Dell e1505 hinge to screen assembly

I have been having a problem with my Dell e1505 hinge assembly. I have seen a lot of problems with this online. The specific problem that I am having does not appear to be caused by a bad hinge. It actually has to do with the piece that connects the hinge to the screen.

A screw goes through the side of this piece and it holds the side of the screen down. When i try to close the screen, it seems like the screen rotates on this screw when the screw should be causing the hinge to rotate instead.

In other words, the screen rotates but the hinge doesn't. What can I do to fix this? I already replaced the hinge hoping it would help a bit but it didn't. Now I want to replace the part that connects the hinge to the screen but I don't know what it's called or where to find it.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Robert

 

what element are you referring to?

use this link as a reference
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins6400/en/sm/display.htm#wp1022270

 

I think I know exactly what you are talking about.
I have the E1505, and I believe you are referring to the small die cast aluminum pieces, which are riveted to the backing of the screen. They than atach to the hinges
The pressure rivets are not very good, and they actually come loose pretty easily.
I have a picture of the inside of my E1505 lid, if you look at the bottom of the picture, you can see that on the right, the cast piece is their, but on the left side it is missing.



Is this what you are talking about?

K-TRON

 

Yes, that is exactly what I am talking about. The backing for the screen just doesn't seem to attach to it very well so when the screen turns, the little part doesn't.

 

well, I have the same problem, except when I went to fix it, I lost the small die cast piece, so time for me to make one.

Well if you still have the piece, you will need to reattach it to the metal backing of the plastic lid. It is normally attached by three small rivets. What you need to do, is get a good glue, like j.b.weld for steel, and than glue it down really well to the back of the lid.
Than you need to make sure to screw in the small screw which screws through the ridge of the lid, to that small metal piece. (Make sure its tight, so that the piece does not budge). Than let the glue dry, and than in about a day, the glue should be completely solid, and that should fix the problem.
The only other way to fix it, is to drill a hole through the rivet hole, all the way through the plastic lid, and using small nut and bolts to hold the piece on.

Or you can just buy another replacement lid through Dell, I cant imagine them costing a lot of money.

K-TRON

 

That sounds like a really good solution. I will have to try that this weekend. Thanks. You are a life saver. I'm actually going to have to do it to both sides because one side is completely screwed and the other side is starting to become loose.

Robert

 

now I understand what you were tolking about. The solution proposed by K-tron should work

 

Hi - Not sure if any of you will read this thread again, but just in case. I have the same problem - now i just need to know if that metal bit that you are talking about (in the bottom left of the picture) is actually part of the lid "part".
(so i bought the lid from dell, it would arrive with that part on)

Thanks!

 

The part which is missing in my picture will come with your lid.

The metal piece provides a means for screwing the hinge to the lid.

K-TRON

 

K-TRON - Thanks so much! you have saved me another hour of googling!
Much appreciate the quick answer

 

I am glad I could help.
That small piece of metal is riveted to the lid. So it must come with the lid. Their is no way Dell can expect people to rivet their lid together

Good luck,

K-TRON

 

This is awesome, now I can fix the hinges on my mom's XPS m140, the screen flops back and forth for about an inch right now.

Greg

 

Help please. On my Dell E1505, my attempted 'weld' of the die cast piece didn't hold so I ended up drilling through and fastening with a small double bolt/screw. All works great except occassionally when the screen is tilted or bumped, it goes blank. A little tilt back and forth usually brings it back on, but sometimes the laptop must be restarted for the screen to come back on. This may be some kind of loose connection? Can it be disabled? I understand this may be some kind of magnet near the right hinge.