Keyboard Replacement (Latitude D610)

[stephenryan]

The keyboard on my D610 recently started acting up - keys would press twice when pressed once or press when not touched at all. The rest of the laptop is working perfectly so I phoned up dell and they're now sending me out a replacement keyboard.

I didn't want to send my laptop in to have the keyboard replaced - I can't live without my laptop and besides, i'm reasonably confident about replacing the keyboard myself.

That said, has anyone here replaced the keyboard of their dell laptop before? I was wondering if anyone would have some helpful advice or maybe even some pictures of the procedure.

Thanks!

[MrEvil]

I replace keyboards on Latitudes all the time. Claims adjusters for a certain unnamed insurance company are pretty hard on their Laptops, as are Texas State troopers. It's VERY easy to change the keyboard out (hence why Dell will let you do it). More than likely they'll send you a CRU kit which has a phillips head screwdriver, plastic scribe, and instruction booklet, but just in case it doesn't, here's how you replace it in 3 easy steps.

1. Pry off the keyboard bezel/hinge cover at the notch on the right hand side with a flat-bladed screwdriver (they tend to hold onto the notebook tight, so you might have to use a bit of force to remove it).

2. Undo the two screws at the top of the keyboard.

3. Lift up the keyboard, and pull on the blue tab at the connector to unplug it from the motherboard.

4. (I lied, there are 4 steps REALLY) reverse this order to install the new keyboard.

5. Profit

[stephenryan]

Thanks...

Thats the first time i've ever opened up a notebook - It was far easier than I expected... Fun actually...

[cjsamm]

Hey, stephenryan. I am having a similar issue with a dell inspiron 1200. You press one key and it actually types two on the screen. Did the keyboard replacement solve you problem?

[MrEvil]

I'm assuming that the keyboard replacement did fix the problem. He said it was fun replacing it and had nothing else to say about it.