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General Forums => General Discussion => Topic started by: jfv on November 11, 2007, 02:28:10 pm

Title: Hinge
Post by: jfv on November 11, 2007, 02:28:10 pm

Lately, when I have my Zaurus (C860) opened about 135 degrees (usual position for typing on a flat surface) sometimes the screen just falls back to a 180 degree position. I guess the hinge is getting a bit loose and can't support the weight of the screen. Does anybody have a suggestion? Would it be something that is easy to fix if I opened it up? It would be a shame for this to be the end of an otherwise perfectly functioning device. It's not bad at the moment, just happens occasionally but I can see it will just get worse.  

Title: Hinge
Post by: Capn_Fish on November 11, 2007, 02:50:44 pm

IIRC, it was mentioned that if you twist the Z's screen 90 degrees and tighten the screws normally hidden by the screen, the issue should be fixed.

Title: Hinge
Post by: jfv on November 11, 2007, 03:04:35 pm

Thanks, I'll try that.

Title: Hinge
Post by: daniel3000 on November 14, 2007, 08:05:24 am

Quote from: Capn_Fish

IIRC, it was mentioned that if you twist the Z's screen 90 degrees and tighten the screws normally hidden by the screen, the issue should be fixed.

Be careful!
I have tried that, too, and somehow the screws can be twisted and twisted and never reach a stop.
And for me, this didn't fasten the hinge.

Any other experiences?

daniel

Title: Hinge
Post by: jfv on November 14, 2007, 08:11:18 am

It was hard to tell if the screws were actually tightnening (so tiny...) but I tightened them some and it seems to have helped, but I haven't done extensive testing.

Title: Hinge
Post by: Snappy on November 17, 2007, 12:59:01 pm

I believe I posted some pics on another thread ... they do tighten things up and it helps prevent the hinge from clipping the LCD ribbon cable, which unfortunately happened to mine ... but fortunately a quick replacement from conics got it fixed for me.

Note that most of these parts are plastic with some metallic plating, so be careful not to overrun the screw thread ... you are scr*wed (pun intended) if you do so!

EDIT:

Here's that post: https://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?s=&...st&p=155555 (https://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=23262&view=findpost&p=155555)

Full thread: https://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=23262&hl= (https://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=23262&hl=)