Laptop Hinge Broken and Screen Pushed Out of the Lid? Here's What's Wrong and How It's Fixed
HP Pavilion x360 Hinge Broken, Screen Pushed Out? Here's How We Fixed It A cracked hinge that was pushing the screen apart This is a write-up of a repair that came in recently at Optimised Computing: an HP Pavilion x360 (Model 14-cd0505sa), a 2-in-1 touchscreen laptop, with both metal hinges torn away from the back cover of the lid. Without the hinges holding it, the lid's rear casing was flexing and pushing the screen forward out of its frame — a problem that only gets worse every time the laptop is opened and closed image: The laptop as it arrived, hinge damage visible and screen pushed out of the li What was actually broken underneath Hinges tearing away from a lid usually means one of two things: the plastic mounting points have snapped, or the screws holding the hinge have sheared off inside their mounts. With the screen carefully removed — extra care needed here, since this is a touchscreen model and the digitiser cable is easy to damage — I could see it was the worst...