[ale] dell laptop keyboard

[ale at sixit.com (Robert Reese)]

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On 8/30/2007 at 8:16 AM Paul Cartwright wrote:

>I've never taken a laptop apart, but I'm not shy. In a previous life I
>used to 
>take apart 386's, setup IRQs, replace motherboards.... but I just never
>got 
>around to a laptop. My 1 1/2 year-old DELL XPS laptop now has a broken "v" 
>key on the keyboard. The keyboard replacement from DELL is only $10.99 so
>it isn't that bad, but I'm just not sure of the exact procedure to replace it?
>hints,clues, suggestions welcomed.

Hi Paul,

I just replaced my wife's Inspiron keyboard.  It took all of five minutes start to finish.  *Very* easy.  Dell has the instructions in PDF format on their website.  In my wife's case, it was two screws under the battery and pry up on the "top strap" (my words) that contain the hinge covers.  My wife said, "Is that *all*?"  Yup.

Cheers,
Robert~

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