Dell Inspiron Mini 1012 Keyboard Replacement Repair Guide

Difficulty

Easy

Steps

5

Time Required

                          20 - 30 minutes            

Sections

1

• Keyboard
• 5 steps

Flags

Member-Contributed Guide

An awesome member of our community made this guide. It is not managed by iFixit staff.

• BackDell Inspiron Mini 1012

• Full Screen

• Options

• History

• Save to Favorites

• Download PDF

• Edit

• Translate

• Get Shareable Link

• Embed This Guide

• Notify Me of Changes

• Stop Notifications

What you need

Step 1

              Keyboard               

• Remove the battery

Remove the battery

1024

Step 2

• Using a Philip’s head screwdriver, remove three screws: one directly below the battery and the other two to the right and the left of the two battery lock switches

Using a Philip’s head screwdriver, remove three screws: one directly below the battery and the other two to the right and the left of the two battery lock switches

Step 3

• At the top of the keyboard, insert the metal spudger between the keyboard’s metal frame and the body of the laptop as shown
• When inserting the metal spudger, be sure to place the spudger under the frame and not under a key to avoid damaging the component
• Gently lift up the keyboard starting at the top of the frame
• Make sure that you do not damage the ribbon attached to the bottom of the keyboard

At the top of the keyboard, insert the metal spudger between the keyboard’s metal frame and the body of the laptop as shown

When inserting the metal spudger, be sure to place the spudger under the frame and not under a key to avoid damaging the component

Gently lift up the keyboard starting at the top of the frame

Make sure that you do not damage the ribbon attached to the bottom of the keyboard

Step 4

• Pull the clear tab at the end of the ribbon towards the hard drive to detach the ribbon

Pull the clear tab at the end of the ribbon towards the hard drive to detach the ribbon

Step 5

• Perform steps one through four in reverse order with your new keyboard to finish the replacement process

Perform steps one through four in reverse order with your new keyboard to finish the replacement process

Cancel: I did not complete this guide.

                                                                                      4 other people completed this guide.                                             

Author

                                      with 2 other contributors 

                    Marie K Bordley                     

Member since: 09/30/2014

238 Reputation

                                      2 Guides authored                  



                       Badges:
                       6







                                                        +3 more badges                           

Team

                       Ohio State, Team 1-1, Buehl Fall 2014                        

                                                  Member of Ohio State, Team 1-1, Buehl Fall 2014 



                    OSU-BUEHL-F14S1G1                     


                                            4 Members                     


                                            4 Guides authored                     

최희욱 - Sep 5, 2018

Reply

After keyboard open, You can change HDD or Memory as you like.