jp.ik Leap T304 Keyboard Replacement

First ensure your laptop is turned off and check if you have the necessary tools

All screws are identified by circles. Pay special attention to the yellow circles, as the rubber feet hide screws.

With the opening tool, remove a rubber foot.

For this action you will have to exert some force, because the foot is glued with a resistant glue.

Remove all screws with a Philips screwdriver PH1

All screws are the same so don't worry about identifying them.

With the plastic tool, insert between the plastics and gently pry open.

With your fingers continue to force open the bottom cover on the side indicated in the figure.

You will feel and hear several clicks, perfectly normal, nothing is breaking. Remove the cover completely.

Finally, we have the laptop open and ready to replace most of its components. Look elsewhere on how to replace a component.

To close the laptop just follow this guide in reverse.

Remove mylers shown in the picture.

Save them for the battery assembly steps.

Disconnect the cable marked in the figure gently, pulling it out of the connector.

Gently remove the battery.

After remove the battery, you need to remove the black mylar that covers keyboard connector.

After removing the adhesive tape covering the connector, use the plastic tool to carefully lift the black component that locks the keyboard tape.

Then gently pull the keyboard cable and release it.

After you need to remove the I/O board. It is fixed with two screws.

Follow the same procedure as to disconnect the keyboard flat cable for the cabe attached to the I/O board.

Under the I/O board there's a hole that you need to insert a tool and push the keyboard at the same time you pull the plastic as show in the picture. This plastic holds the keyboard.

There are more holders, but you just need to open one, the others will sag when you pull the keyboard smoothly

Smoothly lift the ktboard from its position.

Finally the keyboard is detached. When assemble the new keyboard do all this procedure in reverse order, taking extra care to don't touch the cable contacts, or bend them.