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  1. Posts : 851
    Windows 8 Professional x64
       #1

    External crack


    My laptop has developed a crack at the base of the lid due to handling..Is is safe to ignore this crack?
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  2. Posts : 4,280
    Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit / XP Home sp3
       #2

    My eyes aren't what they used to be I wish you would have used paint and drawn an arrow to it, but the bottom line is any crack will only get larger with continued use. If it's somewhere that you feel save enough to widen it by stressing the openng I would squirt a very small amount of supper glue into it and then hold it firmly together till it sets.
    JMO Fabe
    I think I seee it now it's on the hinge? Then the naswer is no it's not safe, and fixing it with super glue could be a bit tricky since you wouldn't want to put so much in the crack as to have it get down into where it needs to rotate.
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  3. Posts : 6,349
    Windows7 Pro 64bit SP-1; Windows XP Pro 32bit
       #3

    I can see the crack is on the lid hinge.

    +1 Super glue. But don't drown it. You want the hinge to work after the crack is sealed.
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  4. Posts : 851
    Windows 8 Professional x64
    Thread Starter
       #4

    what will happen if it is unattended..
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  5. Posts : 4,280
    Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit / XP Home sp3
       #5

    It will eventually break in two. everytime you open and shut your laptop it will be stressed and continue to grow.
    Fabe
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  6. Posts : 1,870
    MS Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
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    bagavan said:
    what will happen if it is unattended..
    Snap off!!
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  7. Posts : 851
    Windows 8 Professional x64
    Thread Starter
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    thefabe said:
    It will eventually break in two. everytime you open and shut your laptop it will be stressed and continue to grow.
    Fabe
    Will there be effect on the display?
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  8. Posts : 1,870
    MS Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
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    bagavan said:
    thefabe said:
    It will eventually break in two. everytime you open and shut your laptop it will be stressed and continue to grow.
    Fabe
    Will there be effect on the display?
    Yes it will!! you need to fix it!!
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  9. Posts : 851
    Windows 8 Professional x64
    Thread Starter
       #9

    I am a bit scared to apply glue...As it might cause some other complication..
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  10. Posts : 4,280
    Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit / XP Home sp3
       #10

    Well if you call having to prop up your diaply to be able to keep it aligned with the other side a effect then yes.

    Lets put it this way it couldn't be in a worse place for a lptop If it cracks all the way through it may still hold the display in place but it won't want to stay open and if it were to break completely off then one side would stop at any given point and the other would need something behid it to get it to stay where you want it to stop.
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