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Fixing Laptop cracks, or preventing them from getting worse

Started by Carskick, January 27, 2007, 09:11 hrs

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Carskick

My MSI laptop I bought last summer has been getting quite a lot of abuse being in a backpack while I'm on my bike all the time. Luckily, it has held up pretty well except for a few cracks in the plastic case. There are 3, all near the hinges of course. I may poast pictures later if necessary, but I was just wondering if anybody has tried using a glue or bonding agent to prevent the expanding of suck cracks. I was thinking super glue, but I have not tried anything yet. Any thoughts?
Athlon64 X2 3800+ Machester@2.45Ghz, 4x1GB A-DATA PC3200@204(2.5-3-3-6), XFX 8800GT, ASUS A8N5X NF4, Antec 300 case, Antec EarthWatts 650w, 640GB 16MB and 200GB 8MB 7200RPM SATA WD HDDs, NEC3540, NEC3550, Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate<br />Photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/Carskick

freelance

araldite should do the job. its a strong epoxy. use it like filler.
ok so the following is my pc:
asus M2N4-SLI, athlon X2 5000+ cpu, geforce 7600GT , 80gb MAXTOR SATAII hdd, 4gb ddr2 ram, silverstone edumon (google it and u'll find it!!!) sata dvd rw dual layer, 6x usb 2, and tv card (with video recorder ps2 etc)

trav

Im getting cracks as well. They are at both top corners of the display on the outside. If they get worse, the display will snap off since it's hinged there. Im planning on using Weldbond glue to hopefully fix that, later tonight.
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Carskick

Okay, I will run to the store and pick up a strong plastic epoxy. From the variety of epoxies used here, I assume almost any brand should work. Thanks, I'll keep ya updated.
Athlon64 X2 3800+ Machester@2.45Ghz, 4x1GB A-DATA PC3200@204(2.5-3-3-6), XFX 8800GT, ASUS A8N5X NF4, Antec 300 case, Antec EarthWatts 650w, 640GB 16MB and 200GB 8MB 7200RPM SATA WD HDDs, NEC3540, NEC3550, Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate<br />Photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/Carskick