Service manual

Disassembly
Removing the Keyboard 2 - 13
2.Disassembly
Removing the Keyboard
1. Turn off the computer, and turn it over and remove the battery (page 2 - 5), and component bay cover (page 2 - 9).
2. Use a screwdriver to carefully push out the speakers cover
at point .
3. Turn the computer over, unsnap the speaker cover upwards from the center of the computer (Figure 9b).
4. Remove screws - from the keyboard (Figure 9c).
5. Carefully lift the keyboard
up, being careful not to bend the keyboard ribbon cable . Disconnect the key-
board ribbon cable from the locking collar socket by using a flat-head screwdriver to pry the locking collar
pins away from the base (Figure 9d).
6. Carefully lift up the keyboard (Figure 9e) off the computer.
Figure 9
Keyboard Removal
a. Use a screwdriver to
carefully push out the
speakers cover at
point .
b. Turn the computer
over, unsnap the LED
cover module upwards
from the center of the
computer.
c. Remove screws from
the keyboard.
d. Carefully lift the key-
board up and discon-
nect the keyboard
ribbon cable from the
locking collar socket by
using a flat-head
screwdriver to pry the
locking collar pins
away from the base.
e. Remove the keyboard.
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2. Speaker Cover
8. Keyboard
•5 Screws
2
1
2
3
7
8
9
9
10
8
1
a.
2
b.
2
d.
8
8
9
Keyboard Tabs
e.
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Re-Inserting the
Keyboard
When re-inserting the
keyboard firstly align the
four keyboard tabs at
the bottom (Figure 9e)
at the bottom of the key-
board with the slots in
the case.
c.
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