My personal laptop doubles as my work computer and so I'm on it about 8 hours a day. It recieves alot of wear and tear. Last night, the hinge on it finally gave out and now the screen is only connected on one side.

I've had no problems with the computer itself and would like to transfer it to a new case and continue using it, but I have no idea how to put it in a new case. Does anyone know of any shops that can transfer your laptop to a new case?

You prolly only need to replace the hinge itself, but that depends on what kind of laptop it is. On my wife's old Gateway laptop, the hinge was part of the chassis. On my daughter's HP, it was screwed to the chassis and could be replaced. I bought a replacement part off of eBay for $40.

It's a Dell with the hinge inside the chasis. When the hinge broke apart, the chasis did too, so there is an opening where the components behind the screen could possibly fall out.

Unless its a well-spec'ed machine, I would take the opportunity to replace it with a new one.

If you're bent on replacing it, I guess you'd have to go to a local computer repair joint - I have used Agama Systems in the Houston area - or Dell, and it is going to be cost-prohibitive. Like I said, I would wait until Black Friday and replace it.

Just so I am sure I am making myself clear, the chassis is the base of the computer. When my daughter's HP's hinge failed, it caused the screen backing to split away from the front, exposing those electronics. That's not what you're talking about, right? My wife's Gateway's hinge didn't expose any electronics, it just stays in the "down" position when you open the screen.

But the previous comment stands. If the hinge can't be replaced, it will be expensive to buy a new chassis and have someone transplant your mobo, HDD, CD-ROM, RAM and networking card into the new one.