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# Keyboard

Dell™ Latitude™ C610/C510 Service Manual

Removing the Keyboard

Replacing the Keyboard

### Removing the Keyboard

| NOTICE: Disconnect the computer and any attached devices from electrical outlets, and remove any installed batteries.

| NOTICE: To avoid ESD, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by touching an unpainted metal surface on the computer.

| NOTICE: Read "Preparing to Work Inside the Computer" before performing the following procedure.

1. Remove the hard drive.
2. Turn the computer over, and remove the five M2.5 x 12-mm screws labeled "circle K."

Screw Removal

1 | M2.5 x 12-mm screws (5)

1. Turn the computer over and open the display.

| NOTICE: The key caps on the keyboard are fragile, easily dislodged, and time-consuming to replace. Be careful when removing and handling the keyboard.

1. Remove the center control cover.
   1. Use a small, flat-blade screwdriver or plastic scribe to lift the right edge of the center control cover and pry it loose from the bottom case.
   1. Lift the center control cover up and away from the bottom case.

Center Control Cover Removal

1. To release the keyboard from the palm rest, use a small, flat-blade screwdriver or plastic scribe to pull up on the scalloped edge of the blank key on the keyboard.

Keyboard Removal

1 | keyboard
2 | track stick
3 | scalloped edge of blank key
4 | palm rest

1. Lift the keyboard straight up until it clears the keyboard boss support in the bottom case.
2. Rotate the keyboard forward toward the front of the computer.
3. Rest the key face of the keyboard on the palm rest.

| NOTICE: Do not pull on the keyboard flex and track stick cables.

1. Pull up on the keyboard connector to disconnect it from the interface connector on the system board.

Keyboard Connector Removal

1 | boss support (5)
2 | track stick cable
3 | keyboard flex cable
4 | keyboard connector
5 | orientation label

1. Remove the keyboard from the bottom case.

### Replacing the Keyboard

1. Place the keyboard on the palm rest at the front of the computer with the keys face down and the connector toward the back of the computer.

| NOTICE: To avoid damage to the connector pins, press the keyboard connector evenly into the interface connector on the system board, and do not reverse the keyboard connector.

1. Connect the keyboard connector to the interface connector on the system board.

The keyboard connector may have a label on it that shows the correct orientation of the keyboard connector to the system-board interface connector.

1. Carefully turn the keyboard over. Align the keyboard boss support, fit the left side of the keyboard into place, and then snap the right side of the keyboard into place.

| NOTICE: Position the keyboard flex and track stick cables so that they are not pinched when you replace the keyboard in the bottom case.

1. Check that the keyboard is correctly installed. The keys should be flush with the left and right surfaces of the palm rest.
2. Replace the center control cover, close the display assembly, and turn the computer over.
3. Reinstall the five M2.5 x 12-mm screws in the holes labeled "circle K."

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