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Mac Forum / General / Hardware / February 2005Power Book Latch
Hi guys, I know this problem has been around for a long time, but I can't quite figure out what my next move should be, in spite of some online searching. The latch on my PowerBook G4 Titanium has stopped working. If I watch closely when closing the cover, I can see the little magnet part swing down, but it is not latching. The case is not latched, and the lid has a desire to come back up. I can look into the little hole on the lower case part, and see that the bar that is supposed to come forward is not all the way forward. That is, the part that slides in and out seems to be stuck back a little ways. The release button also seems like it is pushed in a little bit. I saw a lot of discussion about various latch problems, but not this exact one. Is there anything that I can do myself about this? The machine is not only out of warranty, my extended Apple Care plan has even run out. So, a trip to the Apple Store may be expensive. But, if that is the only way to fix this, I guess that is what I will do. It's not life or death, because I can still get the machine to go to sleep. I have to be real careful about carrying it around, though, as it wants to open and wake up. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.  Signature-----+----->>>>joe Obrin | +----->>>>joeobrin@io.com | +----->>>>http://www.io.com/~joeobrin > I have to be real careful about carrying it around, though, as > it wants to open and wake up. You should be able to prevent automatic waking with the pmset command in Terminal. Neill, I found your response to this in another thread, and have used the pmset to disable automatic waking. What's nice is that this is a persistent change, and it remembers it after reset, so you only have to do it once (until you want to set it back). So, thank you for the hint, this addresses my biggest concern with the broken latch. I'm still not thrilled about the lid kind of flopping around when I'm carrying it, but at least the machine is asleep. But, I can limp along now until I get the latch fixed. > > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Signature-----+----->>>>joe Obrin | +----->>>>joeobrin@io.com | +----->>>>http://www.io.com/~joeobrin > Hi guys, > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. If you want a frugal option, but not pretty, just buy a strap from a luggage store and fasten it around the Powerbook when you need to carry it around. You can buy a luggage strap for around $5. Entity Shawn Hearn spoke thus: >> The latch on my PowerBook G4 Titanium has stopped working. If I watch >> closely when closing the cover, I can see the little magnet part swing >> down, but it is not latching. The case is not latched, and the lid has >> a desire to come back up. How about bending it back a little? Its simply trying to hook on too far forward. >> I can look into the little hole on the lower case part, and see that the >> bar that is supposed to come forward is not all the way forward. That >> is, the part that slides in and out seems to be stuck back a little >> ways. The release button also seems like it is pushed in a little bit. Pick up a T6 Torx driver at Sears and take the back off and clean out around that magnet. They tend to collect ferrous particles in there and lose their snappitude. It's tricky getting the spring in place, you'll learn fast. > If you want a frugal option, but not pretty, just buy a strap from a > luggage store and fasten it around the Powerbook when you need to carry > it around. You can buy a luggage strap for around $5. Sheesh! Why not use a bungy cord? Or the rubber straps the truckers use to tie down their tarp? -- Gnarlie Cybergasted: Astonishment at this internet content |
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