The hinges that allow a laptop screen to pivot can work themselves loose over time. Asus laptops have hinges that are screwed into place with bolts th...
Imagine that - a beautifull day, you are sitting comfortaby on the couch, you are opening the laptop lid aaand one of the hinges cracks... What a disaster you think, you have to pay outrageous cost for repair in the laptop service shop...
Apparently, this is a common fault in the otherwise fine Asus U46E-BAL5 laptop. A new display will cost some 350 USD (though the people at Asus say that the problem will likely pop up again, as the problem is on the engineering design). I decided to fix it myself.
This fix worked for part # 3JAT9HATP05 and 3JAT9HATP21. But probably could work for other models. Well like everbody else who has purchased a HP DV9000 laptop, my left hinge has cracked and in doing so, also broke the embedded locknuts in the top LCD cover.
My laptop screen hinges gave out. I came up with this fix which on this site is the first attempt using hot glue. I ultimately used Gorrila Glue ins...
