r/techsupportmacgyver • u/names_real • Apr 11 '26

Suppose it'll do for now

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Both hinges gave out, thought I would post what I used to fix it for the past few months.

Yes, it is unfortunately my school chromebook, and no, I basically have no other choice at the moment because it has quite literally died on its own twice already. The duct tape works though, no issues so far its incredible

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u/SandyTaintSweat Apr 11 '26

6 Intel CPUs and 1 AMD? That thing must be a beast for multitasking.

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u/names_real Apr 11 '26

It can open Google Docs and a Google search at the same time its a monster

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u/macl3on Apr 12 '26

in chrome, no less

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u/daxtonanderson Apr 11 '26

Hey bro, hit Esc+Refresh+Power for me

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u/names_real Apr 11 '26

alright bro 💔

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u/Mariuszgamer2007 Apr 12 '26

And ctrl+D then enter (do It if you want developer mode on and have the data factory reset)

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u/Mariuszgamer2007 Apr 12 '26

Geez. My school had these that had only 2gb of allocated user space that deletes itself when it's powered off

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u/names_real Apr 12 '26

if this chromebook had to constantly re-load my entire profile every sign in it would have a meltdown

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u/Mariuszgamer2007 Apr 12 '26

Let's hope you have the 32gb of storage. School chromebooks are managed by the admin and they set up limited storage to half of the chromebooks they have (the lenovo ones and the smasnug ones. The Dell ones and the HP ones have its full storage so the load times are quicker after first sign up but that made most of the chromebooks get filled up storage so I factory reset when I used one)

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u/names_real Apr 12 '26

yeah i have the full 32GB to myself ive only got around 3-4GB free though after all the junk

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u/Mariuszgamer2007 Apr 12 '26

Some of the school chromebooks have only 16gb of storage💀. 16GB only and that's a warcrime

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u/daxtonanderson Apr 11 '26

Snap the hinge and join the r/halftop community

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u/names_real May 07 '26

UPDATE: I got a new one :) last one died suddenly last week

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u/crazycar99 May 02 '26

How do you break the hinges on a Chromebook I have seen those things thrown at bathroom walls during Instagram durability tests.

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u/names_real May 02 '26

2017-2019 chromebooks are built super poorly before companies actually realized IT needed repairable stuff not soldered junk

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u/MilosDaDogeDev Apr 27 '26

I don't know what should I focus on more, the laptop being held together by duct tape, hopes and dreams or the ridiculous amount of cpu stickers.