Gateway 450RGH Service Manual page 27

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Important
The outside of the keyboard plug goes
around the keyboard connector. The plug
is correctly oriented if the cable is not
Remove the keyboard.
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Place the new keyboard keys-down on the notebook with the space bar
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away from you.
Insert the keyboard plug, on the end of the keyboard cable, onto the
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keyboard connector.
twisted.
If the notebook has the optional EZ Point pointing device, insert the white
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cable for the pointing device into the cable connector on the back of the
keyboard. Make sure that the blue print is facing up and the silver contacts
are facing down, then press down gently on the cable connector to lock
it into place.
Rotate the keyboard toward the LCD panel until the keyboard is almost
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face-up.
Insert the four tabs located on the front edge of the keyboard into the
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corresponding slots under the palm rest.
Gently press the keyboard down until it is flat all the way across. The
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keyboard should easily fall into place. Be careful not to damage the
LCD panel.
Replacing the keyboard
Tabs
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