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    Area-15 M15x Lid replacement

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by shadedurza, Jun 7, 2010.

  1. shadedurza

    shadedurza Notebook Consultant

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    So I need to replace the entire lid of my laptop. As in the entire top half. Can anyone help me find a way to do this? I would call alienware support but my warranty is expired and they don't even have my screen in stalk.

    Can anyone help?
     
    shadedurza, Jun 7, 2010
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    shadedurza Notebook Consultant

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    Does anyone have any ideas? My hinge broke completely and I would like to have my laptop working.
     
    shadedurza, Jun 9, 2010
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    simonmpoulton Notebook Deity

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    eBay is the best place to buy one, i'm sure i've seen several on there recently. Fitting it should be a simple case of just detaching the cables and unscrewing the hinges from the base of the laptop to detach it completely. You then just unscrew the screws holding the lid together remove the front unscrew the lcd move the lcd over and screw it all back in.
     
    simonmpoulton, Jun 10, 2010
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    shadedurza Notebook Consultant

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    This is a link to a lid replacement I found on ebay. Can anyone look this over a make sure this is what I need to replace my lid if the one of the hinges is completely busted (to the point where it wont hold the screws that connect it to the body) ??

    Picture upon request
     
    shadedurza, Jun 12, 2010
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    Yep that'll replace everything on the lid bar the lcd pretty much :)
    You might want to do the epoxy fix on the new one you get as the design is inherently faulty and weak. The post is someone on these forums!
     
    simonmpoulton, Jun 12, 2010
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    bullfights Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yeah check the Epoxy fix, Me and another guy did ours at the same time, and somewhat built a guide, search for hinge repair, unless you already found it. Here's the post:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali.../423760-area-51-m15x-hinge-4.html#post5419050
     
    bullfights, Jul 15, 2010
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