How To Remove And Replace Laptop Keyboard
The direction below will help teach you how to remove laptop keyboard and replace it. This article doesn’t cover all models, but you may get a rough meaning, the disassembling steps are proper for most laptops.
Warning:
-If your laptop is still within the promised warrant period, then please don’t take your laptop apart, otherwise, you may lose the promise of quality warrant.
-Before you open your laptop, please first remove the laptop battery and pull off ac adapter for laptop.
-If you break the keyboard faucet on the motherboard by accident, then you’d have to replace the entire motherboard.
-You should take the responsibility of the result.
This is HP/Compaq NC6120 keyboard, and this method is also proper for other model laptops.
The indicator cover and the hinge cover are in one piece and is screw-less in this laptop. Many others laptops the hinges cover are separate from the indicator cover.
There are common also that screws are found underneath the indicator cover or behind the hinge covers.
In this case, there’s no need to remove the baffle of the keyboard, however, for many other models, you have to follow the next steps: insert a little screwdriver under the keyboard baffle, lift it carefully and then put plastic clip into it, and then move the laptop replacement keyboard baffle with your fingers; be careful, as some model baffles might be connected to motherboard with cable. If you just pull out the cable incautiously, then you have to plug it back again, to remove the keyboard, it’s not that necessary to disconnect the keyboard baffle from motherboard. You’d just need to release the baffle and then you could see the screws used to fasten the keyboard
Remove screws and latches.
Just as the picture 3 shows, you could find the screws used to fasten keyboard from the back cover of the laptop, 2 in all, and generally, there should be 2 to 4 screws on common laptops. And beside the screw fastening hp laptop keyboard, there marks some sign; under certain circumstance, Hinge cover has screws to frap keyboard. However, this tutorial doesn’t involve relevant case, hope you could notice that.
Push latches downward.
As picture 4 shows below, you could find some latches on the laptop keyboard, total 4 latches, beside the key F1, F4, F8 and F12, use a little flat screwdriver to slide down gently.
And as picture 5 shows below, lift the keyboard from the motherboard, once the HP/Compaq NC6120 Keyboard is moved and the flat connection cable between the keyboard and motherboard exposes. And before you pull the flat connection cable out of interface, first unlock the connection cable-lock.
As picture 6 shows below, it illustrates how to unlock the keyboard cable-lock, and move it 1-2mm cautiously.
Attention:
lift up the cable-lock on both ends by not more than 1mm.
Over lifting would break the clips that function to position the cable in place.
As picture 7 shows below, now it’s the time for the HP NC6120 Keyboard to get off from laptop, and then pull the connection cable out of it. And when install the keyboard, follow the steps above just by the opposite sequence.
About the Author
Udtek.com delivers high quality laptop batteries, laptop AC adapters, laptop keyboards, LCD adapters, DVDRW drives, laptop car chargers and more. Our unique product lines of over 1000 diverse accessory power products and replacement batteries and adapters provide our customers with an extensive selection of the best quality products available.
ClamCase™ the all-in-one keyboard, case and stand for iPad®
|
|
Bundle Monster New Chic Eco-Friendly Design Reusable Foldable Shopping Tote Bag – 5 Pack $15.99 Each year, hundreds of thousands of plastic bags are consumed worldwide. Less than 3% of those bags are recycled; which has a negative impact on our environment and threatens our wildlife and the world we live in. So why not make a statement by helping our environment with our 5 piece eco-friendly fashionable, reusable and foldable totes. Each bag comes with its own pouch that can be hooked on… |
|
|
Doraemon Silicone Potholder Pot Holder Pad Blue $15.10 ·Made of Silicone ·Serve as pot pad or cover hands ·Hollow Doraemon figure characters decorated on one side of the pad with 5-star points around ·Dishwasher safe ·Temperature tolerance: -10 C to 200 C ·Practical and cute item to own; add fun to your daily life… |
|
|
Keyboard Computer Icon Coaster Set Case Pack 6 Keyboard Computer Icon Coaster… |
|
|
Blackberry Curve 8520 Full Housing Case Keypad Case Us White $28.99 … |
|
|
Lute Music Of John Dowland $10.94 Dowland’s lute works are among the most beautiful compositions of the Renaissance period. Because so many of his pieces are wistful and sad, he was known as “the melancholy Dowland,” although McFarlane’s selection offers a fair number of more cheerful pieces. These performances are extremely stylish, alert and expressive in every moment of the music. Paul O’Dette’s Dowland recordings for Harmonia… |
|
|
In Case You Didn’t Know $8.99 … |
|
|
Tripp Lite PDUMH20 Power Distribution Unit Metered PDU 1U 12 Outlets 20 Amp $107.99 Tripp Lite’s PDUMH20 AC power distribution unit offers a digital current monitor and provides 20 amps of 120 volt capacity in a versatile multi-mount cabi. Detachable mounting flanges are configurable for wallmount under-counter or 1U/0U rackmount installation. Uses only 1U of rack space when installed in any 19-inch rack with the potential for zero U mounting in the cable management area of most … |
|
|
Tripp Lite PDUV15 Vertical Power Distribution Unit PDU 14 Outlets 15 Amp $67.99 Tripp Lite’s PDUV15 Basic Vertical Power Distribution Unit offers 15-amp 120V multi-outlet AC power distribution in a convenient 36-inch mountable housing. It offers vertical power distribution in rackmount raceway and workbench applications. Includes 12 NEMA 5-15R output receptacles 15-ft. AC line cord and lighted power switch with locking transparent cover to prevent accidental shutoff. Sturdy a… |
|
|
Butterfly Wall Design Protective Decal Skin Sticker for Amazon Kindle Keyboard / Keyboard 3G (3rd Gen) E-Book Reader – High Gloss Coating $14.99 This scratch resistant skin sticker used High Gloss Coating which is the standard glossy finish and helps to protect your Kindle Keyboard / Keyboard 3G (3rd Generation – release in July 2010) E-Book Reader while making an impression. Self-adhesive plastic-coated skins cover the front and back surfaces of the Kindle 3rd Generation and are custom cut to perfectly fit the Amazon Kindle 3 E-Book Reade… |
|
|
10 EASY LESSONS KEYBOARD DVD AND BOOKLET IN CASE $12.50 This DVD covers all the basics of reading music and playing melodies. Contains diagrams showing fingerings for automatic chordal accompaniment as well as a lesson on left hand fingering as it applies to the keyboard…. |