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 MY OTHER YOUTUBE CHANNELS FOLLOW ME ON OTHER PLATFORMS MY WEBSITES