Nice I thought I am the only one in the world with this kind of warranty problem. Lenovo notebooks is not bad but this part of it (a hinge) is made by the really stupid ones, they didn't think at all how it gona be after the while of using it. And really lenovo should take back all of them (Y510) to loosen the hinges because ALLof Y510 sooner or laterare gonna brake. And it would be mach cheaper for lenovo just to loosen the hinges instead of changing whole case (mine lower and upper covers were broken in screw places) and there are a lot of work to do this.
About fixing it i didnt prepared lots of photos howto make everything i just give few tips and say what i did. after opening it i saw that all screw places were broken and decided to change four screws (two in one side) and make them through whole bottom case (as you can see in photos where are nails i drilled through the bottom case and put mine screws). For glueing used Epoxy permanent glue, made some kind of barriers with plasticine (or also called madelling clay) (if u wont make them and epoxy spreads you then cant close cases well). I dont know what more to say basicly you have to open it and then to think what to do. For me it took 3 days to fix it: first day i opened it second i thought how to fix it and on the third i fixed.
If there are any question you can ask me.
More photos: http://img7.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=y510topcase.jp
P.S. And i almost fotgot the main thing is to loosen the hinges that tehy could rotate easily even without any oil.
Hey guys,
Just an update:
my hinge still functions without problems, and i am still sticking with lenovo i think its the best laptop ive ever bought i haven changed my mind after the hinge problem, maybe cuz it was on warranty. But anyways i had to replace one of the speakers and i took it apart. Replaced it no problems ive installed windows 7 on it today thought for a second that there was a still problem with the speaker but everything is good and works nice Battery still hold very good.
