Keyboard and top cover

Description

Spare part number

 

 

Top cover for use in the United States

744381-001

 

 

Top cover for use in the United Kingdom

744382-001

 

 

Keyboard

743897-xx1

NOTE: For a complete list of keyboards and associated country codes, see Sequential part

 

number listing on page 20.

 

 

 

Keyboard backplate

744366-001

 

 

Before separating the keyboard from the top cover, follow these steps:

1.Turn off the computer. If you are unsure whether the computer is off or in Hibernation, turn the computer on, and then shut it down through the operating system.

2.Disconnect the power from the computer by unplugging the power cord from the computer.

3.Disconnect all external devices from the computer.

4.Remove the following components:

a.Bottom cover (see Bottom cover on page 29)

b.Battery (see Battery on page 46)

c.WLAN module (see WLAN module on page 32)

d.Fan (see Fan on page 41)

e.System board (see System board on page 48)

Separate the keyboard from the top cover:

1.Lift the tape over the left screw (1).

2.Remove the 12 Phillips PM1.0×2.0 screws (2) that secure the keyboard backplate to the top cover.

NOTE: Only one screw is shown in the following image, but you must remove 12 screws to remove the keyboard backplate. Screw locations are shown as while dots on the backplate in the following image.

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Chapter 4 Removal and replacement procedures