flexo
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Years ago, when I was much younger, I remember buying a Wallstreet (or PDQ?) for around ~$10-15 because it was in horrible shape. But the worst thing about it was that the left hinge was completely broken. It was so bad that screen couldn't even stay up.
Fast forward to this year, I bought a PDQ in good shape, maxed out the RAM, got a WiFi card, installed an SSD. I was using it as a bed-time-reading machine (Classilla renders Wikipedia etc pretty well) - until today. I was playing around with CodeWarrior (I'm trying to learn Toolbox programming) and wanted to take a break - while I was closing the lid I heard a loud cracking sound.
I opened it and boom: the left hinge is gone. I'm guessing the right one wasn't in such good shape either, because - just like the other one I once had - it can barely stay upwards now.
So I was just wondering, for those who might've experienced something like this:
[*]How prevalent is this problem? Is this a design fault? I don't want to buy another PDQ just to have another broken left hinge 2 weeks later..
Thank you!
Fast forward to this year, I bought a PDQ in good shape, maxed out the RAM, got a WiFi card, installed an SSD. I was using it as a bed-time-reading machine (Classilla renders Wikipedia etc pretty well) - until today. I was playing around with CodeWarrior (I'm trying to learn Toolbox programming) and wanted to take a break - while I was closing the lid I heard a loud cracking sound.
I opened it and boom: the left hinge is gone. I'm guessing the right one wasn't in such good shape either, because - just like the other one I once had - it can barely stay upwards now.
So I was just wondering, for those who might've experienced something like this:
- Is there a way to fix this? I've checked eBay but couldn't find any parts that fits mine (most are for Pismo or 12"/13" models)
Does anyone know any online stores that sells such parts? Or anyone here has some spare parts for sale?
[*]How prevalent is this problem? Is this a design fault? I don't want to buy another PDQ just to have another broken left hinge 2 weeks later..
I know that based my experience this is just anecdotal but so far I've had a 100% failure rate on PDQ/Wallstreet left hinges (lol)
- I think Pismo/Lombard hinges are better? (I remember having a Pismo which could take a lot of abuse) - but I must say I like Wallstreet/PDQs much better.
Thank you!
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