Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

8

Time Required

                          5 minutes

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  • Keyboard
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What you need

Step 1

              Keyboard
  • Remove the screw that secures the hard drive and memory card bay.

Remove the screw that secures the hard drive and memory card bay.

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Step 2

  • Remove the screw that holds the CD/DVD drive in place.

Remove the screw that holds the CD/DVD drive in place.

Step 3

  • Gently pry and pull the CD/DVD drive from the bay.

Gently pry and pull the CD/DVD drive from the bay.

Step 4

  • There is a cut-out space in the CD/DVD bay. This is where you would use your finger to push and nudge the keyboard from its clip.

There is a cut-out space in the CD/DVD bay. This is where you would use your finger to push and nudge the keyboard from its clip.

Step 5

  • Turn the laptop right side up, open the LCD so the keyboard is exposed.
  • Firmly push the keyboard upward from the space in the CD/DVD bay. You should feel the clip being released from its hinge.

Turn the laptop right side up, open the LCD so the keyboard is exposed.

Firmly push the keyboard upward from the space in the CD/DVD bay. You should feel the clip being released from its hinge.

Step 6

  • Use a thin blade knife or spudger to release all the clips along the bottom edge of the keyboard.

Use a thin blade knife or spudger to release all the clips along the bottom edge of the keyboard.

Step 7

  • After all the clips have been released, simply pull the keyboard downward to remove it from the top hinges.

After all the clips have been released, simply pull the keyboard downward to remove it from the top hinges.

Step 8

  • Remove the ribbon cable from the socket to remove the old keyboard.
  • To install the new keyboard, insert the ribbon cable and press the clips back in place.

Remove the ribbon cable from the socket to remove the old keyboard.

To install the new keyboard, insert the ribbon cable and press the clips back in place.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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                    Trung Dang

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Zachary Coffin - Dec 25, 2016

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Where can I find a replacement keyboard? just search ebay, or is there a better option?

chiedu7 - Jan 5, 2017

I bought mine from eBay and just changedn it, and it’s all groovy now.

look for replacement keyboard part no and get it.

Then watch videos how to unclip the keyboard and how to unclip the ribbon.

Then comeback and follow these steps here

chiedu7 - Jan 5, 2017

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@ Trung thanx you demysitified removing the keyboard.

Going in from the DVD/CD bay is a master stroke.

I forgot please explain various ways to unclip the ribbon.

Aleck Erickson - Oct 20, 2022

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I own a Toshiba Satellite L850D model and I bought a replacement keyboard, but I am having a problem, I can’t get the friggin’ keyboard out! You guys make it look easy yet I am struggling to get out the keyboard. How should I do it? Also, how do get the trackpad working again? It no longer works now.