>>247356>You really dont have anything to lose, its hard to damage that part.JESUS CHRIST DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS.
It is really, REALLY easy to damage your keyboard connector if you don't know what you're doing.
If you damage your keyboard connector, you escalate the problem from needing a new keyboard to needing a new motherboard (or at least microsoldering to replace the keyboard connector). A new motherboard will cost you ten times what a new keyboard costs, and you'll need to completely dismantle the laptop to fit it.
There's no standard way to fit keyboards to laptops, so what you need to do is:
- Google "<my laptop> service manual", and read the sections on "preparing to work on the computer", "removing the keyboard", and any other sections these bits tell you to read
- Google "<my laptop> disassembly", and watch a video of some guy dismantling your exact laptop
Once you know what you're doing, go slow and make sure you carry out every step the service manual describes. GO SLOW. You don't need to use force at any point; if you think you need to force something, there's a screw or a lock you've overlooked, and you'll break it if you keep pulling.
Keyboard wires on cheap laptops are really short: as short as they can get away with while still technically being able to fit the keyboard. So when you've detached the keyboard, be very slow, gentle and careful when you lift it away to get at the connector. If you just pull, you can tear the ribbon cable or pull the connector off the motherboard.
Don't be discouraged by this: it is an easy procedure, and you CAN do it. But do your homework first, so you don't make your problems worse.
