[ale] OT sort of, Need advice on replacing Dell laptop keyboard.

[Christopher Gilbert]

I have pulled the keyboard off my latitude to see what was rattling
underneath. It was fairly straight forward but there are screws all over
the bottom that whole the keyboard in in place.  
 

On Wed, 2003-12-31 at 14:56, Jim Lynch wrote:
> I have a Dell Latitude that has a broken keyboard.  I've seen them 
> advertised on ebay but I have no idea if it is really replaceable.  The 
> last keyboard I took apart wasn't meant to be taken apart without a special 
> jig and it was impossible to get back together without that jig.  Imagine 
> holding 60+springs down and putting keys on each, aligning said while 
> dropping the top on.
> 
> Anyway, I digress.  Has anyone attempted to replace a keyboard on a 
> Latitude or paid  someone do it?  This is not under maintenance.  Is it 
> possible without special tools?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jim.
> 
> 
> Happy new year, all.
> 
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