Aspire R7 - NEED HELP - Do you own one? Ezel Hinge problem

nrewr7g

Hi, just bought an Aspire R7 - 572 15.6inch.  I believe there is a problem with the lower hinge (the one that attaches to the keypad, not the one attached to the screen).  It seems too loose and therefore does not support the screen very well.  HOW YOU CAN HELP - can you tell my what the maximum angle the screen will self support when the screen is fully against the ezel hinge. ie if you start with the laptop fully closed (call that 0 degrees) and then open the 'lid' (screen) until it is vertical (call that 90 degrees of opening) then continue to completely open the 'lid' until the screen is fully open ie flat on the table (call that 180 degrees) I want to know what the maximum angle you can open the 'lid' (screen) before it no longer supports itself and drops down to 180 degrees.  I've seen pictures of it opening to 120 degrees on the web.  Mine won't stay self supported past about 110 degrees before it flops fully open ie about another 10-20 degrees past vertical.  I realise if you tilt the screen up towards you you can open it up futher without it flopping down but I don't always want to do this. hope you can help by telling me what your R7 does.

scrambler

Two things:

From fully closed, mine supports any degree of opening however small, this means that if I only open it a couple of degrees, it stays in that position.

 

Now as far as fully open, as far as I know the lower part of the hinge on the R7 does not open past 120 degrees, so you cannot open it fully to 180 degrees (mine does not) once you have reached 120% on the lower hinge, you can make the screen horizontal with the higher hinge (the start treck enterprise position ).

 

But it will hold any position for zero to its 120 degrees and stays very stiff through all of them, so if yours falls down at any position, then your hinge is definitely loose and needs to be adjusted.