Alienware 17 R2 Keyboard Replacement

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Alienware 17 R2 Keyboard Replacement

Schwierigkeitsgrad

Moderate

Schritte

26

Zeitaufwand

20 - 45 Minuten

Einleitung

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    • Close the display and turn the computer over.

    • Make sure PC is turned off!

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    • Loosen the captive screws that secure the base panel to the computer base.

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    • Using a plastic scribe, gently release the tabs that secure the base panel to the computer base.

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    • Slide and remove the base panel from the computer base.

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    • Disconnect the Battery cable from the system board.

    • Turn the computer over.

    • Press and hold power button for 5 seconds to ground the system board.

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    • Connect the battery cable to the system board.

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    • Tighten the captive screws that secure the base panel to the computer base.

    • WARNING : Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in Before Working Inside Your Computer. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After Working Inside Your Computer.

    • Make sure the base panel is removed.

    • Make sure palm rest is removed.

    • Lift the latches and disconnect the touch-pad cable and the status-light cable from the power-button board.

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    • Note the touch-pad cable and status-light cable routing and peel off the cables from the keyboard bracket.

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    • Remove the screws that secure the keyboard bracket to the palm-rest assembly.

    • Slide the keyboard cable, keyboard-backlight cable, macro-keys cable and macro-keys backlight cable through the slot on the keyboard bracket.

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    • Lift the keyboard bracket off the palm-rest assembly.

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    • Remove the screws that secure the keyboard to the palm rest assembly.

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    • Release the tabs that secure the keyboard to the palm-rest assembly.

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    • Slide and lift the keyboard along with the cables off the palm-rest assembly.

    • Slide the new keyboard under the tabs on the palm-rest assembly.

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    • Align the screw holes on the keyboard with the screw holes on the palm-rest assembly.

    • Replace the screws that secure the keyboard to the palm-rest assembly.

    • Route the keyboard cable, keyboard-backlight cable, marco-keys cable and marco-keys backlight cable through the slots on the keyboard bracket.

    • Align the screw holes on the keyboard bracket with the screw holes on the palm-rest assembly.

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    • Replace the screws that secure the keyboard bracket to the palm-rest assembly.

    • Adhere the touch-pad cable and status-light cable to the keyboard bracket.

    • Slide the touch-pad cable and the status-light cable into their respective connectors on the power-button board and press down the latches to secure the cables.

Abschluss

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

Tinte & Feder

Terrence15

Mitglied seit: 18/12/17

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Ein Kommentar

I find it concerning that this guide has you disconnect and reconnect the battery prior to doing anything with the keyboard.

Sean Hanson -