[P1] New iBook 14" question

[Don Hinkle]

Yep, take it back to the dealer. I had a similar problem on a new G4 
PowerBook and took it to an Apple Store and the Genius at the counter 
fixed it in less than 10 minutes. The problem is the little hook gets 
bent, and it just has to be caught (no simple feat) and bent in the 
right direction and then it hooks fine.

-donald henry hinkle

"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's 
too dark to read." - Groucho Marx

On May 6, 2004, at 9:00 PM, Jim Soriano wrote:

> Hi there:
>
> I just picked up my daughters' new iBook G4 14"/1.2G and while getting 
> ready to wrap it up as a present I noticed that the lid latch is not 
> catching.  The little metal hook is dropping down when it gets close 
> to the bottom slot, but it doesn't seem to be reliably retained; it 
> fails 9 out of 10 times and the lid just bounces back upward.  It 
> seems to happen whether or not the foam sheet that protects the screen 
> from the keyboard is in place.
>
> Is this normal?  Should I return it to the dealer tomorrow for their 
> evaluation?
>
> Regards,
>
> Jim