Difficulty
Moderate
Steps
4
Time Required
10 minutes
Sections
1
- Keyboard
- 4 steps
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Introduction
What you need
Step 1
Keyboard
- Start with the laptop face up on a flat surface.
Start with the laptop face up on a flat surface.
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Step 2
- Open the laptop with the keyboard facing you.
Open the laptop with the keyboard facing you.
Step 3
- Use a plastic opening tool to pry up the keyboard. Start at the end closest to the screen.
- Be careful around the edges; work your way around the keyboard until all of it is detached.
- There will be a ribbon cable attached to the bottom of the keyboard. Be sure not to rip the cable when lifting the keyboard from the laptop frame.
Use a plastic opening tool to pry up the keyboard. Start at the end closest to the screen.
Be careful around the edges; work your way around the keyboard until all of it is detached.
There will be a ribbon cable attached to the bottom of the keyboard. Be sure not to rip the cable when lifting the keyboard from the laptop frame.
Step 4
- Carefully detach the ribbon from the base of the computer with your hands.
- Remove the keyboard.
Carefully detach the ribbon from the base of the computer with your hands.
Remove the keyboard.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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