ASUS VivoBook Flip TP501U Keyboard Panel Replacement

ID: 132428

Description: The keyboard panel contains both the keyboard...

Steps:

  1. Open the laptop until it is flat and lay it screen down.
  2. Remove eight 9.6mm Phillips #00 screws from the bottom of the laptop.
  3. Remove two 4.8mm Phillips from the corners of the device.
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  4. Turn the device face up.
  5. Use the plastic Opening Pick to separate the keyboard panel from the chassis that was just unscrewed.
  6. Pull the panel away from the chassis CAREFULLY, as there are ribbon cables attached between the keyboard and internal electronics.
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  7. With the keyboard panel pulled up, detach the two ribbon cables from the motherboard using the blue tabs on the cables.
  8. Remove the keyboard panel completely.
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