Dell Inspiron 15 Display Assembly Rebuild (Broken Hinge)

Dell Inspiron 15 Display Assembly Rebuild (Broken Hinge) - LFC

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10 ай бұрын

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@Adamant_IT 10 ай бұрын

Yea I forgot to plug in the battery 😩 It does work though, trust me bro~

@ronaldschild157 3 күн бұрын

This is very well presented and produced. I really appreciate all the effort you put into this and the fact you're not too proud to edit out any missteps. They are good learning opportunities. Many of the comments are helpful too, particularly about the hinges. All around a very stellar job!

@twx8626 10 ай бұрын

Nice,😉 that's why these hinges have always had faults for several reasons: 1. Dust and grains of sand that enter the hinge. 2. After a while, the nut tightens on the screw because of the reverse spring that is on the hinge. I repair axles and give the customer a one-year warranty on the axle. Cleans the axle + carburetor spray + W40 spray. Loosens the nut and glues the end with a quick glue that won't move again. Put grease on the shaft. And wrap part of the shaft with a shrink sleeve/thin tube. close the edges. Even if the customer places the computer in a sandbox, it will not enter the hinge

@ukzandd Ай бұрын

Fantastic tutorial I managed to fix my laptop better than any repair shop (and I reconnected the battery 😃)

@RobinJusteEmery 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Adam! This video helped me with replacing the hinges and top lid on my daughter's Dell Vostro 15.

@tomcotter2714 3 ай бұрын

Great video! I just did the replacement on my Dell and the instructions were perfect. Thank you for showing your mistake....we all do it.

@SarahMcQuaide 15 күн бұрын

Amazing- this is exactly my issue and my laptop model and your video is so concise! Thank you so much.

@eyakhan5315 2 ай бұрын

Same problem 😭 Service centre said it ll take 8-10 days to repair and 73.25 dollars

@philboardman243 2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

@lourenz3455 10 ай бұрын

and thank you for that quick video

@bikinglikebecker Ай бұрын

It seems they all happen on the left side of the screen and I think it is from the power cable getting under the hinge before they go to open it up

@karimsherif7298 2 ай бұрын

Thank you sir

@geraldharkness8830 10 ай бұрын

briliant vid !

@selfgrowtharena2514 Ай бұрын

Thanks for your tutorial. First time i opened my laptop 😂

@chaverpalma3610 10 ай бұрын

Nice one thnks

@CoMmAnDrX 10 ай бұрын

Just a FYI, I use thread-lock (blue) on the hinge screws so they don't back out and cause premature failure of the repair. When the client picks up I tell them to open the laptop from the middle not the sides as well. Explaining to them the stress they put on the hinge by open it from the left or right side.

@pekitivey 10 ай бұрын

Would that hinder future repairs? If another component failed and you needed to remove

@josedasilva4433 10 ай бұрын

@@pekitivey no, it doesn't hinder the removal. If you have a look at a factory screw it also has the blue thread locker .

@GreenTech-wy6iu 10 ай бұрын

Is there any work of you doing a repair of 5 long 3 short, my HP omen won't turn on without battery, when I plug in battery it turns on but noo display

@kencreppin2146 10 ай бұрын

I use mirror hangers to reinforce the covers straight out of the box. The hanger and a little bit of duct tape and you're good to go. The "grunge" look!!

@nathaliechenault5805 5 күн бұрын

I know this is old, but if you get this notification could you explain how you do this? I'm about to be repairing my son's Dell and want to reinforce the hinges after I do so! Thank you so much!

@kencreppin2146 5 күн бұрын

@@nathaliechenault5805 I got the mirror hangers from the hardware store. If the laptop is thicker than a mirror then this technique won't work. What I did, was to slide the hanger horizontally onto the top display with the short "hook" part to the inside of the cover. When you look at the screen, you should see the metal of the hooks at the bottom left and bottom right of the screen. The longer side of the hook will be on the outside. Holding the hanger tight to the side of the screen, apply the duct on the long side, ie the back of the screen to hold the hangers in place. This will support both sides of the top case reinforcing it and helping the hinge. Hope this is clearer than mud.😀

@UmerWaheed-re9mj 2 ай бұрын

Any idea how to prevent this hinge problem before hand on a new laptop without opening Like its brand new and i saw the hinge problems on the internet nowadays

@user-bh1tj8df3l 10 ай бұрын

A pleasure to see our favorite brand in your careful hands. Thanks for sharing. An affectionate greeting from Mexico. PS: I even like to buy them with a broken screen because if I fix it I will most likely keep it (very cheap at US auctions but you have to go in person).

@darren990 10 ай бұрын

nice Adam

@josegregorioarvelo742 2 ай бұрын

Hello, Where Can I buy the cover?

@Joey29455 10 ай бұрын

What's your opinion about glueing the hinges back on the original (broken) back cover? (With a very strong glue obviously) .. Where i'm from, back covers aren't always available or take a long time to arrive from China.

@twx8626 10 ай бұрын

Some customers prefer to exchange. there are the frugal ones") I use epoxy glue for radiators (pastelina) it stinks like crazy. But when it hardens it turns into stone

@2009numan 10 ай бұрын

very nearly did a Linus at the start of the video Graham LOL

@gandi69 10 ай бұрын

I had hinges snap off just like this on a 6 week old inspiron - fixed one then the other failed a week or so later. Dell wouldn’t honour it under warranty. Our staff member who broke it managed to break the screen trying to wrench it open too. Out came the jb weld epoxy and a new screen had to be fitted - those lugs won’t be ripping out again now that’s for sure

@sukalyanghosh9890 Ай бұрын

I am filing a case against Dell in consumer forum for manufacturing defect,they ask customer to pay for it.

10 ай бұрын

We almost always replace the hinges themselves too, usually these get dirty and they get stiffer which will lead to the plastic being torn. If it has come in for a failed back cover usually it's better to just slap in new clean (original) hinges to delay it from happening again as much as possible.

@retrogamereaper 2 ай бұрын

I didn't buy a replacement lid. The hingd broke the gold bits from the plastic. Can I just super glue the gold bits into position or is that a bad idea?

@Adamant_IT 2 ай бұрын

You can try, but in my experience, glue/epoxy just doesn't hold up. Had lots of people say they do it all the time, but every time I've tried, it's broken during testing.

@ivangerginov5648 10 ай бұрын

Nice one as always. About the ending part, I always cringe when I see a tech reviewer open a lid from the side. You'd think they know about this stuff but apparently that's not the case

@Nachesko 10 ай бұрын

Hello, I have one similar to this one (inspiron 15 7000 2 in one touch) that I cant confirm if the display or the flex is dead. It shows lines vertically and horizontally and I cant login in to windows blindly and the customer doenst remember the password. I have not tried disconnecting the lvds cable and pluggin an external monitor onto it, but with the lvds cable connected the hdmi show no output. Do you have any recommendations as to how diagnose what component is causing the failure?

@Adamant_IT 10 ай бұрын

Lines on the screen, most likely a bad panel. If you unplug the eDP (LVDS is old-school, modern is eDP) cable, it should default to HDMI. But yea, my money would be on Bad Panel. Sucks on a touch-screen though, that'll be expensive.

@dimitrismaster 10 ай бұрын

@@Adamant_ITunless it's a dell.Dell laptops really love to have the screen plugged in to turn on...There is way around on some models,but requires trial and error messing around with enable signals on the main board.And ofc schematic and boardview.Not recommended.

@125mr 10 ай бұрын

Dd you remember to reconnect the battery ?

@lourenz3455 10 ай бұрын

i was also looking at the battery after he reconnects the display connector lol

@lemagreengreen 6 ай бұрын

Widespread issue, even affects Dell's aluminum models where they made the ludicrous decision to still mould plastic inside the aluminium for the hinges to mount to...

@lerssilarsson6414 10 ай бұрын

I taped two USB hubs on a laptop's lid, so it is impossible to open fully, it is just ajar. Naturally a keyboard, mouse and display are needed. ;-)

@Sulphur_67 10 ай бұрын

i teared down an old laptop that the hinges where screwed into the lcd, like the metal ran up the sides of the lcd and screwed into it

@ramnathram8680 3 ай бұрын

Sir can you send that panel link sir

@MasterJediSean 10 ай бұрын

Good to see you again Graham! it's been a bit. I've been waiting for you. lol!

@cjhunt16 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for this. It happened to mine and only eight months old. Back to John Lewis as I have three year warranty.

@sukalyanghosh9890 Ай бұрын

I am going to launch a complaint against dell

@sukalyanghosh9890 Ай бұрын

It's a clear manufacturing fault,they are charging us

@user-in2uc5zk9i 6 ай бұрын

That "protective" film is put on by the ebay seller anyway

@mtechcbs 10 ай бұрын

....and the battery ;)

@rogercantrill4948 10 ай бұрын

Did it still work?

@mtechcbs 10 ай бұрын

It won't until he reconnects the battery!

@zXLuke4efcXz 10 ай бұрын

No pal. He just replaced the panel and gave it back to the customer to use as a door stop

@PhoneRepairRO 9 ай бұрын

Don't clean the LCD, the cleaning will reveal some marks that client does not konw that they are there! Marks from the keyboard, some scratch!!! Belive me, been there, done that! First time when i cleaned the LCD, client said that his display had no marks (from the keys on keyboard) and had to replace the display with a brand new one....

@mrpetit2 10 ай бұрын

Needed to shout against the screen twice! 😆🤣 Still an entertaining video 👍👍

@mattandrew4614 10 ай бұрын

It switch on would be nice...

@sleepwalker6825 10 ай бұрын

As You say Graham .. Why OEM's use Plastic for the Hinge assembly is beyond Me tbh All the pressure on the Hinge is held on with a wing a prayer ( Rubbish design )

@hypotheticallywhatiskyle 10 ай бұрын

I’m seeing progressively newer and newer machines come in with hinge failure and quite frankly it’s sickening. It’s built in obsolescence and it seems the only company that doesn’t do this is apple. Until people start building things properly I’m going to continue using 8th gen elite books

@2009numan 10 ай бұрын

you wasn't actually screwing the hinges into plastic they were screwed into metal inserts

@Adamant_IT 10 ай бұрын

What were the metal inserts held in with? 1mm of plastic surround. It's like chaining your bike to a shrub, yea the chain is strong, but the shrub's going to break in half the moment the chain pulls on it.

@user-ne2kj8dl7b 4 ай бұрын

Battery plug wire...Oops

@alibababauu3217 10 ай бұрын

bateria trebuie deconectata cand deconectezi cablul de la displai, el e mereu sub tensiune de 19v

@electrorep3 10 ай бұрын

The battery was disconnected, he just rushed to put the back cover on for the video. I'm sure he reopened it and connected the battery

@Customer22374 10 ай бұрын

it can be fixed easily without replacing the back cover , I have done lots of these zero fail . just lose the nut a bit then hot glue the hinge back in place . better than factory

@kanakaraomotamarri7617 5 ай бұрын

can you please post a video

@jamiepaget9466 10 ай бұрын

First thing to do Graham, is always disconnect the battery 🤔

@zxrenew5642 10 ай бұрын

It is the bad design of using the lid to create a gap under the laptop. Avoid buying these types. Dell are infamous for it!

@lisandro3614 10 ай бұрын

He's not fixing a computer, he's peeling an onion with chopsticks. Good repair, dreadful design.

@dirindirin3983 10 ай бұрын

Folks, Do not splash the LCD cleaner onto LCD directly! 11:45

@LeadFarmer813 10 ай бұрын

in this case its ok.. when its vertical it can drip to bottom circuit.. good point.

@Adamant_IT 10 ай бұрын

Been doing it for years. If you're getting running drips, you're using too much. Just a mist is all that's needed. However, yes you can spray the cloth if you want to be extra careful.

@ozanpress 10 ай бұрын

First

@pekitivey 10 ай бұрын

Nice

@wimcolet 10 ай бұрын

@josephsaucedo8691 10 ай бұрын

I just got this laptop for free from waste management the touch screen not the cheapest 130$ it was ran over by a fork lift . I took it home hook up just the bottom end to a TV screen it works fine say it a i7 16 g of ram and 500g not bad for free smells like trash my not be worth fixing the screen probably just use the TV and wire less mouse😉👍✌️🛠️🍻💻🖱️