Gateway M405 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. See your user guide for more information.
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.

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.


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

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. Pull up on the plastic keyboard connector using two fingers. After the connector is in the raised position, gently pull the cable out of the connector. Be careful not to touch or damage any other components.

Installing the keyboard

1. Place the new keyboard keys-down on your notebook with the space bar
   away from you.
2. Pull up on the keyboard connector, located near the middle of the system board, to verify the connector is in the raised position.
3. Slide the end of the keyboard cable into the keyboard connector.
4. Press down on the keyboard connector using two fingers. This locks the keyboard cable into the keyboard connector.

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

Important: The keyboard cable should slide easily into the keyboard connector. The cable is correctly oriented if it is not twisted.

6. Insert the tabs on the front of the keyboard under the palm rest.

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.
12. Connect the power adapter and modem and network cables, then turn on your notebook.

Warning: If the bezel is not correctly replaced, your notebook could
be damaged when you try to close the LCD panel.

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