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If your keyboard on your Dell Inspiron N5030 is not working, and you have tried all of the steps on the troubleshooting guide, use this guide to replace your keyboard.
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Turn the computer over on its back so the battery compartment faces towards you.
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Place your fingers on the small buttons with arrows pointing outwards.
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Push and slide the buttons outward to unlock the battery compartment.
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Grab the battery and pull it towards yourself.
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Remove the battery.
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Use a Phillips #0 screwdriver to unscrew the sixteen 0.6 mm screws on the back panel.
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Flip over the laptop and open it so that the screen faces you.
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Use the plastic opening tool and your fingers to pry off the top panel.
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Pull up on the blue plastic tab connected by the white strip to unhook the keyboard panel from the motherboard.
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Flip up the small locking flap on the keyboard cable ZIF socket and disconnect the keyboard ribbon cable.
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Pull up on the wire tab with the blue, white, black, and red wires to detach the speakers from the motherboard.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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What if i broke the blue ribbons connection to the keyboard
This solution is quite troublesome and does not explain how to disconnect / re-connect the wide flat keyboard cable. For a simpler solution see :
