Dell Inspiron 17-5000 Battery Replacement and Surprise Hinge Mount Repair - Jody Bruchon
A customer shows up with a replacement battery for a "non-replaceable battery" laptop. Okay, pretty easy to do...but the work time doubled because I discovered a totally unrelated problem with one of the left hinge mounts falling apart. 00:00 Teaser and Opening Bumper 00:12 Introduction 01:14 Remove bottom screws 03:28 Optical drive screws 04:24 Prying the bottom plate off 05:38 Inside the laptop 06:05 Battery replacement 11:48 Verify the battery works 12:29 Check the hinge mounts 14:22 Hinge repair with Loctite plastic epoxy 19:28 Reassembly 23:15 Final check 25:46 Ending SUPPORT LINKS SubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/JodyBruchon Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/JodyBruchon Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/L3L02069D PayPal: https://paypal.me/JodyBruchon Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/JodyBruchon/ MY OTHER YOUTUBE CHANNELS Jody Bruchon Tech: https://www.youtube.com/c/JodyBruchon Jody Bruchon Entertainment: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZswMMhL-Qe-7Ac2hUIpOnQ Jody Bruchon Photo/Video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC902dpUj05Nwcresi6RvNqA Jody Bruchon Politics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7lxwADnaz_EusHul6z6NAw Jody Bruchon's Stock Footage and VHS Archive: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdYmHc8GTO_q4MoKaDlMKNQ Gazing Cat Productions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs6SBSKlINLUfbtIDw-_3ZQ FOLLOW ME ON OTHER PLATFORMS Telegram: https://t.me/Jody_Bruchon BitChute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/jodybruchon/ Odysee: https://odysee.com/@JodyBruchon:b Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/JodyBruchon YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JodyBruchon Brighteon: https://www.brighteon.com/channels/jodybruchon Dailymotion: https://www.dailymotion.com/jodybruchon Minds: https://www.minds.com/JodyBruchon/ Locals: https://jodybruchon.locals.com/ MY WEBSITES Personal/programming site: https://www.jodybruchon.com/ Video production site: http://www.gazingcat.com/ Computer repair site: http://nctritech.com/ jdupes Duplicate File Finder: https://www.jdupes.com/
A customer shows up with a replacement battery for a "non-replaceable battery" laptop. Okay, pretty easy to do...but the work time doubled because I discovered a totally unrelated problem with one of the left hinge mounts falling apart. 00:00 Teaser and Opening Bumper 00:12 Introduction 01:14 Remove bottom screws 03:28 Optical drive screws 04:24 Prying the bottom plate off 05:38 Inside the laptop 06:05 Battery replacement 11:48 Verify the battery works 12:29 Check the hinge mounts 14:22 Hinge repair with Loctite plastic epoxy 19:28 Reassembly 23:15 Final check 25:46 Ending SUPPORT LINKS SubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/JodyBruchon Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/JodyBruchon Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/L3L02069D PayPal: https://paypal.me/JodyBruchon Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/JodyBruchon/ MY OTHER YOUTUBE CHANNELS Jody Bruchon Tech: https://www.youtube.com/c/JodyBruchon Jody Bruchon Entertainment: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZswMMhL-Qe-7Ac2hUIpOnQ Jody Bruchon Photo/Video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC902dpUj05Nwcresi6RvNqA Jody Bruchon Politics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7lxwADnaz_EusHul6z6NAw Jody Bruchon's Stock Footage and VHS Archive: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdYmHc8GTO_q4MoKaDlMKNQ Gazing Cat Productions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs6SBSKlINLUfbtIDw-_3ZQ FOLLOW ME ON OTHER PLATFORMS Telegram: https://t.me/Jody_Bruchon BitChute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/jodybruchon/ Odysee: https://odysee.com/@JodyBruchon:b Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/JodyBruchon YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JodyBruchon Brighteon: https://www.brighteon.com/channels/jodybruchon Dailymotion: https://www.dailymotion.com/jodybruchon Minds: https://www.minds.com/JodyBruchon/ Locals: https://jodybruchon.locals.com/ MY WEBSITES Personal/programming site: https://www.jodybruchon.com/ Video production site: http://www.gazingcat.com/ Computer repair site: http://nctritech.com/ jdupes Duplicate File Finder: https://www.jdupes.com/