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has anyone tried to repair the ( magnesium alloy I think ) lid of a T500?
i mean this material has a feeling like iron - it is hard but can break under strain
i have the impression after also opening a T43 that this has a better choice of materials - the hinges also are softer and dont strain the lid
on the other side the hinges of a T500 are hard and that strains more the lid ( i am not talking about the rubber coated outer part )

It is a common problem

The only thing you can do, is to swap out the Whole magnesium alloy in the lid - or replace the Whole lid (the easiest)

I'm glad Lenovo fixed the wobbly hinge assembly that plague the T61 series. I have 4 T500 and all have hinges working perfectly. In your case, I'd replace the lid.

the case here is that the supporting lid part that held the three screws of the left hinge has broken under strain -
my mistake I admit
the display for some days depended exclusively to the right hinge- which is more enforced by structure

anyway I managed to use epoxic glue to reconstruct the whole left supporting around the hinge part,
but it has to be rather thick and at present i cannot yet put the rubber lid back -
the laptop seems destroyed by fire but it is fuctionable