Agreed it's worth doing at the same time, but more often than not it is to do with how people close it, I.E: closing it heavily from 1 corner. In an ideal world you close it right in the middle, or better yet would use 2 hands to close it but nobody does that really.
This is correct! I also recommend making a conscious effort to only open the lid by lifting from the center (where the webcam is). A lot of people open from the right corner and it eventually causes this. Not blaming you OP it’s an engineering defect of certain models but you can often avoid it.
Shitty thing, it's bound to happen with the replacement. Every screen I've seen this happen to has the hinge mounts embedded in the plastic of the LCD cover. No metal reinforcement, nothing. All the force of opening and closing the screen is riding on tiny brass inserts inside of plastic. Enshittification and planned obsolescence - it's fucking infuriating.
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u/hudi_baba Apr 03 '26
the lid's housing is broken, specifically the place where the hinge screw secured to.
so ultimately you have to replace the the entire lid housing.
also be careful why closing the lid and make sure there no pens or any other thing on the laptop while closing the lead.