In case you’re just tuning in, I have a Lenovo G530 laptop. It’s not bad, though a little on the cheap side. It hangs in there, and while I sometimes dream of upgrading, I want to get more time out of it. Having just ordered a new battery (after about a year and a half of use I now get 26 minutes out of it), I have turned my attention to the next improvement: the screen hinges.
These became loose at some point. The laptop opens and closes just fine, but wen it’s open the screen will wobble and sometimes mess with the wiring, causing all sorts of weird, scary flickering I can do without. (Note: This still happens sometimes when the laptop is shaken, but it’s nowhere near as easy.) I’d been thinking about fixing this for a while, but had put it off in fear of having to disassemble the whole machine. But this weekend I sat down to have a look, and it’s really not that bad. Here’s how I did it; it’s not that hard, but keep in mind that you do this at your own risk. (IE, I’m not responsible for any damages, etc.)
First, remove the battery. This will reveal four screws you remove. (Note: SAVE THESE.) Next, open the laptop and push gently on the area where the screws were, allowing you to remove the plastic cover between the keyboard and screen, which also holds the multimedia and power buttons. Next, look for the screen hinges; in my case it was the screws holding them down that needed tightening. I did that, reassembled, and it was fine.
Here is a pictoral guide:
Of course, this is condensed; you can also go to Lenovo’s site for more fun take-apart instructions. But hopefully, this will save someone some time.
Thanks for the post, fixed my G530 right up!
Glad it worked out for you.
oh man thanks. mine was like that for a year. and i kept using it. glad i didn’t pay someone to look at it.
legend thing had me stumped worked a treat
you are awsume…..thanks alot ….. it works and my laptop’s flickering problem solved….:))
thank you very much, and managed it OK for a few minutes
Awesome! Great write up, and I used a small flathead screwdriver to help GENTLY remove the plastic bezel with the power button. thanks so much!!
Hi, I was just wondering if you could re-upload the image of the pictorial guide. It doesn’t seem to load for me.
Sorry about that, turned out to be a permissions problem with my Web server. Should be good now.
Thank you, you’re great! That really solved the flickering problem for my G530, too. I just about to buy a new laptop, because I couldn’t find the solution on my own. Thank you!
Yeah, it’s annoying, but it’s nice to know that there is at least something you can do about it. Glad this helped!
Thanks for the tip!
Can you post that same solution for my HP laptop… It’s the 15.6 Flagship model… I had a brand new touch-screen and a new motherboard put in it just this last Dec because of the jumping and flickering… Here it is only 3 months later it’s doing it again… It’s wierd – there’s like this flashing circle in the right side of the screen about midcenter, and no matter where I put the cursor it suddenly gets “caught” or “drawn” into that circle – sort of like a spider web… It’s so annoying!
Hey, I’m not sure how much this applies to other laptops than this Lenovo. What you describe sounds like it might be a driver issue, or even a bad video card. You might want to contact HP about it.
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