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SUCCESS! HP now providing free repairs for some hinge cracks!

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

Great news!
Because of the great supporters of this website, HP has now issued a limited repair authorization for some models of notebooks with hinge cracks. This is a huge step, but it doesn’t help everyone.
Here is the link from HP’s site:
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URGENT SUPPORT NOTIFICATION FROM HP
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HP Pavilion dv9000 Notebook PC Limited Service Enhancement Program
HP is […]

HP Model dv2000 notebook hinge crack

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

A few people have started to post about their experience with the HP Pavillion dv2000 notebook hinge cracking. I have no experience with this model, but have decided to create this post so others can post their experiences.
Please reply to this post with when you bought your notebook, how long it took to crack, […]

Notebook Hinge Repair Success Stories

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

HUGE DECEMBER 2008 UPDATE!!!! Read about how we succeeded against HP to repair some hinge cracks! Thank you readers and supporters!
We’ve now had almost 150,000 visitors to this site from December 2007 through December 2008! I’ve personally emailed over 2,500 people to help them deal with HP. This thread is for […]

No class action lawsuits regarding HP notebook hinge crack!

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

A few people have found a positive resolution to their notebook hinge cracks on the HP dv9000 and HP dv6000 series notebooks. Many have also been told that the damage is not warranty-repairable, and were quoted $298 to fix it. Some have asked about forming a class action lawsuit against HP, and I […]

HP dv9000 & dv6000 notebook hinge crack results

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

Many more people are commenting, and emailing, about their situation dealing with the HP dv9000 notebooks and the notorious hinge cracks. We also have some comments about dv6000 notebooks doing the same, although on the right hinge. The dv9000 cracks on the left hinge, at the security hole, and the dv6000 supposedly cracks […]

Another HP dv9000 notebook hinge crack update

Monday, November 5th, 2007

I’ve received dozens upon dozens of e-mails and comments because of this small site in just a few weeks. This is GOOD. If you’ve called HP, and they ignore you, PLEASE give them this address. I will soon have e-mail addresses and phone numbers for VPs and above at HP, and will […]

HP dv9000 notebook hinge crack update

Friday, October 12th, 2007

This is the second post of a series, you can read the first post with comments here.
I wanted to post the comments I received on my first post. I had this mini-blog up just a few weeks and we’re already getting a TON of traffic from Google. I really need you to post […]

HP dv9000 notebook hinge crack

Sunday, September 16th, 2007

Manufacturer: HP
General Model: dv9000
Actual Model: dv9035nr
Purchased at: Best Buy
Purchased on: March, 2007
Location of Crack: Left hinge, security hole
Probably Cause of Crack: Overheating processor
Solution: Will turn in for warranty repair attempt (September 2007)
Resolution: None, yet, have not returned.