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Replacing the keyboard – Dell Latitude X300 User Manual

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4.

 

Pry up the keyboard locator tab, and the keyboard pops up.

5.

 

Pull the keyboard a small distance toward the front of the computer to release the four securing tabs located across the back edge of the keyboard.

6.

 

Rotate the keyboard toward the front of the computer and place it face-down on the palm rest.

 

7.

 

Open the ZIF connector on the system board by pulling the ZIF connector tabs toward the back of the computer.

 

 

8.

 

Remove the keyboard flex cable from the ZIF connector.

9.

 

Lift the keyboard up and out of the computer.

 

Replacing the Keyboard

1.

 

Place the keyboard face-down on the palm rest, with the keyboard flex cable pointing toward the back of the computer.

 

1  keyboard locator tab

NOTICE:

Do not pull on the keyboard flex cable.

1  ZIF connector

2  keyboard flex cable

3  ZIF connector tabs (2)

NOTICE:

To avoid damage to the connector pins, insert the keyboard flex cable evenly into the ZIF connector on the system board, and do not reverse

the keyboard flex cable.