Gateway MX6452 8511386 - Gateway Notebook Hardware Reference Guide - Page 57

Step 17, hinge cover screws.

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Replacing the keyboard 3 Rotate the keyboard toward the LCD panel until the keyboard is almost face-up. 4 Insert the tabs on the front edge of the keyboard into the slots under the palm rest. You may need to press down on the keyboard keys along the front edge of the keyboard to seat the retaining tabs into their corresponding slots. Caution If the cover is not correctly replaced, your notebook could be damaged when you try to close the LCD panel. 5 Gently press the keyboard down until it is flat all the way across. The keyboard should easily fall into place. Be careful to not damage the LCD panel. 6 Replace the keyboard cover. Press down on the cover in several places until it clicks in place. The cover is correctly mounted when you can run your finger along the cover and find no loose spots. The cover should be flat all the way across. 7 Close the LCD panel, then replace the two hinge cover screws. 8 Turn your notebook over so the bottom is facing up. 9 If you removed screws in Step 17, replace them. 10 If you removed the mini-PCI bay cover in Step 16, replace it, then tighten the screw. 11 If you removed the memory bay cover in Step 15, replace it, then tighten the screws. 12 Replace the keyboard screw. 53

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Replacing the keyboard
53
3
Rotate the keyboard toward the LCD panel
until the keyboard is almost face-up.
4
Insert the tabs on the front edge of the
keyboard into the slots under the palm
rest. You may need to press down on the
keyboard keys along the front edge of the
keyboard to seat the retaining tabs into
their corresponding slots.
5
Gently press the keyboard down until it is
flat all the way across. The keyboard should
easily fall into place. Be careful to not
damage the LCD panel.
Caution
If the cover is not
correctly replaced,
your notebook could
be damaged when you
try to close the LCD
panel.
6
Replace the keyboard cover. Press down on
the cover in several places until it clicks in
place. The cover is correctly mounted
when you can run your finger along the
cover and find no loose spots. The cover
should be flat all the way across.
7
Close the LCD panel, then replace the two
hinge cover screws.
8
Turn your notebook over so the bottom is
facing up.
9
If you removed screws in
Step 17
, replace
them.
10
If you removed the mini-PCI bay cover in
Step 16
, replace it, then tighten the screw.
11
If you removed the memory bay cover in
Step 15
, replace it, then tighten the screws.
12
Replace the keyboard screw.