Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 Keyboard Replacement

ID: 2521

Description: This guide will show you how to remove the...

Steps:

1. Locate the bay door for the battery on the left side of the laptop.

2. Slide the latch to the right and then down to unlock it.
3. Pull out the battery.

4. Remove the four screws above the keyboard using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.

5. Pry up the black panel covering the top of the keyboard.

6. Remove the five silver screws shown.

7. Pull up keyboard and place it face down on the trackpad
8. Be careful not to put tension in the ribbon cables attached to the underside of the keyboard

9. Remove screws shown from cover plate

10. Pull cover plate out of place revealing the ribbon cable connections to the motherboard

11. Remove the ribbon cable farthest from you.
12. Push the white tab (as shown in the second photo) to release the ribbon cable.

13. Remove both ribbon cable by pulling 2 white tabs on either side of the cable to the right