2Lift the keyboard and slide the keyboard tabs out of the slots on the palm-rest assembly.

3Turn the keyboard over and place it on the palm-rest assembly.

4Lift the connector latches and pull the pull-tabs to disconnect the keyboard cable and keyboard-backlight cable from the connectors on the system board.

1

2

3

4

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keyboard cable

2

connector latch

 

 

 

 

3

keyboard-backlight cable

4

connector latch

 

 

 

 

5Lift the keyboard off the palm-rest assembly.

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Removing the Keyboard

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Alienware M18X R2 owner manual Removing the Keyboard