Broken power stud

[Centauri]

Here's the deal. I got a Sony Clie S320 from my brother last Christmas. He got it over eBay, so there's no receipt.

Now, 11 months later, the power stud has broken. It rattles when I shake the unit and doesn't move back up when pressed (ie. gravity holds it down). Of course, I can still activate the unit by pressing one of the four face buttons, but without the power stud I can only turn the unit off by setting the "pen" function to "Off and Lock" but that has obvious disadvantages.

I can't send it in for repairs because I have no receipt, and I'm not up for buying another one. What I'm here to find out is if this problem is user-serviceable in any way. I see screws on the casing that I could open with a jeweler screwdriver, but I don't want to risk opening something I can't reassemble only to find that repairs to the switch are impossible to jury-rig.

I await your advice. Thanks in advance.

[Centauri]

Maybe no one has had to deal with this problem yet. On closer inspection, it appears that the power stud is part of of the face-plate half of the case. So, all I really need to do is replace the face-plate. Does anyone know where I might obtain one of those, preferably on the cheap?

[DrMud]

Try gethightec.com and STNE.corp.
DrMud

[SunMan]

Do you mean the power switch at the top?
If so... I had this break on my S360. Sending it ANYWHERE for repair was incredibly expensive... no way!
I opened it up and found it to be more of a "rocker" switch and in my case, one "spindle at the end was broken.

I bought a trashed 360 on ebay where the power switch was good... replaced it in 5 minutes and has been working flawlessly since.

Total cost including shipping: $10.50

Sweet.