A frequent point of failure on laptops is the hinges—we've seen more than our fair share of wobbly, broken, and glued together ones. This clever but simple hack turns your broken laptop into an all-in ...

Hewlett-Packard, after being flogged in public, contacted me and replaced my broken laptop that they had earlier claimed was accidentally damaged and not covered by their warranty. I appreciate HP's ...

My first-ever laptop ended up in a drawer for years, collecting dust. That was until I realized I could repurpose it and give it a new life. I began exploring all the practical ways to utilize an old ...

If you’re like most of us here at Hack a Day, you probably shudder at the amount of e-waste that gets thrown out — here’s a clever way to make some good use out of a broken laptop screen! [Victor] ...

We see Arduino boards used in a lot of projects but we’ve never thought of using one as a USB crossover cable. That’s basically what [Jack the Vendicator] did to get his broken laptop running. When ...

If you're using your computer and the monitor screen suddenly stops working, it's key to figure out if it's the computer or monitor that's having the problem. Diagnosing what is wrong and fixing it is ...

Sometimes you may need to reinstall OS X on a computer, but the drive is broken, resulting in an obvious problem with reading the installation DVD. Here are some methods to install OS X around a ...

MARYSVILLE — When a broken computer comes into Paul LaGrange’s classroom, he turns it over to a group of his students. The team of six students at Marysville Arts and Technology High School work to ...