3 Laptops Beyond Economical Repair - I Fixed them Anyway (Part 2)

In this video, I conclude the repair of 3 laptops. Each one was in terrible condition but one was particularly bad. I didn't pay for them thus I was able to spend the time fixing them but these aren't something a repair business like mine would typically take in and fix!

In part one, I repaired the motherboards and got each machine running. In this part, I put the housing issues right and end up with 3 robust, perfectly working machines. It took a lot of effort, a lot of glue fumes and a fair bit of frustration; all good repairs are worth it in the end though.

The laptops have since been handed over to the customer and are working as expected.

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Intro 0:00
Showing a common failure point 0:47
Planning a top housing repair 1:33
Repairing top housing 2:10
Re-assembling top housing 6:00
Disassembling another housing 8:14
How to loosen screen hinges 10:30
Re-assembling housing with fixed hinges 11:32
Planning top housing re-attachment 12:20
Gluing right hinge 14:00
Tackling tricky left hinge 14:51
Burning myself 16:58
Adding final glue 17:20
Hotboxing my office 17:40
Re-assembling fixed laptop 18:05
Installing Windows on one machine 20:30
Realising I need a motherboard replacement 21:16
Cleaning sticker residue from bottom cover 23:35
Explaining why I remove spec identifiers 24:15
Removing stickers from lid 26:18
Cleaning laptop 27:46
Outro 29:30