Macintosh PowerBook 1400 Series Keyboard Replacement

Scritto Da: Sean Bent
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Macintosh PowerBook 1400 Series Keyboard Replacement

Difficoltà

Moderate

Passi

19

Tempo Necessario

5 minuti

Introduzione

The keyboard has 3 main parts, including the speaker cover, the heat sink, and the keyboard itself. You have to remove these in order to remove the keyboard.

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    • Turn the device upside down and then locate the battery latch near the front of the device.

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    • Slide the latch to the left to release the battery.

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    • Continue holding the latch then gently pull the battery out of the device.

    • Place the battery in a safe location.

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    • Locate the CD-ROM Drive latch.

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    • Slide the latch to the right to release the CD ROM drive.

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    • Continue holding the latch then gently pull the CD-ROM Drive out of the device.

    • Place the CD ROM drive in a safe location.

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    • Locate the speaker cover.

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    • Press firmly on each end of the speaker cover and slide it to the left.

    I found it was easy to get a spudger over the left edge and lift it up a bit, then push the bar to the left, It pops right off after that.

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    • Gently lift the speaker cover to remove it.

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    • Lift the keyboard up from the back using a spudger(wedge side).

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    • Gently lift the keyboard until only the ribbon cable remains attached.

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    • Tilt the keyboard away from the screen.

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    • Locate the six screws that secure the heatsink.

    This is not necessary to remove the HDD. Go directly to step 20.

    Kenneth DeVries -

    That isn't the HDD!

    Dix Dox -

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    • Remove the six screws from the heatsink using the Philips #1 screwdriver.

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    • Lift the heatsink from the side closest to the laptop screen.

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    • Remove the heatsink.

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    • Gently pull up on the beige ribbon lock until it moves a short distance on both sides to separate the ribbon cable from the connector.

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    • Detach the ribbon cable.

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    • Remove the keyboard.

Conclusione

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

Autore

Sean Bent

Membro da: 01/04/11

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