Unhinged

Lindsay has an HP dv9500 laptop computer that she uses at school. She told me the right hinge was broken and asked if I could fix it.

I said, "Sure".

I'm the Dad, after all, and have the Illusion of Omnipotence to maintain.

So she left it here when she went to England. She'll be back in a week, so yesterday I attacked the hinge. After all, how long could it take?

Turns out that this particular HP model has a chronic hinge problem. A cottage industry has emerged with many entrepreneurs offering discounted HP replacement hinges on eBay.

So I ordered a set yesterday, and ripped the machine apart to get ready for the final fix. It also turns out that, to get to the hinges, one has to remove every single piece of hardware from the machine.

I have 450 little screws of various sizes laying all over my desk. And only one week to put it all back together -- or risk having one of my daughter's childhood delusions dashed!