D600 screen hinges, feeling a bit loose/wobbly can i tighten them? or replace only..

bledd · 23 Jul 2008 at 16:40

as title

can be bought for about £15 from the bay, never really looked at laptop screen hinges before, is it just a case of tightening a screw, or would i need a new set.

(currently, the screen has about 5-10mm of free/flappy movement

cheers
bledd

beermonster · 23 Jul 2008 at 16:58

i could just be the screws need nipping up either where it goes into the base, or the back cabinet, you can get to the back ones by taking the bezel off, or it could be the hinges which are not too difficult if your patient.

emetic · 23 Jul 2008 at 17:20

its an easy job to replace the hinges probably no more than 20 min job if you really take your time.

bledd · 23 Jul 2008 at 17:38

done these ones

feeling a lot better, how do i get to the others? (and done the one on the right obv)

beermonster · 23 Jul 2008 at 18:05

if you take the screw out of the lcd bezel hidden under the rubber screw caps, left and right the hinges are screwed to the back plastics, these can work loose also, you might have to do the top bezel scews as well to avoid stressing and snapping the bezel.

edit also do the base screws near the back will stop any flexing.

bledd · 23 Jul 2008 at 20:29

cheers,
it's more than acceptable now, doesn't shake after i've let it go, and doesn't wobble at all when typing

love this laptop, managed to get one with the nice screen, 14.1" @ 1400x1050 rocks, battery life is unreal on it

have got two moludlar bay batteries and two normal batteries, can get around 14hours battery out of it without having to turn it off once

(brightness right down, and not using speakers)

plus, the modular bay can take a hard drive if you wish

can this take 1gb sticks anyone know? it's dead snappy with 1gb (12 processes running), but if i can get 2gb, then all the merrier

beermonster · 23 Jul 2008 at 20:33

a quick investigation reveals the following about £40 a stick though :eek:

Dell Latitude D600 Memory
Latitude D600
Maximum Memory 2GB
Memory Slots 2 (2 banks of 1)
non-removable base memory 0MB
Machine name: Dell Latitude D600
CPU options: Intel Pentium M
Chipset: Intel 855PM Chipset
HD Bus:
Front Side Bus options:
Memory Speed options: PC2700 DDR333 200pin SDRAM SODIMM
Special notes:

bledd · 23 Jul 2008 at 20:58

damn sodimm ddr is expensive, cheapest i managed to find was 30quid a stick

_Jimlad_ · 28 Jul 2008 at 22:40

i have worked with 100's of these dells and the hinges have been going on most of the ones that are over 3 years old

Stolly · 31 Jul 2008 at 20:14

bledd. said:
can this take 1gb sticks anyone know? it's dead snappy with 1gb (12 processes running), but if i can get 2gb, then all the merrier

I had my D600 up to 2Gb. Not a bad machine, didn't run aero though.

_Jimlad_ · 31 Jul 2008 at 23:19

yeah will take take 2 x 1gig sticks but no point as memory is pricey for this model and vista will still run like a dog, i find 1gig is ample on this model with xp, infact 512 runs nice, vista is a no go with the cpu

Stolly · 31 Jul 2008 at 23:50

_Jimlad_ said:
yeah will take take 2 x 1gig sticks but no point as memory is pricey for this model and vista will still run like a dog, i find 1gig is ample on this model with xp, infact 512 runs nice, vista is a no go with the cpu

Vista ran fine on my D600 with 2Gb in it. Only problem was it didn't run aero.

_Jimlad_ · 1 Aug 2008 at 08:47

Stolly said:
Vista ran fine on my D600 with 2Gb in it. Only problem was it didn't run aero.

i found it was slow as a dog, IMO you need a duel core if you wanna use vista in the right way.

bledd · 4 Aug 2008 at 09:15

_Jimlad_ said:
i found it was slow as a dog, IMO you need a duel core if you wanna use vista in the right way.

yeah, using vista on anything that doesn't have at least dual-core, 4gb ram is mental, just shooting yourself in the foot