If when opening your laptop you hear a popping noise, and it’s not opening as easily as it usually does, I’m sorry. \u00a0Sunday night at about 10 I sat down to check my email before going to bed. As I lifted up the monitor the case started popping open, and I couldn’t lift it all the way up. \u00a0That’s odd, I thought. \u00a0I set about taking the cover off to figure out what was wrong. \u00a0After getting the cover off I could see that the hinge had snapped on one side.<\/p>\n
After the initial frustration I realized how lucky I am to have a tablet PC. \u00a0Once I got the damaged portion out I was able to flip the screen and use it as a tablet. \u00a0The monitor won’t move, but at least I can still use it. \u00a0How aweful it would have been if I had a regular laptop and couldn’t use it at all. \u00a0Being about 95% finished with the second draft of my Masters Thesis, it would have been very difficult to get that done.<\/p>\n
I’m grateful that I’m not afraid to tear things apart and try to fix them. \u00a0At about 11:30 Sunday night Laurie looked over to see what I was up to and said I was weird. \u00a0Most people wouldn’t tear their computer apart.<\/p>\n
On Monday morning after finding a parts supplier and ordering a new hinge assembly I was looking around to see how much it would have cost me to get it fixed. \u00a0The parts dealer\/authorized repair facility for Toshiba would have charged me $290 in labor. \u00a0That, the shipping, and the part would have come close to $500 dollars. \u00a0I could buy a new computer for little more than half that.<\/p>\n
While I may be “weird”, and not “most people,” being weird saved me $400, and the inside part of the screen that was so dusty and dirty is now clean. \u00a0Perhaps the best part is I don’t have to be without a computer while it’s getting fixed.<\/p>\n
When the hinge gets here I’ll take pictures, computer guts are pretty neat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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