Installing The Keyboard - Dell Inspiron 1100 Service Manual

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1 M2 x 3-mm screws
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2 keyboard
NOTICE: The keycaps on the keyboard are fragile, easily dislodged, and
time-consuming to replace. Be careful when removing and handling the keyboard.
5. Lift the top of the keyboard out of the computer base, and pull the keyboard out at
an angle (towards the display). Rest the keyboard face down on the palm rest.
6. Grasp the keyboard flex cable near the connector, and pull up on the flex cable to
disconnect it from the interface connector on the system board.
1 keyboard connector
2 interface connector
7. Remove the keyboard from the computer base.

Installing the Keyboard

NOTICE: To avoid damage to the connector pins, press the keyboard connector
evenly into the interface connector on the system board, and do not reverse the
keyboard connector.
1. Connect the keyboard connector of the replacement keyboard to the interface
connector on the system board.
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