Need to fix lid latch on laptop

[DarkMSTie]

I have a Toshiba Tecra A8 laptop, the lid latches are broken. I believe I found a place to buy the part from, which wasn't an easy feat in itself. www.sparepartswarehouse.com is the place, good place? no? Anyway, the laptop screen needs to be removed somehow in order to install the part, which I haven't done. I was wondering if anybody in here has repaired theirs, or know how and could explain. There's a semi-local authorized toshiba repair shop, but the part is like $10 and the labor fee is like $90, seems kinda out of whack, so I want to do it myself. Repairing desktops isn't a problem for me, but I haven't really tinkered with laptops until recently and it's pretty new and I don't want to break it yet ...well more so..

I did a bunch of googling but haven't really found anything that was much help. There a standard way to take off the screen or does it vary immensely by make/model?

[The Saviour]

The standard on most laptops is to remove the outside case, but there are other parts you need to remove first before doing that.

Google online for a Repair or Maintenance Manual for your particular laptop.  They're relatively cheap.  Follow the instructions in the manual and you'll be set.

[DarkMSTie]

Whew, that took forever. Finally found the service manual, was about 5 bux. Looks like it'll look great. Thanks for the tip

[The Saviour]

You're welcome...