compaqportableplus
Veteran Member
Let me start this off by saying anything negative towards me that you have to say about this will fall on deaf ears (In other words, I don't give a damn). This is not a rare or one of a kind machine, so I did what I had to to make it usable.
The left hinge mount finally gave up on life yesterday on my LTE 386s/20 (not the proto unit I now have, this is just my regular one). So today I got creative and finally got it all back together after about 4 hours of trial and error.
This is hands-down the ugliest mod I have ever preformed. Let’s just get this out of the way, here’s a picture of the finished product (well, not quite; I actually did cut the excess length off of the screws afterwards):
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Beautiful, isn't it? I chuckled my ass of when I got it all back together and got a good look at it. I think it's absolutely hilarious.
Here's two more pictures; the first I one of took of it when it first broke and the second one is one showing the two newly-placed screws on the inside when I was putting it back together:
So those two new screws are where it's anchored now. As sketchy as it looks, trust me, it's super solid, and it probably more well-secured than it was originally.
This last pic is of it all back together, working and happy :
The left hinge mount finally gave up on life yesterday on my LTE 386s/20 (not the proto unit I now have, this is just my regular one). So today I got creative and finally got it all back together after about 4 hours of trial and error.
This is hands-down the ugliest mod I have ever preformed. Let’s just get this out of the way, here’s a picture of the finished product (well, not quite; I actually did cut the excess length off of the screws afterwards):
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Beautiful, isn't it? I chuckled my ass of when I got it all back together and got a good look at it. I think it's absolutely hilarious.
Here's two more pictures; the first I one of took of it when it first broke and the second one is one showing the two newly-placed screws on the inside when I was putting it back together:
So those two new screws are where it's anchored now. As sketchy as it looks, trust me, it's super solid, and it probably more well-secured than it was originally.
This last pic is of it all back together, working and happy :