Tippon @ Tippon @lemmy.dbzer0.com

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In fairness to them, this is a Stonebook branded Clevo laptop, and it's a 7th gen i5, so it's been doing well :)

That was going to be its fate if I couldn't get the parts :)

Yes and no. The backplate was attached but broken, and I didn't realise that the broken piece was where the third screw for the hinge was.

In fairness to the manufacturer, this is a 7th gen i5, and it was doing great until my wife 'definitely didn't drop it' on the corner >.<

It's hard to see from this photo, but the area below the insert is quite thin. It's a bit wider than the screw, but with some supports. I don't know if there's enough to take a new insert.

My plan is to clean everything up, then epoxy the existing inserts in place, screw the hinge in, then put some epoxy around that too, leaving room for the other screws that come from the other side of the case.

As far as I can see without stripping everything yet, it looks like it's a pin. I might just have to clean and lube it, and hope for the best.

Yep, it's the mounting point here. As someone pointed out below, the insert that holds the screw has ripped out of the plastic. The base of the laptop was already broken, so put extra pressure on this part.

I'm going to strip everything out and epoxy the inserts back in place, then epoxy over the bottom part of the hinge once the screws are in. The laptop should never need to be opened again, so a bit of overkill won't hurt here.

I'm going to try to loosen the hinge slightly too, but it looks like a pin design rather than a screw, so it might just be a case of cleaning and lubing it instead.

This is years out of warranty, it's a 7th gen i5 :)

The photo is of the top part of the laptop base, so where the keyboard is, but from underneath. The base below it was already broken, which is what put the extra strain on the top.

As you say, I should be able to put some epoxy on and hold it together, as none of this needs to be removed again. I've got a new base coming, so as long as the pictured piece doesn't move, it should be fine :)

Don't scare me, I haven't fixed it yet 😅

I was debating doing something similar, and putting it behind the TV to replace the Fire Stick, but I've found what looks like compatible plastics on ebay. My base has broken quite badly too, so replacing both is going to be my best bet.

Daft question, but have you tried ebay for the hinges, or a spares or repairs listing?

I've been looking at replacing the mounts with brass ones, but as it's an old laptop, I should be able to get a replacement case for around £40. I don't really want to spend any more, but if I can get the case I'm going to go down that route :)

Fair enough. I'm usually using my computer when I remember that I should have done something on my server a few days before 🙈

Just to check, can't you remote into it instead? I use NoMachine, but there are lots of alternatives that might suit you better 🙂

Devices that you already own (PCs, smartphones, tablets, Fire TV devices, and smart TVs) can become your gaming devices, and Luna also supports peripherals that you already own, such as Xbox One and PlayStation 4 controllers, and mouse + keyboard.

This is the part that interests me the most. I've got a handful of controllers that I've tried using with my phone in the past with not much luck. If they work with Luna, I've instantly got a decent library of games to play anywhere :)

Just to note, this doesn't apply to the UK. Our trains are generally useless and expensive.

Top Gear was around in the 70s?

;)

That being said, I hate the formatting of most forums. Reddit and Lemmy's comment nesting is excellent. It's very easy to follow conversations.

You could set that up on a lot of forums, you just had to select threaded view in the settings 👍

This any good for you?

https://www.openhistoricalmap.org/about

That looks really handy, thanks :)

I've just downloaded Fedora Kinoite to try with my Ventoy drive (I refer the KDE layout :) )

Does it give you a choice at startup, similar to the Grub menu, or do you have to do something to bring the option up?

Depending on what you're doing, Krita is worth a look. I gave it a go for cropping and lightly editing some photos recently, and then tried their version of the clone stamp tool. It's hidden under the brushes presets, but worked better than the Photoshop tool 👍