M14X Broken hinge - out of warranty - Help please, what should I do?

So my Alienware M14X hinge just broke after almost 2 years since purchase, I take care of my laptop and was surprise that the hinge still gave-out.

I'm currently in Dubai for 1 more month and called a few DELL certified service centers here and they told me that I have to replace the whole monitor which will cost me around 400 USD (LOL!). I told them that I could purchase the hinge online and they told me that the hinges are glued to the monitor and there is no chance that it could be replaced separately.

Online hinges:


Dell Alienware M14x Hinge Kit Left and Right Hinge M14x-L&R

Dell Alienware M14x LCD Hinge SZS-L, SZS-R

Should I just purchase this hinge and try to fix it myself? But I couldn't find any youtube tutorials on how to replace the hinge -HELP!

Or should I buy the complete LCD set for $200 online? Because there is just no way I'm going to get this laptop fix locally here in Dubai for double the price of $400.

Dell Alienware M14x LCD Panel Assembly (Complete) DP/N: 6HH82 06HH82, CNT97 0CNT97, LTN140KT05 D01

Please guys help me out? What should I do? Any better solutions?

After checking online I realised a lot of people also have this problem, and whats even more annoying is that alienware is fixing m11x but not acknowledging the problem with the m14x... wear and tear really? I barely move my laptop out of the desk and I often just leave the screen open...

 

You can extend your warranty for about the same price as it would cost to fix it yourself, and they'll take care of everything.

 

We usually won't cover issues that have been already reported out of warranty. We have a depot service for OOW machines that may help you with this situation.