Gateway M350WVN Keyboard Installation Instructions

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

Removing the keyboard

1. Turn off your notebook.
2. Disconnect the AC adapter and modem and network cables.
3. Turn your notebook over so the bottom is facing up.
4. Remove the battery.
5. Turn your notebook over so the top is facing up.
6. Open the LCD panel to the normal viewing position.
7. Insert the small flat-blade screwdriver under the bottom right corner of the keyboard bezel and gently pry it up.


Important: Inserting a piece of cloth between the screwdriver and keyboard and notebook case will help prevent damage to your notebook.

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

9. With a small Phillips screwdriver, remove the four keyboard screws and put them in a safe place.

10. Lift the back edge of the keyboard, then slowly rotate it toward you so it lies keys-down on top of your notebook. Be careful not to damage the LCD panel.
11. Carefully insert the small flat-blade screwdriver between the keyboard cable and the black plastic hinge where the cable connects to the system board. Gently lift the hinge off the cable. The cable is now free and you can remove the keyboard.

Installing the keyboard

1. Place the new keyboard keys-down on your notebook with the space bar away from you.
2. Verify the black plastic hinge on the system board keyboard connector is in the raised position.
3. Insert the end of the keyboard cable between the black plastic hinge and the white connector.
4. Press the black plastic hinge onto the keyboard cable.
5. Rotate the keyboard toward the LCD panel until the keyboard is
   almost face-up.
6. Insert the tabs on the front of the keyboard under the palm rest.


Important: The plug is correctly oriented if the cable is not twisted.

7. Gently press the keyboard down until it is flat all the way across. The keyboard should easily fall into place. Be careful not to damage the LCD panel.
8. Replace the four keyboard screws.

9. Slide the two tabs on the left end of the bezel under your notebook frame.

10. 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.
11. Replace the battery, connect the power adapter and modem and network
    cables, then turn on your notebook.

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