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the power bu*ton on their Toshiba R630-141 laptop. The bu*ton is a single plastic part that consists of the bu*ton, a plastic spring leaf With the screen shut, and upside down, remove the battery (and the power and any other cables if still plugged in). On the underside (base) , unscrew all the screws. There are two main sizes of screws but the SHORT ones have a tiny “F4” printed near them on the case so not too much of an issue if they are mixed up with the longer screws. Remove the 3 cover plates (hard disk, memory and an unused docking port). The back cannot come off until one of the screws under the hard disk cover plate is also removed (it is obscured by the cover plate). Remove the hard disk by lifting the disk up and unplugging its SATA socket. This is attached to a ribbon cable and it has a plastic backed cushion. I did the hard disk removal too but I don’t think it is really necessary. If you do not remove the hard disk then note that the hard disk has no other clamp so be careful it doesn’t fall out and dangle from its ribbon cable when you are looking at the power The whole base should now be removable but you will have to lift the DVD side first to then clear the sockets from the plastic holes on the USB port side. If it isn’t lifting then you may have forgotten a screw. You should now have the back removed and will see the hinges. The power switch is near the power socket. You will have to… This will allow the CPU board power socket edge near the radiator grills to be lifted up enough (at least 1 cm) to remove and replace the power switch plastic parts that are hidden underneath it.  The power switch bu*ton is not screwed in but the plastic casting has guide holes and a plastic spring clip. It is fed down, with the guide pin keeping it in alignment, and then the plastic spring clip clips into the front cover plastic with a firm click. You should see that the bu*ton is correctly in its hole (which is what you push from the front).  You can carefully open the front cover to see that the power switch is correctly seated.