What is this part in an Acer 5100

Weanuts · 04-24-2009, 09:45 AM

Might someone tell me where this came from? I found it floating inside the case.

I don't know if it is my doing or my grandsons doing. It is shaped like this: two flanges, 90 degrees to one another, 1 hole in a flange that is rounded, that flange is bent at 45 degrees to the other , the second flange is half as thick as the first, and is approximately 5/16 long. the longest distance between two points is approximately 1/2 inch.

dai · 04-24-2009, 10:39 AM

post a picture

Weanuts · 04-28-2009, 01:19 PM

My apologies for taking so long to repost. I have never posted a picture on the net. Could someone please help? I have a .jpeg image but??

**TriggerFinger** · 04-28-2009, 03:34 PM

It looks like a part of the hinge... a broken part perhaps.

Weanuts · 04-28-2009, 05:16 PM

I wish it was, but, there are no signs of breaks or solder points on the component. It is not discolored either. The only real distinguishing point is a knife edge on one edge.

thanks for input though

04-24-2009, 09:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
Weanuts Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 14 OS: xp-2	What is this part in an Acer 5100 Might someone tell me where this came from? I found it floating inside the case. I don't know if it is my doing or my grandsons doing. It is shaped like this: two flanges, 90 degrees to one another, 1 hole in a flange that is rounded, that flange is bent at 45 degrees to the other , the second flange is half as thick as the first, and is approximately 5/16 long. the longest distance between two points is approximately 1/2 inch.

04-24-2009, 10:39 AM	#2 (permalink)
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TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,847 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: What is this part in an Acer 5100 It looks like a part of the hinge... a broken part perhaps. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

04-28-2009, 05:16 PM	#5 (permalink)
Weanuts Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 14 OS: xp-2	Re: What is this part in an Acer 5100 I wish it was, but, there are no signs of breaks or solder points on the component. It is not discolored either. The only real distinguishing point is a knife edge on one edge. thanks for input though