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By: Laptop Repair Help » How to fix broken keyboard connector on laptop motherboard

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:50:11 +0000

[...] say the keyboard in your laptop stopped working properly and you decided to install a new keyboard yourself. You disassembled the laptop, removed the keyboard, tried to unlock the keyboard connector [...]

By: Eugene

Eugene — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:24:22 +0000

I was fixing the motherboard on my laptop and lost the connector lock that held the ribbon in place to the motherboard…anyone know where I can find a replacement…

HP TX1000

By: dave

dave — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:06:35 +0000

thanks for your help. I needed to replace a vaio keyboard, and I am non techie. Your instructions worked perfectly.

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:32:21 +0000

Raj,

Need to replace the keyboard on my Toshiba satellite ,will give it a try and see if it works.

Check out http://www.Irisvista.com
You’ll find more examples for Toshiba laptops.

By: Raj

Raj — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:41:42 +0000

Need to replace the keyboard on my Toshiba satellite ,will give it a try and see if it works.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:11:41 +0000

awesome.. thanks, had trouble figuring out the locks too. but eventually got them to lift. thanks you thank you!!

By: YankeeEsq

YankeeEsq — Fri, 29 May 2009 03:46:56 +0000

Thanks for the description re the Toshiba keyboard. It helped much.

Just want to note that the pictures showing the keyboard connector ribbon locks could be larger. It’s next to impossible to see, which is a problem cause they are so damn small in real life.

To those trying to figure them out, there are 2 tabs, at the corners of where the ribbon connector plugs in. They slide up (towards the monitor, parallel to the surface you are working on) (NOT up toward you looking down at the computer from above).

Thanks for the help.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:00:59 +0000

Thank you so much! You saved me a ton of money after I spilt water all over the keyboard of my toshiba A135. I ordered the replacement off Ebay for $18.25 including shipping. And your excellent instructions allowed me to so easily replace this myself. Awesome!!!!

By: damon

damon — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:01:53 +0000

hey there i seen that u helped a lot of things so far so i ask u of this.. i have a toshiba A100 laptop and well theres the 7, u, j, n the up button dont work i have removed the keyboard like said above but still nothing but an external keyboard does work perfectly but as im selling it i need to fix it… so if i bought a new one n it didnt work what would i be looking at then for what to do wise?

thanks a lot!!!!!

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:34:29 +0000

Gil,

There seems to be white mineralization on some pins in the connector. How can I clean it off so the cable fits properly and makes contact with all the pis?

I guess you can try spraying the connector with a contact cleaner, something like ProGOLD contact conditioner.