Bear Down, Bruce!

On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 9:25 PM, Bruce Johnson <[email protected]
> wrote:

>
> On May 31, 2010, at 5:53 PM, Michael S. Macdonald wrote:
>
>  My powerbook took a spill, and there's clear damage to the case at the
>>> left-hand side hinge.
>>>
>>> If I hold the thing tightly together at that corner it works properly.
>>>
>>> The screen itself is fine, no problems there.
>>>
>>
>> A friend had a similar problem with a 667DVI Titanium recently, although
>> it was a front corner which was damaged.
>> He used stiff metal wire in the manner of a bulldog clip to keep the split
>> tightly held together, and it seems to do the trick.
>>
>
>
> Yeah, I just bodged up a temp fix with a small binder clip after dremel-ing
> off the handle and tip on one side, so it's flat, seems to be holding it
> together and in place.
>
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