Such an underrated youtuber right here. Thanks for saving us a couple of bucks by letting us not to go to the repair shop. All i can do back in return is to not skip any ads from your videos.
Your approach is excellent; you are attacking the source of the problem. I have watched several videos in RUclips on "Hinge issue", however, so far I have seen one video other than yours, which indicated to adjust the screws. Wish you all the best!!!
I appreciate this video because I am having THE EXACT SAME ISSUE with my HP laptop and this helped me so much! Thank you from 2021! Your video is GOLD! Shame on Lenovo AND HP!
Excellent demonstration emphasizing critical points what to watch out for. Even though I have a different laptop, your video gives insight to work on my laptop. I liked your video. Thank you for your time in making the video and explaining every detail. Also thanks for sharing.
Thank you for saving my laptop۔ My laptop hinge was broken ۔I got it repaired at hp service centre but it lasted for a month or so because the hinge was tight ۔ The service people said the base has to be changed costing 4000 INR۔ and that is not available at present۔ After seeing your video I did it myself ۔ I loosened the hinge and put some elfie۔ Now it works like a charm۔ Thank you۔
I have owned two Lenovo laptops now and both times the hinges were problematic and broke the plastic. I didn't realise what the issue was, thanks for this!
@@UltimateDIY It's great thanks! Can I ask a question please, what to do when the screws won't come out of the laptop? I have a laptop I'd like to repair the hinges. But I can't get 2 of the screws out. They are in so tight, they will break the screwdriver or the screw before I can get it out, so I always leave it. Any ideas please? thanks :)
I believe those hinges are designed to self-tighten, since if they didn't, they would become loose after a while. Today I stumbled upon a hinge model that didn't have a way to adjust, on a Asus X401u. It came to me already with the case broken and lube didn't resolve the problem. But on laptops that weren't broken yet, your tutorial is spot on. Nowadays I advise people that if they have to pry open the lid with two hands, their laptop need a hinge adjustment ASAP, before the inevitable "crack!" sound is heard.
Problem with hinges starts when you open the lid in one corner. Always keep opening the laptop lid in the middle. That way both hinges can stay in better condition for longer.
This is my daughter third laptop and she put a tape in the middle to open it but after three years, the hinges still stuck and break. Suck, I think the manufacture should try a better way to do it.
That's not always the case. My laptop, Lenovo Ideapad 5 had a hinge issue. I used it for just 5 months. I was always very careful and opened the laptop only from the middle with both hands holding the bottom part in place, yet the hinge broke from the laptop and pushed the bezels out. This was a known issue with this laptop model. I got it fixed under warranty. They just designed it badly.
Wish I saw this before I brought my laptop to the repair shop and wasted 100 euro's, just for them to make it worse! The bezel of my laptop broke, so they used glue to glue it back up and charged me 100 euros for it, and then out of ''kindness'' loosened my laptop hinges. It ended up being so lose that just slightly tilting my laptop by picking it up, would make the screen fall back immediately and heavily! Then they ''fixed it'' free of charge, and ended up tightening it WAY too much even though I specified to only tighten it so it doesn't keep falling when I move. Now it physically feels very heavy to open back up now. I'm gonna try and find some good grease for hinges first and try this out myself, thanks for the video! Hope it works.
I do the same with my ThinkPad T460, just a 30 minutes ago. Loosen the hinge about 45 degree, and now very smooth, I can open the display wiith 1 finger and 1 finger holding. I love my ThinkPad, its a classic laptop with strong durability, except the hinge design will be the problem if to tight. NB: I'm using singer oil, an industrial oil with cheap price.
This is great. I currently have this problem with my laptop and unfortunately for me it has reached a point whereby its not closing anymore and it has eventually damaged the front casing of my laptop just like u said. I think Ill try this out to fix my laptop, Thank you so much for the info and please keep more of this content coming.
Very True. Lenovo has a problem with their Hinges. I am here because it happened to me last night. I bought a new Laptop base, but suddenly I started thinking why did my old case crack in the first place. When I observed the Hinges, they were too tight. The reason could be exactly the same as you mentioned. Oils get dried up because of Heat in that area. Thank you for the Video.
Thank you so much for the helpful information. My lenovo legion 7i just reached that point yesterday. I thought it was my fault becuase I have the habit of opening the laptop from the left corner and that stressed the right hinge. But I think your point about heat drying out the oils and the hinges being far tighter that they are meant to be, is a great point!
It's very intresting how old laptops never had this problem, the hinge in my new lenovo just broke. Anyways thanks for your torturing I'll go and give it a try👍
Agreed. Laptops back in the day were built like tanks. Heck my old Sony Vaio laptop which I still use as a desktop replacement still opens and shuts just like new. My new Samsung laptop hinge broke in just a year. I’m curious if MacBook hinges break. I’ve never heard of them breaking.
There is a 5mm hex on the end of hinge bolt. A tubular key for 5mm hex is much better than pliers as you observed. Unfortunatley usually the end is peened on the nut. So the nut can't untighten more. A trick is to tigten the nut (and this will free the nut in rotation) then untighten all the way you can and repeat a couple-a dozen of times. This will loosen the nut eventualy a bit. (basicly forcing the nut out will lightly unpean the end of the bolt). Also by tightening more you will squish the friction plates more maybe making them a bit thinner so when nut is undone to previous location it will loosen.
@@UltimateDIY Thank you. Right now i'm rebuilding standoffs for a laptop. Hinge mount on case is complettly broke, all threaded inserts are ripped off. I'm using acetone, 3dpen with ABS filament, and epoxy fill to reinforce all the ribs around the remanents of the standoffs. Also went and looned the hinges.. this is why i was on your video. Thanks for the info you provided in the video.
great video! however, I would like to say not to use silicone grease as its application is for o-rings only. for metal on metal like a hinge, I would suggest using white lithium grease.
@@UltimateDIY You won't believe - it just worked :) - it was an old Thinkpad E580 - it couldnt close normally till the end. Unfortunatelly hinge's nuts are locked like rivet, but i managed to make like quarter of turn and it became a bit loose. Now its perfectly closing, saving some bucks :) for new hinges. Thank you again, you are genius.
awesome video, but with thinkpads or at least with the older models, it's kinda uncommon to hear any hinge problem with them, it's because the hinge mounts are usually molded to a big piece that mounted to a big surface of the body instead of using brass nuts that welded to fragile plastics. But only on higher end thinkpads tho, my brother's x240 do have a big piece of magnesium but my lower end e330 uses the brass mounts that recently broke off
super useful thanks! I used motor oil. Have to see how it goes. curious about the mechanical engineering aspect of this though. How the metal springs/washers actually work.
Man I broke all the standoff mounts, rebuilt them with abs thinking it was cheap plastic, then on the first try broke them and the shell again. All I needed to do was loosen the damn hinges!!
bardzo dobry film wiele się nauczyłem dzięki niemu mój stary laptop pozostał w całości , co prawda na zawiasach poleciały 2 śrubki po jednej na zawias ale dało sie uratować regulacja i działają zawiaski pięknie
I was so afraid to take my laptop apart. The left corner has broken off from the keyboard due to a tight hinge and flimsy outer casing. Unfortunately I have to take so many screws out and undo the cables to screen to access the hinge!! After all my efforts I couldn't find a 4.5mm socket anywhere 5mm and 4mm didn't fit. So I'll head to the shop to get one and hopefully everything will be in working order. Toshiba Satellite L50-C-12V By any chance, do you know where I could get extra screws? 🤔
I have a dell 7368 laptop/tablet hinge. But the swivel is inside an oval connecting piece which goes from keyboard to monitor (so it can fold all the way backwards). It's too tight. Any ideas?
I'm assuming this doesn't work with convertible laptops? The hinges on those have two mounting points. One to mounts the hinge to the chassis, and another to the screen. You can't loosen the latter because it's hidden in the screen panel. Only loosening the former is a recipe for disaster because you'll introduce even more imbalances.
I have a laptop that has exactly this problem. Tried to fix this by loosening the nut and giving it lube, however this has only worked for the left hinge, the right one is still just as stiff.
Hello sir I want to use my laptop without without a screen My laptop display is broken and it is costly to get get new display so I decided to use a external monitor which is which is cheaper to as compared to the laptop display replacement
I want to use a external monitor using HDMI port and I want to completely dismantle the display rotation part is it possible to do that I have same type of laptop rotation hinch that shown in this video 14:48 I think it is possible 17:59 I have similar tool box at home I think I can do that at my home
If the plastic where that metal piece is screwed is not very good/solid, it breaks all the time... They should make it stronger! It's a critical part... Isn't there a better way to loosen that nut? It's just too thin and it's REALLY hard to move it with pliers...
The should, but then why would we buy new laptops? There is no better way to loosen the nut. Your only luck would be if some hex wrench would fit in there.
I'm watching this right after breaking my laptop hinges half hour before....😐 Wish I could've seen this a while ago so that I could've prevented my mistake 😕
Oh so it was a 5mm. I tried doing it with long nose pliers but damn was that hard. It also slips a lot and I'm afraid I might accidentally hit something.
Good day sir. The laptop I'm using now is the same model as yours but it seems that the hinges were moved to the screen and it was stuck up so I cannot close the laptop. Do you have any tips or vids on how do I fix this? Thank you in advance
this happen to me now 😩. why Lenovo... why? X1 yoga and the right hinge is sooo tight, cracked the cover. How to do this without taking off the screen panel?
is it normal for laptop lids to bounce a little like at 24:47-24:50? the laptop company told me my new laptop was loose because mine bounces a little too like this. and they told me it was a human damage instead of a natural device fault when I'd only been using it for less than 3 days. was that sound advice?
Thanks for the reply! Without wanting to come off as entitled or obligating you to look at it, I've posted a video of it closing and opening (bouncing is more pronounced in the closing video). I tried posting the RUclips shorts links here but for some reason they keep disappearing.. if they disappear again, they're in my channel's 1st 2 Shorts section. It'd be great if you could have a look! if not, it's totally fine too. Again, thanks for your advice!
Depends what failed. The hinge itself.is hard to fix and probably needs replacing. The case is fixable if you have all the screw domes: ruclips.net/video/d6kbjCFCge0/видео.html
Hey! I have a massive similar problem with my HP pavilion gaming laptop and i wanted to know if i can contact you directly somehow! Please let me know if possible ❤️
I have Lenovo ideapad 330 and 5 months ago I had to fix my hinges.Black plastic around the screen was separating and I could not close laptop normal.I fixed that and now it happens again.How could they make that soo bad?What can I do to stop that for happen again?I can not every 5 months take my laptop to servis.
Hey brother i have hear some cracking noise from the hinges in this video is this normal due to the plastic built… because i am facing same cracking noise in my laptop .. would you plzz help… I would be very thankful
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nice
Such an underrated youtuber right here. Thanks for saving us a couple of bucks by letting us not to go to the repair shop. All i can do back in return is to not skip any ads from your videos.
Thank you! I really appreciate it!
I wish I could have find this vid earlier. I broke my hinge standoffs and now I am watching this 😓
That sucks :(
You can try and glue them back on:
ruclips.net/video/d6kbjCFCge0/видео.html
me too.
@@UltimateDIY i tried glueing it looks ugly now and the screen does not close completely there is a. Little gap now. It sucks
@@abhaykshirsagar1166 Me too, It really sucks having this issue.
Mor b asus ta hing kharap hei jaichi 😂😂😂😂😂
Your approach is excellent; you are attacking the source of the problem. I have watched several videos in RUclips on "Hinge issue", however, so far I have seen one video other than yours, which indicated to adjust the screws. Wish you all the best!!!
✌🏼
I appreciate this video because I am having THE EXACT SAME ISSUE with my HP laptop and this helped me so much! Thank you from 2021! Your video is GOLD! Shame on Lenovo AND HP!
Glad my video helped.
Excellent demonstration emphasizing critical points what to watch out for. Even though I have a different laptop, your video gives insight to work on my laptop. I liked your video. Thank you for your time in making the video and explaining every detail. Also thanks for sharing.
Glad my video helps. Thank you for watching!
Thank you for saving my laptop۔ My laptop hinge was broken ۔I got it repaired at hp service centre but it lasted for a month or so because the hinge was tight ۔ The service people said the base has to be changed costing 4000 INR۔ and that is not available at present۔ After seeing your video I did it myself ۔ I loosened the hinge and put some elfie۔ Now it works like a charm۔ Thank you۔
Welcome! Glad my video helped :)
I wish that I would of found your video sooner. Thank you for sharing. I appreciated the up close detail!
Thank you for watching!
I have owned two Lenovo laptops now and both times the hinges were problematic and broke the plastic. I didn't realise what the issue was, thanks for this!
Glad my video helps :)
@@UltimateDIY It's great thanks! Can I ask a question please, what to do when the screws won't come out of the laptop? I have a laptop I'd like to repair the hinges. But I can't get 2 of the screws out. They are in so tight, they will break the screwdriver or the screw before I can get it out, so I always leave it. Any ideas please? thanks :)
No real alternatives here. Force them out or drill trough them.
@@UltimateDIY okay thank you :) I love your channel and help, have subbed
@@angelkotilainen Buy a new pair of hinges. Ebay , Taobao, Amazon or some other way you can get it.
Very helpful video for avoiding broken covers and hinges on any laptop. Video very well made and easy to follow along.
Glad it was helpful!
I believe those hinges are designed to self-tighten, since if they didn't, they would become loose after a while.
Today I stumbled upon a hinge model that didn't have a way to adjust, on a Asus X401u. It came to me already with the case broken and lube didn't resolve the problem.
But on laptops that weren't broken yet, your tutorial is spot on. Nowadays I advise people that if they have to pry open the lid with two hands, their laptop need a hinge adjustment ASAP, before the inevitable "crack!" sound is heard.
That is a 100% solid advice!
Problem with hinges starts when you open the lid in one corner. Always keep opening the laptop lid in the middle. That way both hinges can stay in better condition for longer.
Yes, that helps 👍🏻
so i gotta assume my brother opens my laptop on the left corner and it broke
This is my daughter third laptop and she put a tape in the middle to open it but after three years, the hinges still stuck and break. Suck, I think the manufacture should try a better way to do it.
That's not always the case. My laptop, Lenovo Ideapad 5 had a hinge issue. I used it for just 5 months. I was always very careful and opened the laptop only from the middle with both hands holding the bottom part in place, yet the hinge broke from the laptop and pushed the bezels out. This was a known issue with this laptop model. I got it fixed under warranty. They just designed it badly.
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Wish I saw this before I brought my laptop to the repair shop and wasted 100 euro's, just for them to make it worse! The bezel of my laptop broke, so they used glue to glue it back up and charged me 100 euros for it, and then out of ''kindness'' loosened my laptop hinges. It ended up being so lose that just slightly tilting my laptop by picking it up, would make the screen fall back immediately and heavily! Then they ''fixed it'' free of charge, and ended up tightening it WAY too much even though I specified to only tighten it so it doesn't keep falling when I move. Now it physically feels very heavy to open back up now. I'm gonna try and find some good grease for hinges first and try this out myself, thanks for the video! Hope it works.
Welcome! Hope you manage to fix it.
I do the same with my ThinkPad T460, just a 30 minutes ago.
Loosen the hinge about 45 degree, and now very smooth, I can open the display wiith 1 finger and 1 finger holding.
I love my ThinkPad, its a classic laptop with strong durability, except the hinge design will be the problem if to tight.
NB: I'm using singer oil, an industrial oil with cheap price.
Nice. Glad it worked for you 👍🏼
This is great. I currently have this problem with my laptop and unfortunately for me it has reached a point whereby its not closing anymore and it has eventually damaged the front casing of my laptop just like u said. I think Ill try this out to fix my laptop, Thank you so much for the info and please keep more of this content coming.
Glad my videos help :)
Thank's for a very well made and informative tutorial. It helped me a lot !!!
You are welcome!
Very True. Lenovo has a problem with their Hinges. I am here because it happened to me last night. I bought a new Laptop base, but suddenly I started thinking why did my old case crack in the first place. When I observed the Hinges, they were too tight. The reason could be exactly the same as you mentioned. Oils get dried up because of Heat in that area. Thank you for the Video.
Welcome!
Up close clear view hands on
jeez, all my laptops have the same problem with hinge after a year or two.
exactly after two years mine was broken.
My old dell laptops hinges were made of plastic so it never had this problem.
Thank you so much for the helpful information. My lenovo legion 7i just reached that point yesterday. I thought it was my fault becuase I have the habit of opening the laptop from the left corner and that stressed the right hinge. But I think your point about heat drying out the oils and the hinges being far tighter that they are meant to be, is a great point!
Welcome!
Thanks dude, you help me a lot. I hope you Will happy forever after
Welcome! I hope you will also be always happy! ✌🏼
Brilliant video, Excellent advise.
Glad I could help 👍🏻
Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks 😀
Welcome!
Just the video I needed! Thank you SO much for sharing this.
Welcome!
Excellent. Thank you very much.
Welcome!
It's very intresting how old laptops never had this problem, the hinge in my new lenovo just broke. Anyways thanks for your torturing I'll go and give it a try👍
Sadly new laptops are way more fragile.
Agreed. Laptops back in the day were built like tanks. Heck my old Sony Vaio laptop which I still use as a desktop replacement still opens and shuts just like new. My new Samsung laptop hinge broke in just a year. I’m curious if MacBook hinges break. I’ve never heard of them breaking.
Sadly, everything is built to lower standards these days...
No idea about MacBook hinges.
Very useful video. thanks for sharing. liked & subscribed.
Welcome and thank you!
There is a 5mm hex on the end of hinge bolt. A tubular key for 5mm hex is much better than pliers as you observed. Unfortunatley usually the end is peened on the nut. So the nut can't untighten more.
A trick is to tigten the nut (and this will free the nut in rotation) then untighten all the way you can and repeat a couple-a dozen of times. This will loosen the nut eventualy a bit. (basicly forcing the nut out will lightly unpean the end of the bolt).
Also by tightening more you will squish the friction plates more maybe making them a bit thinner so when nut is undone to previous location it will loosen.
Thanks for the info 👍🏻
@@UltimateDIY Thank you. Right now i'm rebuilding standoffs for a laptop. Hinge mount on case is complettly broke, all threaded inserts are ripped off. I'm using acetone, 3dpen with ABS filament, and epoxy fill to reinforce all the ribs around the remanents of the standoffs. Also went and looned the hinges.. this is why i was on your video.
Thanks for the info you provided in the video.
Welcome and good luck with the fix 👍🏻
great video! however, I would like to say not to use silicone grease as its application is for o-rings only. for metal on metal like a hinge, I would suggest using white lithium grease.
Thank you for this info!
Thank you for the suggestion. I was about to replace the hinges, but I think this solution might work for me.
Hope it works for you 👍🏻
@@UltimateDIY You won't believe - it just worked :) - it was an old Thinkpad E580 - it couldnt close normally till the end. Unfortunatelly hinge's nuts are locked like rivet, but i managed to make like quarter of turn and it became a bit loose. Now its perfectly closing, saving some bucks :) for new hinges. Thank you again, you are genius.
Welcome!
bro is hinge lord
😂
Great video, really enjoyed it
Thanks 👍🏼
Thanks, fixed my.problem cause of this.
Great! Welcome!
You are the best!! Thank you sir!!!!! 😁
Welcome!
GREAT JOB AND THANK YOU YOUNG MAN!
Welcome!
Welcome!
thank you very much. This video helped me in fixing my laptop.
Welcome!
Thanks a lot for this video, I really appreciate it 👍🏻
Welcome!
This definitely helped me.. Thanks.. I used WD-40 though !
Hope it works for a long time. But, if it does not, then you also need to loosen the screw.
That was very helpful.Thank you😀
awesome video, but with thinkpads or at least with the older models, it's kinda uncommon to hear any hinge problem with them, it's because the hinge mounts are usually molded to a big piece that mounted to a big surface of the body instead of using brass nuts that welded to fragile plastics. But only on higher end thinkpads tho, my brother's x240 do have a big piece of magnesium but my lower end e330 uses the brass mounts that recently broke off
I had a lot of old thinkpads even with the magnesium hinge snapped in two. So, still a problem with age.
super useful thanks! I used motor oil. Have to see how it goes. curious about the mechanical engineering aspect of this though. How the metal springs/washers actually work.
In theory they put just enough constant pressure on the assembly that is moves exactly as you need it. But in reality it sometimes moves too hard.
you doing good! keep up whith the work
Thanks!
Excellent Video - Helped me solve the same problem - Thank you
Welcome!
Same issue with MSI laptops as well. Can't believe ThinkPads also have the same problem.
Yup! Dells seem to be less affected by this.
Very helpful 👍🏻
Great ✌🏼
Thank youu for your tutorial🙏🏻
Welcome!
thank you. great video.
Man I broke all the standoff mounts, rebuilt them with abs thinking it was cheap plastic, then on the first try broke them and the shell again. All I needed to do was loosen the damn hinges!!
Yup... :(
@@UltimateDIY Working again thanks to the video though. I almost bought new hinges.
Perfect!
bardzo dobry film wiele się nauczyłem dzięki niemu mój stary laptop pozostał w całości , co prawda na zawiasach poleciały 2 śrubki po jednej na zawias ale dało sie uratować regulacja i działają zawiaski pięknie
English please.
@@UltimateDIY he he he POLSKA pozdrawia HE HE
Na bine, treaba ta. Cand te hotarasti sa vorbesti intr-o limba pe care o cunosc, sa ma anunti.
@@UltimateDIY :))) e pervers lasal
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Thank you for the video
Welcome!
thanks for the help
Welcome!
Worked! Thanks
Welcome!
You did it awesome 👍
Thanks!
I was so afraid to take my laptop apart. The left corner has broken off from the keyboard due to a tight hinge and flimsy outer casing. Unfortunately I have to take so many screws out and undo the cables to screen to access the hinge!! After all my efforts I couldn't find a 4.5mm socket anywhere 5mm and 4mm didn't fit. So I'll head to the shop to get one and hopefully everything will be in working order. Toshiba Satellite L50-C-12V
By any chance, do you know where I could get extra screws? 🤔
I hope you get it working right. No idea about screws. Maybe aliexpress?
good stuff man
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Nice tutorial my fried spacibo
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I have a dell 7368 laptop/tablet hinge. But the swivel is inside an oval connecting piece which goes from keyboard to monitor (so it can fold all the way backwards). It's too tight. Any ideas?
Without having my hands on it I don't know.
@@UltimateDIY i fixed it and I'm uploading a video on how right now....
Glad to hear that 👍🏼
Nice brother
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Dear how we loose hinge of HP probook 6460
I'm assuming this doesn't work with convertible laptops? The hinges on those have two mounting points. One to mounts the hinge to the chassis, and another to the screen. You can't loosen the latter because it's hidden in the screen panel. Only loosening the former is a recipe for disaster because you'll introduce even more imbalances.
Depends a lot on the type of hinge, so it's not a clear answer.
Where are you from my friend? Your English are mix with Slavic ... color. Many hallo from Greece 😉😉
Hello almost neighbour! I'm from Romania.
this helped me ^^
Great 👍🏼
very good skills. thank you.
I have a laptop that has exactly this problem. Tried to fix this by loosening the nut and giving it lube, however this has only worked for the left hinge, the right one is still just as stiff.
It might be damaged somehow ir the oil did not penetrate enough yet.
Hello sir
I want to use my laptop without without a screen
My laptop display is broken and it is costly to get get new display
so I decided to use a external monitor which is which is cheaper to as compared to the laptop display replacement
I want to use a external monitor using HDMI port and I want to completely dismantle the display rotation part is it possible to do that I have same type of laptop rotation hinch that shown in this video
14:48 I think it is possible
17:59 I have similar tool box at home I think I can do that at my home
I think it can be done, but don't know for sure.
whoa that hinges are so though. whats in your opinion if i loosen them before it going so hard. i already have my laptop for 2 years now
I see no downside in that, so I think you should do it.
I think the manufacture has a better way to do this hinge. Most laptop will not last over 4 years, the hinges already stuck and break the screen.
They can do it better, but they don't want to...
If the plastic where that metal piece is screwed is not very good/solid, it breaks all the time... They should make it stronger! It's a critical part... Isn't there a better way to loosen that nut? It's just too thin and it's REALLY hard to move it with pliers...
The should, but then why would we buy new laptops?
There is no better way to loosen the nut. Your only luck would be if some hex wrench would fit in there.
@@UltimateDIY I never liked much laptops anyway... :p But I hope they improve them! Thank you.
I'm watching this right after breaking my laptop hinges half hour before....😐 Wish I could've seen this a while ago so that I could've prevented my mistake 😕
I know the feeling...
Oh so it was a 5mm. I tried doing it with long nose pliers but damn was that hard. It also slips a lot and I'm afraid I might accidentally hit something.
Yes, it's not an easy thing to do, sadly.
Honestly I’ve been taping mine up I don’t have a place to get it fixed around here
Sorry to hear that.
Good day sir. The laptop I'm using now is the same model as yours but it seems that the hinges were moved to the screen and it was stuck up so I cannot close the laptop. Do you have any tips or vids on how do I fix this? Thank you in advance
Sorry, but without seing myself, I have no idea.
Please can you explain how to loosen a tight hinge HP ELITE 6930P
Sorry, but don't know that model.
My laptop needed a 5.5mm wrench to loosen the nut but his used a 5mm wrench.
Not all are identical.
Thanks buddy
Welcome!
Is it possible on every laptop? To adjust the hinge tightness? Or is it possible to adjust it on Dell Precision 3541?
Sorry, but I don't know that model. You need to check yourself.
can i ad oil in hinges to make it smooth ?
Yes.
@@UltimateDIY thanks for reply....🙏👍
Welcome!
My dell inspiron 15-5510 hinge clip broken do i need to change complete lcd for resolving this issue?
Impossible for me to tell without seing myself.
Nice
Great video! Do you think WD40 will be ok to grease the hinge?
Should be ok for a while, but don't know how long it will last.
@@UltimateDIY thank you!
Hey can anyone tell me why my hinge isn’t closing completely, I have the same laptop which is used in this video.
this happen to me now 😩. why Lenovo... why?
X1 yoga and the right hinge is sooo tight, cracked the cover. How to do this without taking off the screen panel?
Sadly, you need to open up the laptop enough to reach the hinges.
Kindly tell me the name of the gell that you have applied it for hinges
It's just some silicone grease.
@@UltimateDIY what it's purpose gentle man?
Same as any other grease, reduce friction.
is it normal for laptop lids to bounce a little like at 24:47-24:50?
the laptop company told me my new laptop was loose because mine bounces a little too like this.
and they told me it was a human damage instead of a natural device fault when I'd only been using it for less than 3 days.
was that sound advice?
Sorry, but it's quite impossible for me to know without seing. But for a 3 day old laptop...that sounds fishy.
Thanks for the reply!
Without wanting to come off as entitled or obligating you to look at it, I've posted a video of it closing and opening (bouncing is more pronounced in the closing video).
I tried posting the RUclips shorts links here but for some reason they keep disappearing.. if they disappear again, they're in my channel's 1st 2 Shorts section.
It'd be great if you could have a look! if not, it's totally fine too.
Again, thanks for your advice!
Great!
Thanks.
How to prevent hinge ??? What are precautions
I don't think there is anything that can be done to prevent this without opening up the laptop and puting oil on the hinges.
@@UltimateDIY bro is that fact tha all laptop suffer from hinges ? .....
Not all of them, but it's a matter of luck.
@@UltimateDIY thanks mate 🤜🏻🤛🏻
Welcome!
This is tight
Tight AF 😎
Do tight hinges affect laptop display I mean I'm getting some lines in task bar
They can damage the display if they are damaged.
The part in the thumbnail is what came off for me, is there anyway to fix it?
Depends what failed. The hinge itself.is hard to fix and probably needs replacing. The case is fixable if you have all the screw domes: ruclips.net/video/d6kbjCFCge0/видео.html
@@UltimateDIY alr ty
Welcome!
Services how much charge
I don't do this for money.
Does anyone know wha size spanner do I use to tighten the hinge. I cannot grab the hinge nut with the pliers...
It differs from model to model.
How to fix laptop creaking hinge
Same procedure.
Merci!
Cu placere! :)
What size wrench do we need to loosen the hinge screws?
Depends on laptop model. Not universal.
Hey! I have a massive similar problem with my HP pavilion gaming laptop and i wanted to know if i can contact you directly somehow! Please let me know if possible ❤️
Hi. Sorry, but not possible.
can i replace the oil with WD-40 ?
Yes, but put just a little. And I'm not sure for how long it will last until you need to reapply.
I have Lenovo ideapad 330 and 5 months ago I had to fix my hinges.Black plastic around the screen was separating and I could not close laptop normal.I fixed that and now it happens again.How could they make that soo bad?What can I do to stop that for happen again?I can not every 5 months take my laptop to servis.
The only thing that you can do is to loosen and oil them. Bad design can't really be solved any other way, sadly.
Are you Hungarian?
Romanian. Close enough 🤭
I already have cracks and damage to the frame
Fix it now or it will get worse.
Hey brother i have hear some cracking noise from the hinges in this video is this normal due to the plastic built… because i am facing same cracking noise in my laptop .. would you plzz help… I would be very thankful
Normally you should not hear cracking noises.
@@UltimateDIY is this due to the plastic built?? The noise is not soo lound.. its only audible when there is much silent in a room
Impossible for me to guess.