FenrirDarkWolf Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 so my left hinge is complete fucked up. tis been like this for months help Sony Vaio VPCF232FX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshleyAshes Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 1) Go online and look for the SERVICE MANUAL for your model of laptop. Remember, the SERVICE MANUAL, not the OWNERS MANUAL, the Service Manual will have everything you need to instruct you on how to properly disassemble the laptop, what part numbers are used for it and what non-OEM components are compatible. 2) Go to eBay or some other site selling laptop components and buy the replacement parts you need. I'd be guessing you need to replace the entire shell of the laptop and hinge components. 3) Use the service manual and replace the shell and hinge or whatever else is broken. I'm not screwing with you, there's ENTIRE markets of salvaged components from laptops out there and you can readily refurbish a laptop with these components and a service manual. I have literally replaced the CPU in my Acer Aspire 5750 after finding out what faster CPUs would be appropriate, I later replaced the motherboard when it failed, and after smashing my screen on the bus, I replaced the screen. I got every component of eBay. You'll not only save yourself money by swapping out the parts yourself and not buying a new laptop, you'll be recycling components salvaged from other laptops in an environmentally friendly way! Oh and I even replaced my laptop keyboard, swapping the Canadian Bilingual keyboard, which has a slightly different physical layout, for a US English keyboard. FUCK Canadian Bilingual keyboards. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenrirDarkWolf Posted June 26, 2016 Author Share Posted June 26, 2016 I found the problem, or a problem. There's a crack that makes part of the underside jut out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArielMT Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 I haven't seen hinge damage quite that bad. Yeah, you're looking at replacing both halves of both shells as well as the left hinge frame. Also, seconding @AshleyAshes's recommendation. Go to your laptop brand's support site, put in your serial number or service tag code, and search for "service manual", those exact words. It's all but guaranteed to be a PDF document. Download it and read it. It'll give you the part numbers you need to look for in shopping for replacement parts. If you can't find it on the support site, (spoiled because don't do it unless you must): Search for "<brand> <model family> <model number> service manual" in Bing or Google and follow only the links back to the brand website (anything.hp.com for HP or Compaq, anything.dell.com for Dell, etc). Don't follow links not leading to the brand's website, for paywalls (for a free doc), scammy ad walls, and malware disguised as PDF downloads lurk behind alluring off-site links. The real meat of the service manual (if it's like Dell's and HP's) is laid out sort of like a choose-your-own-adventure manual: You won't need to follow every procedure in the book, so start at the procedure for the part you need to replace, and follow the links to each of the prerequisite procedures. Set aside about four or five hours if you decide to try the replacement, and at least three times as much workbench space as the laptop's footprint for parts. Also, set aside lots of your tiniest dishes or trays for screws, one dish per unscrewing procedure you follow, so you know which go where when you put everything back together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenrirDarkWolf Posted June 26, 2016 Author Share Posted June 26, 2016 rip, everything honestly works perfectly except for this. even without the tape, the laptop would hold together just fine. mfw there's no service manual and the top two don't give me any helpful info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshleyAshes Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Second hit on Google, apparently hosted on Sony.com no less: https://docs.sony.com/release/MDSM/989086306_sm.pdf However it's super short and lacks a disassembly guide. I'm surprised. But it does have part numbers and such so that'll help you ordering replacement parts. Here's a guy on youtube doing it instead! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenrirDarkWolf Posted June 26, 2016 Author Share Posted June 26, 2016 that's be more helpful if it was the keyboard side that was fucked lol but it's actually the display side that's borken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshleyAshes Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 I didn't watch the whole video, I assumed he disassembled the whole thing. But go Googling for disassembly guides, places like iFixit or other blogs often have teardown guides for a range of products. Also, your laptop just might be really straight forward to disassemble without instructions. Dunno. But at this point it's either buy parts and research, pay someone else to repair it for you, or buy a new laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenrirDarkWolf Posted June 26, 2016 Author Share Posted June 26, 2016 3 minutes ago, AshleyAshes said: I didn't watch the whole video, I assumed he disassembled the whole thing. But go Googling for disassembly guides, places like iFixit or other blogs often have teardown guides for a range of products. Also, your laptop just might be really straight forward to disassemble without instructions. Dunno. But at this point it's either buy parts and research, pay someone else to repair it for you, or buy a new laptop. He only disassembled they keyboard side. I'll half to look around. I don't think it'd be too hard for me to take apart, I wouldn't know how to fix or how to reassemble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArielMT Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Sony is so cheap. You'd think from this question that you would have to buy the service manual, but nope, you can buy from the Sony-authorized dealer only the PDFs that you can get for free on the support page. A service manual does exist, but it's marked "Sony Confidential." I don't normally recommend this, but ManualsLib seems like a decent site. (Keep in mind I surf with JavaScript disabled, so IDK what their ads are like.) The service manual is available as watermarked images on HTML pages here: http://www.manualslib.com/manual/884366/Sony-Vaio-Vpcf2-Series.html Worse still, it doesn't even have any procedures. You're supposed to know how to take it apart and put it back together from diagrams alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenrirDarkWolf Posted June 26, 2016 Author Share Posted June 26, 2016 8 minutes ago, ArielMT said: lol that's great. At this point I'm thinking of shipping it to my friend who could fix it easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArielMT Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 That situation sucks. Sorry. The alternative is to live with it. The damage is mostly cosmetic, but as you can see some of the cables connecting the two halves together are exposed as a result, so just treat it with extra care, making sure they don't get pinched or pulled, and don't open and close it any more than you have to. If you have a friend repair it, keep in mind how big the favor you'd owe is. If you took it to me for repair, I would give you an estimate of $100 to $150 for labor alone ($50/hr, 2-3 hours' work). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenrirDarkWolf Posted June 26, 2016 Author Share Posted June 26, 2016 1 hour ago, ArielMT said: That situation sucks. Sorry. The alternative is to live with it. The damage is mostly cosmetic, but as you can see some of the cables connecting the two halves together are exposed as a result, so just treat it with extra care, making sure they don't get pinched or pulled, and don't open and close it any more than you have to. If you have a friend repair it, keep in mind how big the favor you'd owe is. If you took it to me for repair, I would give you an estimate of $100 to $150 for labor alone ($50/hr, 2-3 hours' work). Yeah, for the most part, it's nothing amazingly serious. Everything runs perfectly, it's mostly just an annoyance. Yeah... i owe @Jtrekkie a lot anyway, so if I send it to him so, I'll try to pay for everything he'll need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Well, lol.. be real here too. When it gets to the point of duct tape it's time to call it a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossa Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 How about coating the area in a flexible elastomer? Problem solved, and it'll work better than rubber cement, and have the advantage over super-glue of being able to open it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenrirDarkWolf Posted July 7, 2016 Author Share Posted July 7, 2016 On 02/07/2016 at 2:31 PM, Fossa-Boy said: How about coating the area in a flexible elastomer? Problem solved, and it'll work better than rubber cement, and have the advantage over super-glue of being able to open it. wat is that On 02/07/2016 at 1:13 PM, Ricky said: Well, lol.. be real here too. When it gets to the point of duct tape it's time to call it a day. EXCUSE ME it's electrical tape :V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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