Fixable?

broosten · 06-02-2008, 05:27 PM

My beloved iBook G4 fell from a height of about 4 feet a couple of weeks, it landed screen and keyboard facing down, and since then it wont close and the hinge falls back (like I would be reading and the screen will slowly fall into a 150 degree angle. I was wondering if it is possible to fix without any new parts, like just opening it and moving the pieces around. Here are some pictures of the damage:

Any help would be extremely appreciated!

**grimx133** · 06-02-2008, 06:19 PM

My granddaughter's HP has sloppy hinges and the screen won't stay in place. I've searched and everything I've found has only one solution, hinge replacement. Which sucks as it looks like they are generally around 70 bucks. So, she just props it up, maybe I'll pick up a hinge for her birthday.

06-02-2008, 05:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
broosten Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Maine, USA Posts: 23 OS: Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2, Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.7, Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope	Fixable? My beloved iBook G4 fell from a height of about 4 feet a couple of weeks, it landed screen and keyboard facing down, and since then it wont close and the hinge falls back (like I would be reading and the screen will slowly fall into a 150 degree angle. I was wondering if it is possible to fix without any new parts, like just opening it and moving the pieces around. Here are some pictures of the damage: Any help would be extremely appreciated! __________________ Proud Apple Fanboy.

06-02-2008, 06:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
grimx133 Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada eh Posts: 3,121 OS: xp mce sp2, xp pro sp2, windows 7 beta My System	Re: Fixable? My granddaughter's HP has sloppy hinges and the screen won't stay in place. I've searched and everything I've found has only one solution, hinge replacement. Which sucks as it looks like they are generally around 70 bucks. So, she just props it up, maybe I'll pick up a hinge for her birthday.