Illustration- HP Compaq NX7000 as example.
Caution! all power supply, from AC adapter and the battery must be removed before commencing of the dissembling and re-installation work.
For all other brands and models of laptops, additional and general informations relating to disassembling are described under "Common for 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.
Remove screws and latches.
Remove screws at the back of the laptop.
Total 2 screws. There are marks of keyboard beside the screws.
There are generally between 2 to 4 screws, and are marked with symbol of keyboard beside the screws.
Push latches downward.
Total 4 latches. beside the key F1, F4, F8 and F12
When there are no latches shown on the keyboard as this example, the indicator cover has to be removed. In some case also the hinge cover.
There are screws tightening the keyboard, could be found at underneath the indicator cover.
Move out the keyboard to expose the keyboard flat cable connecting to the main board.
This shows the cable at the bottom part of the keyboard
The flat cable is at the upper part of the keyboard, near the indicator cover.
Remove the flat cable.
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.
This is standard fixture for most of the laptop.
Softly push out the flat cable.
The keyboard is now detached from the laptop
In some rear cases, the end of the cable is fitted with an adapter that plug into a socket of the main board.
The front and back side of the keyboard
The back side of the keyboard shows the part number of it.
There are part number in paper stickers at the back of all Keyboards.
in this case the part number is 337016-B31
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