Replacing an Acer Laptop Keyboard
A keyboard may need to be replaced due to a malfunction or an accidental spill of some kind of liquid on the keyboard. This guide uses an Acer Aspire 5315 as an example but the steps will generally work with most Acer laptops. I must advise that the memory bay/PCI cover does not need to be removed to replace the keyboard. By the way it is a pain to get off and only needs to be removed if you are upgrading RAM or adding a new PCI card. As a first step remove the battery and unplug the AC adapter form the wall and the laptop. After removing the battery find the screws in the battery bay and remove them.
The screws hold the cover of the keyboard in place. Next turn the laptop over and begin by loosening the cover directly above keyboard; it will need to be pried by another precision tool, preferably a flat head screwdriver. The cover also encompasses the power button and speakers so be very careful lifting the cover or you may pull out part of the speaker assembly. Under the cover you will find a set of clips holding the keyboard in place. Once more use your precision tools to ease the clips off, be sure not to pull to far too quickly when removing the keyboard as it is connected to the laptop via a cable.
You should have enough cable to fold the Acer laptop keyboard completely forward to remove the cable. The cable is attached through an interlocking clip mechanism like an internal fan is connected to a PC’s power supply. Gently remove the cable and then the keyboard. The only other area that can be accessed is the CPU fan from here and it can only be cleaned. Attach the new keyboard cable and proceed in reverse these steps; the keyboard backing is quite malleable and care should be taken not to bend or warp it in the process.
How to Remove a Laptop LCD Screen
Removing an LCD screen on a laptop is actually quite simple and shouldn’t take much more than 15 minutes, in addition it will save an end user from sending it to a technician. This may go without saying, but unplug the laptop before working on it. Locate the screws holding the LCD screen in its casing, and using a Phillips head screwdriver, remove the screws. There are at least four and they can be located on the screen side or the cover of the LCD screen depending upon the manufacturer. The screws tend to stick a little after being completely loosened and a knife or Xacto blade may be needed to free the screws.
Next look for screws or screw covers on the side of the screen; if covers exist use the knife or Xacto blade to remove them. Then take out the screws with the Philips head screwdriver, unscrewing all of these screws allows the user to gently pull the plastic casing from the LCD screen. Start at the bottom of the screen and work around the perimeter of the screen. When approaching the latch to the screen and cover it may be necessary to slide the latch while removing the casing. At this point the screen should be exposed and the casing should be completely removed. Remember this casing only comes off of the front of the assembly.
Slowly tilt the LCD screen forward; some screens have screws on the side holding them to the back casing, these are usually located on the sides of the screen, but varies by manufacturer. After tilting the screen out locate the connection of wires on the back of the LCD screen, this is the video cable and will be secured with tape or clips. Gently tilt the LCD screen back up and find the inverter at the bottom of the screen. Very carefully slide the inverter out, but it may need to be unscrewed first, again depending upon the manufacturer. Slide the inverter cable plug off of the LCD screen and remove the screen.
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