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Keyboard

Dell™ Latitude™ D631 Service Manual

  Removing the Keyboard

  Replacing the Keyboard


Removing the Keyboard

CAUTION: Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions in the Product Information Guide.
CAUTION: To avoid electrostatic discharge, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by periodically touching an unpainted metal surface, such as a connector on the back of the computer.
  1. Follow the instructions in Before You Begin.

  2. Remove the hinge cover (see Hinge Cover).

NOTICE: The keycaps on the keyboard are fragile, easily dislodged, and time-consuming to replace. Be careful when removing and handling the keyboard.
  1. Remove the three screws at the top of the keyboard.

1

screw (3)

2

keyboard tab (5)

3

palm rest

4

pull tab

5

keyboard cable locking arm

6

keyboard cable connector

7

retaining bracket

 

 

 

 

NOTE: Lift the keyboard carefully to ensure that you do not pull on the keyboard cable.
  1. Ease the edges of the keyboard out of the small detents on the sides, then slide the keyboard slightly forward to free the keyboard tabs from the palm rest.

  2. Rotate the top of the keyboard forward and away from the display, and lay it upside-down on the palm rest to gain access to the keyboard connector.

  3. If the keyboard cable is held in place by a locking arm next to the keyboard connector, carefully spread the retaining bracket away from the connector so that you can pivot the locking arm upward to release the cable.

  4. Pull up on the pull tab to disconnect the keyboard cable connector from the keyboard connector on the system board.

Replacing the Keyboard

CAUTION: Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions in the Product Information Guide.
CAUTION: To avoid electrostatic discharge, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by periodically touching an unpainted metal surface, such as a connector on the back of the computer.
NOTICE: To avoid scratching the palm rest when replacing the keyboard, hook the tabs along the front edge of the keyboard into the palm rest, and then secure the keyboard in place.
  1. Connect the keyboard connector to the system board.

  2. Fold the pull tab down and secure it and the keyboard cable underneath the locking arm before locking it in place.

  3. Place the tabs along the front edge of the keyboard into the palm rest and lay the keyboard down on the palm rest, pressing the sides down into the detents.

  4. Replace the three screws at the top of the keyboard.

  5. Replace the hinge cover (see Hinge Cover).

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