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That's so weird!!

 Been up most of night,fiddling with one of these for a friend,as hers has developed a fault.

 Identical model to one in above pic too I reckon,(sorry,REALLY must get myself to damn opticians sometime soon)

 Is this an Acer Aspire 5742 ?? 

 I did take a quick look on eBay,with a view to getting one spares/repairs if anything my be needed for one I was tinkering with.

 Best value,which I happened to see,(I think was about £70.00),which didn't seem that bad to be really.

 Am I close ??  

Not sure if I've done this correctly or not,but IF so,these are pics of damned lock 

Not sure how to post pic mate,I have uploaded 1,put it in BellFruit but cant see it.

 I've a good idea which it is you mean,just can't figure this one out

Right,this is doing my head in,something so flamin' simple,yet I cannot figure this out.

 I reckon best thing to do is just order a new lock eh?Hopefully this SHOULD solve this problem?

 But even if lock is changed I can't see how this little bar/lever that moves when locking mechanism is slid across will make contact with door switch tbh,but I guess fitting a new lock will at least be that bit closer to getting me going again eh??  

Sorry not been able to get to my PC or lappy for last day or so,been struck down with really bad stomach bug.

 Before I dis-connected wiring to switch,i did number each one on plastic clip ensuring they went back on as should be.

 Yeah,there is a weird locking mechanism just below slide bar,I'm going to try post pic of this,please bear with me on this one,PC technology ain't my strong point LOL.

I have managed to upload a pic of door switch,not sure where it went too,although I did select BellFruit' images,hopefully this will be of some help.

 Just had a look at the sliding bar and lock it pushes down on the door switch,it appears it only will fit on one of two ways,but I'm more or less certain it never reached the door switch when all was well !