Laptop keyboard replacement in easy steps

Laptop keyboard replacement is child’s play once you have removed the keyboard bezel. After that all you need to do is unscrew it from the system board and then pull off a plug from the socket.

But it’s easier said than done.

However you need not worry because we will walk you through the above steps taking one at a time.

Now let’s get to step2.

Step2: Those troubling screws

Earlier we had seen fastener holes in the keyboard through which screws run (see the keyboard picture for label 1 and label 2). These are the ones that fasten the keyboard on to the system board.

Now we will take a screw driver and unfasten those screws, as shown in the picture below

After all this effort we are ready to move on to the next step of this laptop keyboard replacement project which deals with other keyboard/system board attachments.

Setp3: Dealing with the cable

Now that you have pulled off all the screws, take the keyboard in your left hand and gently pull it in the direction shown. You will observe that a cable from the keyboard is attached to the system board.

It’s the same data cable we talked about earlier and it is attached by the plug shown as 4 in the previous page.

Next we will gently pull off the cable plug in vertical direction such that it comes out of the socket.

Why don’t you have a closer look at the plug-socket attachment

Step4: Keyboard in your hand

At this stage your laptop should look something like the dell d505 shown below

In the picture above the label 5 shows the socket that is attached to the motherboard. This is where the cable plug of the keyboard is attached. The rectangular boundary is where the keyboard sits.

You can place the keyboard back in it’s position by following the four steps in reverse order.

That brings us to the end of this laptop keyboard replacement tutorial.

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