Does anyone know how to open a (client) Dell laptop with a stuck latch? 
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Can you slide a knife in to assist?Originally posted by cojak View PostDoes anyone know how to open a (client) Dell laptop with a stuck latch?
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WHSOriginally posted by BrilloPad View Post
Although given that the latch is a simple piece of sliding metal, the fact that it's stuck is probably due to a foreign object being caught in the slot somewhere.Coffee's for closersComment
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Try a little (slight) sideways pressure on the upper leafe (screen section) as you press the button (not too much!) try it to both right and left. I had the same prob with one of my Dells and it was a piece of screen wipe cought up on the latch knob on the upper leaf.Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
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Have you tried turning it off and on again?Originally posted by Stevie Wonder BoyComment
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Business card strong glossy one (try one from a Pimp or garage - plastic a lot of them). Slide in to left of latch over to right.
Or try bleeding the radiators.Comment
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I never did manage it in the end, Mr C sorted it when he go home...
There's no point using the knife, the latch is inside the casing and sometimes the open button shifts and jams the latch, preventing it from opening.
Ah well...
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