Removing The Keyboard - Hitachi M300N Service Manual

Disassembly

Removing the Keyboard

1. Turn off the computer, remove the battery
Figure 10
2. Press the three keyboard latches at the top of the keyboard to elevate the keyboard from its normal position (you
Keyboard Removal
may need to use a small screwdriver to do this).
3. Carefully lift the keyboard up and out, being careful not to bend the keyboard ribbon cable
a. Press the latches to ele-
4. Disconnect the keyboard ribbon cable from the locking collar socket
vate the keyboard.
out of the computer.
b. Disconnect the keyboard
cable form the locking
collar.
a.
c. Remove the keyboard.
b.
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(Figure 10b) and lift the keyboard
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c.
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10b).
up
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