How to replace the laptop Keyboard

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Last Sunday I play a game with my daughter Ling Chan beside my desk. When I lift her body to flying I pour a cup of tea to my Dell Inspiron 6000. Unfortunately the laptop is running with the wireless. Immediately I shut down the laptop battery and found that the keyboard failed as some tea pull into it.

As we all know the dell Customer serive guaranty is two slow. If I send the machine to Dell, I must pay 50 Dollar to replace the keyboard and wait for at least 3 weeks to get the repaired laptop. So I decided to repair it myself.

I buy a Dell inspiron 6000 battery replacement keyboard in battery4.us. Then I search some articles about how to replace the laptop keyboard with Google. Now the time for me DIY to replace the laptop keyboard. First I should remove the keyboar from laptop then I install the keyboard into it. Let me introduce the whole course to you step by step.

NOTE: To avoid electrostatic discharge, ground yourself with a grounding strap or periodically an unpainted metal surface (eg a port touched on the back of the computer, discount-laptopbattery.com).

NOTE: To prevent damage to the system board, remove the battery from the Toshiba PA3356U-3BRS battery before starting work inside the computer.

Remove the laptop keyboard

Remove the control center of the cover beside IBM Thinkpad X200 Battery.
Remove the two screws on the top of the keyboard.
NOTE: The key caps on the keyboard are shifted fragile, easily, and replace the time. Be careful when removing and handling the Dell Latitude D830 Battery keyboard.
Lift the keyboard and hold and easy access to the keyboard port.
To disconnect the keyboard cable into the keyboard port on the system board, rotate the keyboard connector latch toward the front of the computer.
Slide the keyboard cable connector on the keyboard.
1. Screws (2) 2. Keyboard 3. Keyboard tabs (5) 4. Keyboard cable 5. Keyboard connector closure. The picture from : www.laptops-battery.co.uk

Replace the laptop keyboard

Slide the keyboard into the socket on the Dell Inspiron 1525 Battery keyboard .
Rotate the keyboard connector latch to secure the cable.
Align the tabs on the bottom and slide the keyboard under the palm rest.
Click on the right side at the top of the keyboard available for the plug.
Replace the two screws on the top of the Dell inspiron 1545 battery keyboard.

In the end test the new keyboard is useful and sensitive. Another advise you'd better usa a external USB keyboard when not mobile using.