For more information about the keyboard, see the Dell Technology Guide.
CAUTION: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer. For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at www.dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
NOTICE: To avoid electrostatic discharge, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by periodically touching an unpainted metal surface (such as a connector on the back of the computer).
NOTICE: To help prevent damage to the system board, you must remove the battery from the battery bay before you begin working inside the computer.
NOTICE: The keycaps on the keyboard are fragile, easily dislodged, and time-consuming to replace. Be careful when removing and handling the keyboard.
NOTICE: Be extremely careful when removing and handling the keyboard. Failure to do so could result in scratching the display panel.
Remove the two screws from the base of the computer.
Turn the computer top-side up and open the display.
Carefully lift the keyboard and hold it to access the keyboard connector.
Push out the securing tabs that secure the keyboard cable to the system
board and remove the keyboard.
NOTICE: The securing tabs that secure the keyboard cable to the system board are fragile. To avoid damage to the securing tabs, do not push them too far.
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keyboard tab (3)
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keyboard cable
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securing tab (2)
Replacing the Keyboard
Slide the keyboard cable connector into the slot and push in the securing
tabs to secure the keyboard cable to the system board.
NOTICE: The keycaps on the keyboard are fragile, easily dislodged, and time-consuming to replace. Be careful when removing and handling the keyboard.
Align the tabs on the keyboard to the bottom of the palm rest and keep it
in place.
Close the display, turn the computer over.
Replace the two screws in the base of the computer.
Slide the battery into the battery bay, until it clicks into place and slide the
battery-lock latch to the lock position.
