Introducción
If your Chromebook’s keyboard is not working correctly, then this guide is going to help you get your keys working the way they're suppose to. When working on replacing your keyboard, be sure to ground yourself. Static can short circuit your Chromebook, so be sure to either wear an anti-static wrist strap or work on a surface that doesn't generate static electricity, like wood, tile, or other hard floors.
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Flip the laptop upside down with the rear end of the computer away from you.
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Turn the laptop on its side. Use a small, blue opening tool to pry the keyboard cover and laptop apart. Begin from the top right, next to the power button, and slowly work your way around to the opposite side until the keyboard cover is detached.
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Gently, with force, pop the keyboard from the palm rest assembly.
Mine had a metal backing plate which was plastic welded with through holes. It required a little persuasion with a putty knife but I got it.
Thanks for the guide, I got into it and was looking at those small rivets trying to discern whether they were stand-offs, rivets, 1mm hex, or other - the answer was gently pry off the keyboard.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Thanks!
Took me about 30 minutes, despite losing a couple of screws (which I did find on the floor/chair), interruptions from kids, and forgetting to put a little rubber pad on the new keyboard, requiring almost complete re-disassembly and assembly.
Only real issue I had was that the old keyboard coming out was basically snapping off little bits of the white keyboard case. (The “gently with force” section.) I suspect that it’s designed as a one-way connection and removal will break those little snaps irrespective of what care is taken. But reassembling it seems to work without those snaps just fine.
Thanks!
A couple more notes:
I did it without removing the cable for the touchpad at all. I didn’t see any reason to disconnect that.
After examining the old keyboard more carefully, I realized the plastic sheet on the bottom was removable (it’s just glued on) and should be affixed to the bottom of the old one, so once more I took it apart and added that back. (That sheet had probably saved the computer from killing more than the keyboard when coffee was spilled.)
Also, the two slightly longer screws go under the rubber feet.
