[Ti] Re: TiBook latch

[Mikael Byström]

John McGibney said:

>On Feb 3, 2006, at 11:58 AM, Mikael Byström wrote:
>
>> TmB said:
>>
>>> Any ideas how to fix it or how much repairs will cost?
>> The latch needs to be replaced and is about $50 or more AFAIK as an  
>> Apple
>> repair item. Add work on top of that.
>>
>> It's possibly to do oneself, getting it from a mac site, but you have
>> take apart everything more or less. You *will* need a repair manual,
>> unless you have done that before.
>>
>Its not that difficult: (short version)
>remove the battery
>unscrew the bottom plate
>remove the hard drive
>&remove the spring clip holding the latch.

I should have pointed out that it's when in addition replacing the
display hook that everything needs to be taken apart more or less. This
is sometimes part of the problem.

PBfixit have the latch for about $50. They also have a manual for the
operation here: <http://www.pbfixit.com/Guide/PDF/33/
PowerBook_G4_Ti_DVILatch.pdf>. While this one is for the DVI titanium,
the operation isn't much different.