Gateway 600YG2 Keyboard Installation Instructions

Note: Before beginning, review electrostatic discharge (ESD) precautions.

Removing the keyboard

1. Shut down your notebook.
2. Remove the main battery and optional secondary battery.
3. Unplug the AC adapter and modem and network cables.
4. Open the LCD panel to the normal viewing position.
5. Insert the small flat blade screwdriver under the bottom right corner of the keyboard bezel and pry it up.


Warning: To avoid injury, disconnect the AC adapter and modem and network cables before removing the keyboard. Replace the keyboard before reconnecting power.

6. Pull the bezel off the notebook. You will hear small snapping sounds as the bezel comes away from the notebook. Be careful to not break off the tabs found on the left end of the bezel.

7. With a small Phillips screwdriver, remove the five keyboard screws and place them in a safe place.

8. Remove the keyboard by raising the back edge, then slowly rotating it toward you so it lies keys-down on top of the notebook. Be careful to not damage the LCD panel.
9. Disconnect the keyboard by lifting the keyboard connector using two fingers. Be careful to not touch or damage any other components.

To install the new keyboard

1. Place the new keyboard keys-down on the notebook with the space bar away from you.
2. Insert the keyboard plug, found on the end of the keyboard cable, onto the keyboard connector.

3. Rotate the keyboard toward the LCD panel until the keyboard is almost face-up.

Important: The outside of the keyboard plug goes around the keyboard connector. The plug is correctly oriented if the cable is not twisted.

4. Insert the front of the keyboard under the palm rest.

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 five keyboard screws.

7. Slide the two tabs found on the left end of the bezel under the notebook frame.
8. Press down on the bezel in several places until it clicks in place.


The bezel is correctly mounted when you can run you finger along the bezel and find no loose spots. The bezel should be flat all the way across. If the bezel is mounted incorrectly, complete the below.

9. Replace the main battery and optional secondary battery.
10. Plug in the AC adapter and modem and network cables.
11. Turn on the notebook.

Replacing the bezel

If the bezel was mounted incorrectly, complete the following procedure.

1. Insert the small flat blade screwdriver under the bottom right corner of the keyboard bezel and pry up.
2. Pull the bezel off the notebook. You will hear small snapping sounds as the bezel comes away from the notebook. Be careful to not break off the tabs found on the left end of the bezel.
3. Slide the two tabs found on the left end of the bezel under the notebook frame and press down on the bezel in several places until it clicks in place.

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