Panasonic Toughbook CF-W8 keyboard removal/replacement

You should have some experience so i wont go into exact detail except where needed to remove the keyboard.

1. Remove hard drive and battery.
2. Take the screws out of the bottom case.
3. Under the hard drive and battery there are 4 plastic tape like covers over clips that hold the keyboard in. Remove the tape like covers and use a phillips head screw driver to slide the clips toward the front of the laptop. Important! Take note of the clip orientation. The tabs that slide under the keyboard are bent in such a way to apply force to keep the keyboard solid to the bottom case. Put the clips back in with the same orientation.

4. Use a spudger (small blade or something similar) to gently pry up the bottom rt hand side of the keyboard. Slide the spudger under the keyboard and gently twist to release the double sticky tape between the keyboard and bottom case. The ribbon cable for the keyboard is toward the bottom right side of the keyboard so work your way counter clockwise around the keyboard to gently pry away from the top case.

5. There is another tape like sticker that covers the hole for the ribbon cable going through the top case you will need to remove the sticker, again gently. Start from the side closest to the back of the laptop and work your way toward the front to expose the connector on the motherboard.

6. slide the clip on the motherboard toward the front of the laptop to release the keyboard cable for removal.

Hope this helps.. leave a comment if it does please..

Thanks,
HHI Computer Guy
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