I've come across people who've opened and tinkered with their Spectre online somewhere. However, with these ultrabooks, you really have to be careful, and for most people, that's just not possible. These machines are more crammed than ever before, so most repairs are better done by a pro. That said, and this is not a direct answer to your question, I do notice if I fold the laptop back into tablet mode, the keyboards and touchpad are disabled completely (and of course the F5 LED light is also turned off). Is this done by the sensor in the hinge, or the software? I hope it is the latter, since I also would like to turn that annoying LED off of the F5 key.