The keyboard is part of the upper case assembly and it has to be cut out of the assembly if you want to replace it.
Not sure with your exact model but with others it is held in with plastic rivets that can be melted or cut away so that the keyboard can be removed and then you have to glue the new one back in somehow.
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It wasn’t really designed to be an easily replaced component, separate from the upper case.
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It wasn’t really designed to be an easily replaceable component, separate from the upper case.
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Here’s the [https://download.lenovo.com/consumer/mobiles_pub/flex_5-1470_5-1570_hmm_201703.pdf|hardware maintenance manual] for the laptop. Go to p.49 to view the necessary pre-requisite steps and then the procedure to remove the upper case assembly.
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Here’s the [link|https://download.lenovo.com/consumer/mobiles_pub/flex_5-1470_5-1570_hmm_201703.pdf|hardware maintenance manual] for the laptop. Go to p.49 to view the necessary pre-requisite steps and then the procedure to remove the upper case assembly.
Hi @ncdad ,
The keyboard is part of the upper case assembly and it has to be cut out of the assembly if you want to replace it.
Not sure with your exact model but with others it is held in with plastic rivets that can be melted or cut away so that the keyboard can be removed and then you have to glue the new one back in somehow.
It wasn’t really designed to be an easily replaced component, separate from the upper case.
Here’s the [https://download.lenovo.com/consumer/mobiles_pub/flex_5-1470_5-1570_hmm_201703.pdf|hardware maintenance manual] for the laptop. Go to p.49 to view the necessary pre-requisite steps and then the procedure to remove the upper case assembly.