just koncking out on me soon.. I'll check here later to see if youve gotten good news..for us both! cas
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