Broken Laptop - Repairable?

[Ultra_Immortal]

My brother's laptop broke somehow (not sure myself) and he would like to know if it is repairable.

The hinge on the left broke.
He wants to know if he can get a new cover for the laptop.

Any Ideas?
Can the manufacturer fix it?

 

[spiderz]

changes for that is slim...

 

[PsyWulf]

Prolly cost half the laptop's price to replace the "hinge"

 

[Ultra_Immortal]

I also thought it would cost too much to replace something like that.

 

[spiderz]

on Laptop it's usally only ram and hdd's that replaceble. All else is normally to expensive to replace (if you can find the parts)

 

[bdt]

Without make/model info, how can you seriously expect anything useful..?

 

[Ultra_Immortal]

Without make/model info, how can you seriously expect anything useful..?

lol, yeah! sure.

Acer Travelmate 5602WSMi.

 

[Juggy]

Ask them for a new casing to transplant the parts. You might get lucky.

 

[bdt]

Acer Travelmate 5602WSMi.

Good, if mixed blessings start: it is at least a major brand, so that's good ..but dealing with Acer South Africa is an exercise in "Jobinian" patience.

 

[Ultra_Immortal]

Good, if mixed blessings start: it is at least a major brand, so that's good ..but dealing with Acer South Africa is an exercise in "Jobinian" patience.

I thought that would be the case.

 

[bdt]

Still worth looking into, otherwise GOOG for that model number (with -memory -battery modifiers to cut all those dratted hits out) and try to find the bit you need overseas: you're talking about something thin and light so it shouldn't work out too costly.

 

[PeterCH]

Google for it. There are online stores which sell that sort of part, especially for commodity laptops like Acer.

 

[howardb]

eBay? - many spares there - got my new Dell lid plastic from there - fairly reasonable... 10th of the cost and a genuine part!

 

[PeterCH]

www.froogle.com (includes Ebay search ).