Dell Latitude D620 Keyboard Replacement

ID: 2397

Description: Guide to removing the keyboard from the D620.

Steps:

1. Power down the laptop and remove the battery.
2. Open the laptop cover all of the way.

3. Locate the notch under the cover at the top of the keyboard
4. Using the spudger as a lever, lift the plastic covering
5. Carefully remove the rest of the covering from right to left

6. Unscrew the top portion of the keyboard using a #00 screwdriver

7. Hold keyboard from the top and gently pull towards the LCD screen to remove the keyboard from the case
8. Don't pull on the keyboard too forcefully because it is attached to the motherboard with a short, thin ribbon cable

9. Once keyboard is out of the case, lay it face-down on the track pad

10. Using a small spudger, pull back on the black bar to release the blue lever

11. Pull up on the metal bar connected to the socket to detach the ribbon cable