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    C640: display is loosely

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Hackman, Apr 4, 2007.

  1. Hackman

    Hackman Notebook Guru

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    Hello, i own a dell c640 and one day as i wanted to work, i saw that my screen get suddenly loosely. There is no recistence. When it is not 90° to the notebook it "falls" down. I cant work any more with my notebook. I must hold the screen with one hand.

    I never had a problem like that. I have no problem with working on notebooks and the first thing what i normaly do when i got a notebook, is to change the thermal compound to artic silver 5 ;)

    What can i do now? What must i change?

    Thank you

    PS: Sorry for my bad english
     
    Hackman, Apr 4, 2007
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  2. Chris

    Chris Notebook Geek

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    It sounds like your hinges have broken. I'm not sure on the mechanism used by the C640, but the sudden failure sounds like there were internal springs that have finally succumbed to metal fatigue and broken.

    You can either open up the casing (carefully!) and try to locate and replace the broken springs, buy a new hinge assembly, or apply a generous helping of duct tape and popsicle sticks.

    (I don't actually suggest the last one.)
     
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    Metamorphical Good computer user

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    Can you also take a picture of your laptops base where the hinges would connect?
     
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    please help
     
    Hackman, Apr 6, 2007
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    I don't have a C640 on my own to crack open and check out, but I'd suspect it's the less-stiff of the two hinges.

    Hold the base of the hinge (the white part) and check them one at a time to observe the mechanism itself - it may be an all-in-one setup though, which you can't really replace with ease. Check for parts that connect the hinge mechanism to the screen frame.
     
    Chris, Apr 10, 2007
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