Keyboard - iFixit Repair Guide

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Step 1 Keyboard

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Before proceeding, power down your Laptop and remove the power cable.
Put your computer in front of you and open up the display.

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Step 2

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When you've opened up the display. Remove this panel with a spudger as shown in this picture. Do it like that on the other side too until the panel clicks open.

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Step 3

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When you've done everything correct, you should see a view like this.

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Step 4

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After the previous step, try to put the spudger in between the keyboard and the plastic frame. Then the pins holding it in should click.

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Step 5

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When pushing the keyboard try to be careful cause underneath, the keyboard is connected to the motherboard with a ribbon cable.
After the previous step there are 4 more plastic pins, for these you can just slide the keyboard out of these.

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Step 6

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Be careful when unplugging the ribbon cable from the motherboard.
If you need to replace they keyboard and nothing else now is the time to do so.
With a spudger remove the ribbon cable from the motherboard.

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Conclusion

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

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