HP Chromebook 14-SMB Keyboard Replacement

ID: 185948

Description: Don't let a broken or unresponsive keyboard...

Steps:

  1. Remove the eleven Phillips screws securing the lower case.
  2. Remove the two rubber stoppers, then remove the two Phillips screws hidden underneath.
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  3. Flip the laptop over and open the lid.
  4. Insert an opening pick into the seam between the keyboard assembly and chassis.
  5. Slide the pick along the edge to release the plastic clips, then use an opening tool to pry around the entire perimeter until the keyboard assembly fully releases.
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  6. Do not pull the keyboard assembly fully away from the laptop yet; it is still connected by fragile ribbon cables.
  7. Lift the keyboard perpendicular to the laptop.
  8. Flip up each of the two black ZIF locking flaps that secure the keyboard and trackpad ribbon cables to their motherboard sockets.
  9. Disconnect the keyboard and trackpad ribbon cables.
  10. Remove the keyboard.
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