HP Pavilion dv7-3065dx Keyboard Replacement

Written By: Nicholas Moore
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HP Pavilion dv7-3065dx Keyboard Replacement

Difficulty

Difficult

Steps

14

Time Required

15 minutes

Introduction

This guide will instruct you on how to replace the keyboard for your HP Pavilion dv7-3065dx.

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    • Turn off the device before removing the battery.

    • Place the laptop upside down on a flat surface so that the bottom is facing up.

    • The battery is the long rectangle above the latch.

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    • Slide the battery latch to the left to release the battery.

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    • Carefully pull out the battery while holding the latch to the open position with your finger.

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    • Loosen the four screws that secure the hard drive panel with a Phillips head screwdriver.

    • Do not completely remove the screws from the panel.

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    • Lift the drive cover to expose the hard drive.

    • This device did not have a physical hard drive to work with.

    • Gently tug on the black tabs located on each end of the hard drive in order to loosen the hard drive from the motherboard.

    • Be careful when working with the hard drive cable.

    • Separate the hard drive from the cable by firmly gripping the hard drive and the black plug.

    • Remove the four Phillips screws that secure the hard drive to its carrier.

    • There are two screws on each side.

    • Lift and remove the hard drive from the metal surrounding its perimeter.

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    • Locate these seven screws that fasten the keyboard and switch cover to the computer.

    • Remove these screws

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    • Flip over the computer to the upright position and locate the switch cover.

    • Carefully pry the switch cover up until it detaches from the computer.

    • The switch cover is held in with plastic clips. They may break if they are removed too forcefully.

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    • Raise the switch cover to expose the speaker assembly.

    • Carefully detach the ribbon cables from the speaker assembly.

    • Locate and remove these four screws from the switch cover.

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    • Locate and remove the screws that hold the keyboard to the computer.

    • Lift the keyboard up to expose the keyboard connector.

    • The keyboard connector is the small cord located near the screen of the computer.

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    • Disconnect the keyboard connector by unhinging the blue plastic clips and gently pulling the cord.

    • The keyboard can now be removed from the computer.

Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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