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    How long did your hinge repair last??

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by By ToR, Nov 24, 2006.

  1. By ToR

    By ToR Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi, I finally brought my MX7515 to BestBuy for hinge repair, it also was starting to flicker (all related).
    I went back for my laptop after 2 weeks (was leaving country for 2 weeks) and it was ready...brand new lid and no cracks visible.

    My question now is how much is this going to last? The "original" hinges lasted about 8 months...I am not expecting it would be longer than that though.

    Maybe a poll would help us check how good (or bad) this fix is.... :eek:

    Another thing, besides changing the lid they also changed my DVD-RW drive for a NEW one :confused: . Old one was an HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GCA-4080N and new one is a Toshiba-Samsung (TSST) TS-L532U ....is this one better than the original?? (specs are the same) Did this happen to anyopne else?

    Thanks Guys!!
     
    By ToR, Nov 24, 2006
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    ffolke Newbie

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    After they fixed the hinges, they lasted for only a month.
     
    ffolke, Nov 25, 2006
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    Bamboo One Notebook Consultant

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    I think that mine has been fixed for over six months now with no reappeapance yet.
     
    Bamboo One, Nov 25, 2006
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