Difficulty

Easy

Steps

11

Time Required

                          5 minutes

Sections

3

  • Battery
  • 2 steps
  • Access to major components
  • 3 steps
  • The keyboard
  • 6 steps

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What you need

Step 1

              Battery
  • Unlock the lock marked in red.

Unlock the lock marked in red.

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Step 2

  • Lift up the battery while unlocking the lock

Lift up the battery while unlocking the lock

Step 3

              Access to major components
  • Unscrew the five screws.

Unscrew the five screws.

Step 4

  • Slide the plate in the direction of the red arrow

Slide the plate in the direction of the red arrow

Step 5

  • Lift up the back panel

Lift up the back panel

Step 6

              The keyboard
  • Unscrew the two screws circled in red

Unscrew the two screws circled in red

Step 7

  • Press a paper clip in the three places marked in red
  • Lift the keyboard and feel free to put some strength

Press a paper clip in the three places marked in red

Lift the keyboard and feel free to put some strength

Step 8

  • Disconnect the three framed connectors in red

Disconnect the three framed connectors in red

Step 9

  • Pull the white drawer in the direction of the arrow to unlock the connector
  • Disconnect the red circled connector

Pull the white drawer in the direction of the arrow to unlock the connector

Disconnect the red circled connector

Step 10

  • Pull the black drawer in the direction of the arrow to unlock the connector
  • Disconnect the red circled connector

Pull the black drawer in the direction of the arrow to unlock the connector

Step 11

  • Lift the flap that holds the connector circled in red
  • Disconnect the red circled connector
  • Remove the keyboard

Lift the flap that holds the connector circled in red

Remove the keyboard

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

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Clem Wang - Sep 6, 2018

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I wish to know whether it’s possible to pry off the key to clean off the contacts. (I spilled coffee on the keyboard).

Fortunately for me, the key was on the edge of the board (the down arrow key). It was stuck on.

I lifted the key up as much as I could and I cleaned it with Deoxit. That did the trick. My keyboard is now working.

Thanks for the steps!

Clem Wang - Sep 7, 2018

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Oops. Spoke too soon. There’s something wrong with the keyboard: the INSERT key (ESC -[2~ ) is stuck. Also, there’s a red light under the keyboard. I’m not sure what that all means…

Josh Greifer - Nov 3, 2021

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Great instructions, but for my laptop, step 7 only indicated three of seven places (the other four are the top centre of the keyboard, and the three points symmetrical to the 3 you’ve indacted, on the right hand side of the keyboard).