Lenovo t550 dropped

hiuhiu

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Nov 26, 2016
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Hello,

Sry, cross posting with a Lenovo sectioned forum, need quick info.

Looking for some info about possible damage to laptop from dropping.

Sadly, i recently dropped my thinkpad T550, it fell on its corner at the right screen hinge.

Case cracked around the hinge, making the base open-up for about half an inch, fan visible hanging loose.

Screen is slightly bend between the hinges , slightly twisted on the diagonal length and bezels has popped open around half of the screen (screen could not be opend -up anymore but not cracked).

Battery could not be put back in (outer case bend).

Laptop was planned to be picked up by Lenovo for inspection-repair.

Vendor checked it out and said not neccesary, they assembled it and got it flat again, only optical damage.

I have an full-omnium insurance with that specific vendor, and optical damage is suddenly not covered anymore.

Should i be worried about possible unvisible damage causing problems later on, haven't seen the inside of the laptop.

Quite worried as the laptop looked bad when i handed it over.
 

fagetti

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Looks pretty bad and there could be some damage. Cant beleive they said only optical damage By straight face :)
That looks pretty hard to repair yourself, dont really know what to say. Do you want help and info about replacing parts or what?
 

hiuhiu

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Nov 26, 2016
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Shop refused to send it in to Lenovo for a check over, only optical they say again.
They inspected the laptop and said no damage found and closed it back up.
Before i handed the laptop over, i had seen that the fan/heatsink assembly was lose in the case.
As far as i could see the screen has been made flat again between the hinges, but is still twisted.
Bezel on the underside-inside lose (opening ¼ inch)
Rightside hinge has gone 2mm inwards in the case itself (screen closer to computer-base).
Case has been pushed back in place, push-pressure marks visible and still cracked (very sharp edges).
For now i refused this as a fix, and the laptop will be send to Lenovo for a invoice.
Any idee what the base-plate might cost?