"Wobbly" screen...

First I would suggest taking the LCD off and tightening the screws for the hinges. This probably won't fix the problem however.

DELL hinges are known for they're cheapness and bad manufacturing.

So, if you feel confident enough go tighten those screws, but it will most likely not fix the issue. If under warrenty which I'm assuming it is, call Dell and get some new hinges but be aware that they will most likely deteriorate in the same fasion.

Cool, thanks for the quick reply...


Any chance you feel lke telling me how to go about tightening those screws? I'm good with tools and have fixed some electronics before, so I'm not scared (as long it won't void my warranty...)but I've never even looked inside Lappy'.....

Nope, it wont void the warranty.

The first step is to take off the plastic piece that has the power button and speaker controls on it, sits right in front of the display.

You can do this by using a flat head screw driver and popping the right side of it up, you should see a small "slot" for the lack of a better word.

Once you pop that up, you can continue to pop that piece off. It's going to pop off a bit hard but it shouldnt break, just dont bend it a whole lot.

Now when you pop this off you're going to want the LCD to be flat and level off the back of the laptop.

Now, when you pop that off you should see a couple screws that hold the hinge to the laptop, which are the screws i was talking about.


These might tighten it to the laptop a little better, but you're probably going to have to call Dell about replacement hinges.

And if you can get replacement hinges they will most likely still be garbage.

Bad manufacturing by Dell I'm afraid.

Thanks, that's appreciated.

My volume buttons are along the front edge of my machine, but the power button and (caps,numlock,wi-fi) lights are along the edge of the monitor. I think I've got it figured out.........

Yea, it varies, I was going based on my 600m.

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