Clevo 170 SM hinge cracking and pulling on LCD frame

Hi, the hinge to my clevo p170 SM is breaking apart and start to pull the lcd frame apart. How could I fix this..
below is photo

 

My EM one broke - apparently one of the screw holders broke, so the hinge was "floating", eventully causing structural failure, took 4 yrs though.

Had to find a part supplier, bought one, and struggle to unscrew and screw again the new hinge (and glue the screw holder to its place). Worst part was reaching the screws of the base of the hinge.

This is where I got mine: https://www.ipc-computer.de/ (1 x Display-Scharnier - links für Clevo P170EM)

 

Yes, likely the internal metal frame is loose and using the lid as the contact point and putting that stress on it.

 

WOW this is dirty! haven't seen more dirty laptop like EVER!

 

Probably one or more screw standoffs on the bottom case are broken, so like Meaker said, the metal frame is free floating. You'd have to either replace that bottom case assembly, or you can try rigging the standoff(s) back into place using a plastic welder or some kind of epoxy adhesive.

 

Hello, thanks for your guys help. what do you need to do to access and repair the hinge? Just taking off the front bezel? Or is there more? ALso I was curious about the part I should get..Is it this? Or is there a smaller part that I would need?

https://www.sparepartworld.com/notebook-spareparts/sager-notebook/np8278/hinges

http://www.laptopinventory.com/ModelDetail.php/Clevo/P Series/P170SM/LCD Hinge (Left)/40048

 

That would be correct if the hinge is what's broken. It may not be, though (see my previous post). The only way you'll know for sure is to get the top portion of the chassis removed, then inspect where the hinge is secured to the bottom case.

 

My M570TU had this problem and had to replace the chassis. Now my new chassis is also developing the same problem and I have a new chassis on the way. 3rd chassis for this 8.5 years old machine.

 

If the hinge has not broken apart, you just need to take the bezel off and glue the culprit screw. If it has, you have to dissasemble half the chassis to be able to get where the base of the hinge is screwed, and then still struggle a little to reach its screws, to remove and replace with new (and still glue the contact points so it doesn't happen again).

In my case the problem was not in the base, rather one of the contact points in the screen area broke lose, till this developed. That hinge ended up broken into 2

 

is the p170sm-a hinge the same as the p170sm?

So it looks like I'll have to replace the whole left hinge right? What step in the disassembly do you have to get to? By gluing the contact points what do you mean?

 

Yes, whole left hinge. About the version I don't know. Most prolly it's the same, but I'll let someone else chip in.

The base of the hinge is under the loudspeakers' cover, so I had to dissasemble most of the PC in order to get SOME reach. (The Loudspeakers' cover itself cannot be removed, at least that was my case, and it looks pretty much like yours. And I had to carefully separate the outer cover with a flat thing - like if you would open a cellphone cover).

By contact point I'm talking about the place where the screw holder is/was attached to the screen cover. They have these plastic niches that fix the hinge to the screen cover. In my case one of these was broken, leaving the hinge "floating", and not providing proper support, eventually leading to a similar break - In my case, after replacing the hinge I glued the screw into place, replacing the function of the plastic niche into which it was screwed.

You can compare the intact right hinge to the left one, and find out what's different - what caused the damage. I'm sorry I can't explain better, I'm very fluent in English, but I'm currently lacking the words to describe what happened .-. (From the picture I assume that the base itself was properly screwed, and the problem was caused by something else somewhere further up).

I wish you a lot of luck, because it was a pain for me to fix it - only because the hinge is so inconviniently out of reach.

 

Yes the hinge is the same between the models, the service manual should point you in the right direction, it's certainly out there for this model.

Also that kind of metal fatigue is very odd to see :s

Also with that level of dust make sure the heatsinks have been well cleaned.

 

okay how do you access the hinge itself? The speaker doesn't seem to be fastened by screws and the manual just talks about remove the Everything but the stuff that seems to be blocking the hinge. Nothing on YT or Google either it seems

 

The bar across the top should lift up, then you will need to pretty much take it apart IIRC.

 

I removed the bar on top and I removed the keyboard and bezel on the screen. The speaker grill seems to be a solid piece of plastic covering the entire top of the computer underneath the keyboard. What else would I need to do to remove it? Do I have to remove the GPU and CPU?

 

Alright without enough detail looks like I can't proceed any further. I went as far as the service guide said but something is still gripping the top cover in places where I've completely removed the screws. It doesn't want to simply lift off like the guide indicates. The guide implies you don't have to remove the gpu and cpu but screws 17 and 19 appear to be right underneath them. Some of the cabling also appears to be near impossible to remove like the small keyboard cable that every video I see people lever off effortlessly has no place to grip and attempting the same thing causes the screwdriver to slip in dangerous directions

 

If you are getting out of your depth I would take it to a repair shop to take it from there rather than risking damage to the unit.

 

Tried that, the repair guy recommended that I attempt to fix it myself. :/

 

See if you can find a better shop as they should be chomping at the bit for that kind of stuff.

 

Sounds like a job for JB weld. The stuff does wonders for nonstructural laptop hinges. Just use some painters tape to "form" the angles. Remove tape after 24-36hrs and sand or file to your liking. Black sharpie will work for paint

PS: I actually stripped my chainsaw spark plug threads once by using an impact driver to tighten a spark plug (duhhhh), the stripped hole was too big for a Helicoil/threaded insert. I globbed JB weld into the stripped hole as a last resort. After it set I tapped the spark plug threads and it's been working for years!! Thats incrediable given the heat and pressure cycles the saw sees!!!

 

You would need to take the hinges off to work on them anyway

 

No you don't need to remove this things. Basically you disassemble until you reach a point where it's possible to lift (but not remove) those things that obstruct just enought to insert the screwdriver to be able unscrew the base.

The keyboard though, that you need to remove as it's diffcult to work with it on the way.

 

Alright the hinge failed again in the exact same place. Since I don't feel like going through the trouble of disassembling the computer again I was thinking about simply sawing through the funky pyramid covering and make some sort of modular cover. Anybody have experience as to the best tool to use to do this or how to best make it a refastenable cover?