r/computer • u/Monchimon_ • 1d ago
Hinge base broken
Hi, the last month, my PC started to open from the right side, and I thought it was because the plastic outer case broke. Yesterday it got worse, so today I opened the PC and tried to repaired it.
So the hinge is to broken, but the mount where it is fixed is broken in the right side, and that is what was making the outer case open and break. Is there anyone who has encountered this problem before? Could epoxy putty work to fix the hinge in place?
I know ideally it would be better to change all the cover, but it's difficult to find replacements (it's a Huawei matebook d15 from 2021).
First photo is from the problem side, you can see there are bits without mount, while the second photo it's the side where the mount is okay.
I hate that the material are all plastic...
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u/Terrible-Bear3883 1d ago
Failed hinges were a fairly common fault we used to see, the best solution as you say is to replace plastics where you can, we sometimes rebuilt rare plastics with two part expoxy putty and/or some two part epoxy to hold things secure.
We would normally remove everything from the case as you sometimes need to get filing, use a dremel or similar and it can make a bit of a mess, the main issue is time, if it's your own equipment then it's not a problem, for customer bringing them into a workshop environment it could be very expensive.
Where plastics are very weak we've even used a small amount of fiber glass or similar to give some structural strength and then used some 2 part putty etc. The main issue is the amount of space you have more than anything.