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5920g hinge help

post #1 of 17
2/15/09 at 10:59pm
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I have a 5920g computer which I adore, sadly we always hurt the ones we love, I dropped it and broke the right hinge, because of that the plastic frame of the monitor ripped 2. It still works perfectly fine, but its annoying as hell to watch my lappy like this all the time. I called acer, and found a provider who can repair it for 400 dlrs (I payed 1000 dlrs for the lap) so well, its seem outrageous to me paying 40% of the total price for a hinge replace.

Anyway, I found the hinge and the other parts on Ebay singapore, for less tan 100 dlrs. So, heres my question, does anyone know how hard is it to replace this parts, I am a mildy medium kinda handy guy, with some hardware skills. So anyone know if this is hard, is there a guide around that can show me the process, or should I just pay the 400 dlrs and get this thing done.

Any help will be appreciated.
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post #2 of 17
2/15/09 at 11:07pm
You probably can get to the hinges by removing the LCD. Try using this guide as reference and see.

http://www.lcds4less.com/laptop-lcd-...ructions.shtml

cheers ...
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post #3 of 17
2/16/09 at 3:28am
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In case someone is interested I found a link with the diagrams and assembly instructions here, as soon as I get the parts Ill try to do it myself and Ill post the result, maybe someone will find my story helpful. Heres the link http://www.zimbio.com/MP3+Free++Down...SERVICE+REPAIR
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post #4 of 17
2/16/09 at 1:11pm
The link supplied for the service manual download lets you download the .rar file, but you require a password to open it. Tried several free .rar file readers and all would not open the file without a password
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post #5 of 17
2/16/09 at 1:27pm
^^ thanks for the headup Saugen. Saving me a "trip" to try out

cheers ...
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post #6 of 17
2/16/09 at 7:15pm
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The password is right there, in the same page, I already opened the file and its good. In case you missed it, heres the pasword: printer1.blogspot.com

Hope it helps
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post #7 of 17
2/16/09 at 8:33pm
Roger that, must have missed that
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post #8 of 17
2/16/09 at 11:14pm
this unit is fairly difficult for a novice. i would recommend paying the $400.
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post #9 of 17
2/17/09 at 2:33pm
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Originally Posted by Vendetta View Post
The password is right there, in the same page, I already opened the file and its good. In case you missed it, heres the pasword: printer1.blogspot.com

Hope it helps
sure did

cheers ...
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post #10 of 17
2/19/09 at 11:07pm
Call Acer
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post #11 of 17
2/24/09 at 10:05pm
fyi
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post #12 of 17
2/25/09 at 12:01am
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Originally Posted by gatewayacertech View Post
Call Acer

Um.. I already did, thats kinda point here lol
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post #13 of 17
2/26/09 at 10:36pm
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Originally Posted by Vendetta View Post
Um.. I already did, thats kinda point here lol
Wella, I originally posted some valuable information, but a higher up at Acer private messaged me and told me to edit the info. Sorry about that, honesty is the best policy, but job security is important to me.
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post #14 of 17
2/26/09 at 10:40pm
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Originally Posted by gatewayacertech View Post
Wella, I originally posted some valuable information, but a higher up at Acer private messaged me and told me to edit the info. Sorry about that, honesty is the best policy, but job security is important to me.

AWWWW well ty anyway, im still waiting for the parts to arrive, Ill post the results, hope everything works alright
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post #15 of 17
2/26/09 at 10:44pm
It's not that hard, I can help you with the finer points of the installation so that nothing breaks.
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post #16 of 17
2/26/09 at 10:45pm
What parts did you order?
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post #17 of 17
4/22/09 at 11:21pm
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ok, heres an update, I received my parts last week, opened the assembly PDF I posted a few months ago, and got to work, I was half the way of completly unassembling the whole thing ( I really thought this needed to be done) when I realized, you just need to unscrew a few stuff from the back specially where the battery is and the LCD, after realizing this, it took me less than 5 min to replace the hinge, extremely easy job. Now putting all the stuff togetehr that was another story lol, I still have a few screws left, I have no idea where did they belong lol.

Anyway learn from my mistakes, u just need to take off the bezel of the screen and the plate that has the on/off button, on top of the keyboard.

Hope this helps someone
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