Loose Hinges on 570

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asiafish · #1 Post by **asiafish** » Wed May 11, 2005 11:18 am

Anyone have a tear-down guide or other instructions for tightening the hinges on a ThinkPad 570? A fried at work has an otherwise very nice one that I can buy for almost nothing, but the hinges are extremely loose (they work, but only barely support the weight of the display, which shuts at a very light touch.

Thanks in advance.

JHEM · #2 Post by **JHEM** » Wed May 11, 2005 12:57 pm

Get the HMM for the 570 series, but AFAIK the hinges can't be tightened, only replaced.

Regards,

James

asiafish · #3 Post by **asiafish** » Wed May 11, 2005 5:33 pm

Where can I get the HMM, and are replacement hinges expensive? I really like the size and weight of this machine for my wife, who only really needs basic email, browsing and word processing. The 570 (PII 366, 192 ram) with Windows 2000 and Office 2003 would likely do a bang-up job at those tasks.

JHEM · #4 Post by **JHEM** » Wed May 11, 2005 6:04 pm

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... IGR-4793QA

As to where to get the hinges, you can check with IBM parts, but I'd check eBay first.

Regards,

James

#5 Post by **JaneL** » Wed May 11, 2005 6:54 pm

asiafish wrote:Where can I get the HMM

(OK, you're just toying with me, aren't you?)

Item #8 in the FAQ.

asiafish · #6 Post by **asiafish** » Wed May 11, 2005 6:56 pm

Thank you very much.

Andrew

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