[Ti] How does the screen latch work?

[Jerry Krinock]

on 03/03/09 22:21, Dennis Fazio at dfz at mac.com wrote:

> The first thing to do is to lubricate the latch hinge in the lid. I've used
> silicone spray (preferably dripped in with the lid all the way open facing up.
> Spraying from the can with the little nozzle will shoot it all over the place,
> he says from experience :-) ) or perhaps you can try graphite, like in lock
> deicers. Then see if you can manually get it to swing down with your
> fingernail or even a small magnet to verify there is no mechanical alignment
> damage.
> 
> If you look inside the slot in the base, you can verify the movement of the
> catch surface as you press on the release button. If everything works, it
> should catch and release OK.

Sounds like it might be easily repairable.