Comments on: How to fix broken keyboard connector on laptop motherboard

By: Deb

Deb — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:18:48 +0000

I just want to say THANK YOU for the directions on repairing the keyboard connector. I was ready to give up trying to fix it. This did the trick. THANKS!!!
Deb

By: nick

nick — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:49:03 +0000

Thank you, Best info I’ve found for re moving keyboard.

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:10:17 +0000

I have keyboard issues with My Dell Inspiron 1545 beginning two months after I purchase it. I kept contacting Dell and they would send me a new keyboard. In the beginning the probelem was tht the keys on the keyboard were popping off because they were sending me “cheap” keyboards. After the fifth replace of the keyboard, during the repair and replacement of the last keyboard they sent, a couple of prongs became broken because, like I said this is the 5th time I had to replace the keyboard because the keys kept popping off. Finally Dell agreed to ship me a box to send in my laptop for repair. A couple of days later, they contacted me telling me that they cold not repair it unless I paid them $358 to replace the Motherboard. My point is, “The motherboard would have never been broken, if they had shipped me a quality keyboard to begin with. I can expect that the Keyboard connection on the Motherboard would be broken after, 5 attempts of installing a new keyboard. What pisses me off the most is that this laptop is only 7 or 8 months old, and they don’t want to fix it. So now they are shipping it back to me “unrepaired”. Also in the process, the battery clip became broken, because the battery had to be removed so many times to install the new keyboard. Just wondering if you have any suggestions on repairing the keyboard connection on the motherboard without having to replace the motherboard. Because at this point, I feel like I would be better off to purchase a New Laptop, instead of investing nearly $400 for a repair that I feel is in now way my fault. Through the past few months, I have learned that the customer service at Dell is awful. If they would have requested that I send in the laptop for repair, during the first time I had an issue with the keyboard, then this problem would be their’s, but since I did the install, 5 times because of Cheap keyboards, my motherboard is broken and I am without a laptop.

By: Suzan

Suzan — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:42:50 +0000

Well, I unscrewed the cover plate and successfully removed the keyboard connector. Hopefully the usb keyboard will suffice for now.
thank you for the excellent directions.

By: Suzan

Suzan — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:22:43 +0000

this has all been very helpful. thank you. My keyboard is totalled and I have purchased a usb keyboard. The laptop keyboard overrides the usb one and keeps intruding with nuisance letters.

I have successfully removed the keyboard as per instructions, however my connector has a metal cover holding it in place on what I assume is the motherboard. My laptop is Toshiba Pro S200 model.

This cover has 2 screws positoned on either side. I am not sure if removing this cover will free the connector. Should I be brave and undo the screws?

By: Laptop Repair Brighton

Laptop Repair Brighton — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:21:32 +0000

Hi, This is an excellent article if anyone ever has any problems with there laptop keyboard. Thanks for the time to write it.

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:14:54 +0000

Ken,

I had to replace the power connector on my niece’s Toshiba A305 notebook, and I broke the latch on the keyboard socket. I tried this but there is only about 3/4 of the original latch and I still can’t get it to make good contact. Is there somewhere I can buy the latch?
Also … I believe the cable was above the latch. Is it possible I’m mistaken and the cable belongs below?

The cable should be above the latch. Take a look at the step 5 in this guide:
http://www.irisvista.com/tech/.....cess-1.htm
As a last resort, you can find a piece of plastic and make something similar to the broken latch. I REALLY doubt that you can buy this piece separately.

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:07:08 +0000

I had to replace the power connector on my niece’s Toshiba A305 notebook, and I broke the latch on the keyboard socket. I tried this but there is only about 3/4 of the original latch and I still can’t get it to make good contact. Is there somewhere I can buy the latch?
Also … I believe the cable was above the latch. Is it possible I’m mistaken and the cable belongs below?

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By: Laptop Repair Birmingham

Laptop Repair Birmingham — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:19:23 +0000

Thanks for the post. I repair laptops and have done this on ocassion to the keyboard connector. They are so fragile.