repair T43p latch without disassembly?

[river]

hi folks,

after taking my new T43p on a long plane journey, the spring on the latch lid has somehow become un-springy--it just sticks wherever i leave it, instead of opening and closing properly. oh no :(. since the laptop is just sitting on my desk right now, this isn't a huge problem, but obviously i'd like to fix it.

i see a few people have asked about this before, and the usual answer is that it should be simple enough to do with the help of the maintenance manual. well, i looked at the manual, but getting to the latch, as far as i can tell, requires disassembling basically the entire LCD unit, which i'm kind of worried about--i would feel a bit stupid if i ended up with a working latch but a broken display! (and although i used to do stuff like this a lot, i'm a bit rusty now, and i don't even know if i have the right screwdrivers handy.)

so, my question is: has anyone had this problem, and managed to sort it out without taking the whole thing apart? (i'm wondering if maybe a bit of dirt's just stuck in the latch or something...)

[Champ]

youd have to disassemble and hope that it just became loose which happened to me.

The easier solution is to get it waranteed since I'd assume the spring is defective?

[sugo]

Getting to the spring on a 14.1" T42 is not difficult - 9 screws plus the plastic LCD border.