Comments on: DELLicious

By: Gloria

Gloria — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:49:50 +0000

i am having a similar problem .. the flat piece on the hinge is sticking out forward , so the cover wont stay on because the flat piece is in the way. any help please ??!?!

By: bingobob

bingobob — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 09:46:34 +0000

OMG…this EXACT problem has happened on my Dell…

Bastard hinge on the right has snapped. looks exactly like the top picture…I will try and find some suitable metal.

Also looked on ebay for some hinges.

By: Ciru

Ciru — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 09:42:03 +0000

i thot these on the fly imagineerings only happen on TV! That’s trés cool dude

By: Primitive Engineering » DELLicious // Hinge Repair

Primitive Engineering » DELLicious // Hinge Repair — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 10:20:46 +0000

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By: Terminally Incoherent » Blog Archive » Wifi at Starbucks

Terminally Incoherent » Blog Archive » Wifi at Starbucks — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 18:28:26 +0000

[...] I usually do not use Wifi in coffee shops. I get in, get my caffeine and get out. But this time I had some time to kill and so I figured I might as well use it. Too bad they have the retarded T-Mobile deal. And if that wasn’t bad enough, one of the hinges on my laptop broke. I might need to replace the whole display or just do what this guy did. Anyways, I totally blame the god damned baristas for this. Not that they had anything to do with it – it’s just that their job title annoys me. [...]

By: kikuyumoja

kikuyumoja — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:38:07 +0000

I’ve meanwhile sold the DELL for something like EUR 200,- to a relative.
==> The bottom line: taking this machine apart and repairing it gave me a good insight into DELL’s (older) notebooks and what it’s all about.

By: iPodium

iPodium — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 22:59:53 +0000

Completelly idiot.
can be caution before, to not brocken the laptop

By: Pencilneck

Pencilneck — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 19:34:52 +0000

I had a Dell C800 in which the hinges would no longer hold the screen up, it would move freely, thus I’d have to keep on hand on the screen to keep it from flopping over one way or the other.

I fixed it by taking the hinge pins out and turning them around and then stuffing them back together. The pins are splined on one end, so stuff the splined part into the piece that didn’t have the splined part stuffed into it. The screen wasn’t as tight as a new hinge asm, but good enough to keep the screen at a viewable angle.

By: M

Sat, 10 Jun 2006 17:15:58 +0000

Now, if only i could fix an dead IBM T-21 screen with a tusker bottle top and a tin of biscuits! This is a true definition of the term dilemma. A new screen’s cost is so steep as to have one wonder if it is worth it!

Still, even if she’s blind, she runs like a charm on Fedora …

By: kikuyumoja

kikuyumoja — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 00:33:32 +0000

@Johnny: I might be taking this notebook back to Kenya later on this year – still need to exchange two empty cells in the battery pack though.

@Mental: Kubuntu is just a temporary solution as I wanted to see its perfomance on that machine. Still haven’t tested the modem (winmodem?) so sijui if it works.

@All: thx, comments are always appreciated! I’ll use some WD-40 on the hinges or might also try some graphite powder.

Makes me think of another jua kali solution that I’ll need to blog soon…