For more information about the keyboard, see "Using the Keyboard and Touchpad" in your Owner's Manual.
CAUTION: Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions in the Product Information Guide.
NOTICE: 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 help prevent damage to the system board, you must remove the battery from the battery bay before you begin working inside the computer.
NOTICE: The keycaps on the keyboard are fragile, easily dislodged, and time-consuming to replace. Be careful when removing and handling the keyboard.
Remove the keyboard:
Remove the four screws at the top of the keyboard.
Ground yourself by touching one of the metal connectors on the back
of the computer.
NOTICE: If you leave the area, ground yourself again when you return to the computer.
1
locking tab
2
screws (4)
3
keyboard connector ribbon cable
4
retainer clip
Slide the keyboard towards the display to free the edge connector and
release the locking tab, then lift the keyboard and hold it slightly
forward to access the keyboard connector ribbon cable.
Use your finger tip to raise the black retainer clip on the keyboard
connector so that the ribbon cable slides out freely.
Replacing the Keyboard
Replace the keyboard:
Ground yourself by touching one of the metal connectors on the back
of the computer.
NOTE: If you leave the area, ground yourself again when you return to the computer.
Insert the ribbon cable into the keyboard connector, and press down
on the retainer clip to secure the cable in place.
Align the locking tab on the palm rest with the slot on the keyboard
and slide the keyboard towards the bottom such that the tabs at the
bottom edge of keyboard slides into the slots on the edge of the palm
rest.
