[ale] dell laptop keyboard

[Warren Myers]

remove the pop-out panel across the top of the keyboard area, next to the
screen
remove a few small screws holding the top edge of the keyboard
carefully pull keyboard, disconnecting control ribbon cable
repeat in reverse for the new keyboard :)

On 8/30/07, James P. Kinney III <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2007-08-30 at 08:16 -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> > I've never taken a laptop apart, but I'm not shy. In a previous life I
> used to
> > take apart 386's, setup IRQs, replace motherboards.... but I just never
> got
> > around to a laptop. My 1 1/2 year-old DELL XPS laptop now has a broken
> "v"
> > key on the keyboard. The keyboard replacement from DELL is only $10.99
> so it
> > isn't that bad, but I'm just not sure of the exact procedure to replace
> it?
> > hints,clues, suggestions welcomed.
>
> For many newer system the keyboards are easy to replace. They often have
> tiny spring clips near the top edge along the function keys that will
> allow the keyboard to be simply popped out, cable/flexible circuit line
> disconnected quite easily.
>
> Changing out a power control board is a different beast entirely.
> >
> > thanks
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