12" AlBook Latch Problem

[Chris Owens]

Sorry...that should be "is NOT coming down on it's own."  I should 
proofread.

On Monday, May 12, 2003, at 04:23 PM, Chris Owens wrote:

> Okay...I've had this thing less than a MONTH and my latch isn't 
> working correctly.  It was fine until yesterday evening.  I haven't 
> dropped it or anything.  Here's what's going on...when I close the 
> lid, the latch that descends from the top of the screen into the 
> latching mechanism below the trackpad is NOT coming out on it's own.  
> I have to close the screen, and then tap the top of the PowerBook 
> where the latch is, and then it will latch.  It's a minor irritation, 
> but still irritating.  I am going to at some point send it in to Apple 
> to be repaired, but right now I can get by tapping the lid.  I'm kind 
> of waiting to see if anything else goes wrong before I send it in.  
> Have any of you had this problem on any of your PowerBooks?  Is there 
> anything I can do to correct it myself w/o having to send it in?  At 
> least I have my iMac to use while it's in the shop.  I hate being w/o 
> a computer.
>
> Chris Owens
> Cincinnati, Ohio
> (513) 861-3104 home
> (513) 807-3104 mobile office
>
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> "Friendship:  A soul dwelling in two bodies."
>
> 					~Aristotle~
>

Chris Owens
Cincinnati, Ohio
(513) 861-3104 home
(513) 807-3104 mobile office

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"Friendship:  A soul dwelling in two bodies."

					~Aristotle~