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How to Remove Replace and Install Your Gateway MT series MT6457 Laptop Keyboard

1. View the back of your Gateway MT6457 Keyboard. If the laptop keyboard has screw holes, then you now you need to remove screws from the bottom base of your plastic bezel. If the keyboard does not have any screw holes, then screws are usually not required to be removed from the bottom of the laptop.

2. Now that you have determined if screws are required to be removed from your Gateway MT6457 laptop keyboard, we will now pry the keyboard out using a thin object. The first step is to view the top of the keyboard area, also known as the keyboard plastic bezel. If your keyboard has a plastic bezel above your keyboard, you will need to pry it out. If you don’t have a plastic bezel above your keyboard, then you can take a think object. Place the thin object between your Gateway MT6457 laptop keyboard and the plastic bezel, and pry out the keyboard.

3. Now that your Gateway MT6457 keyboard has been removed your will need to disconnect the Gateway MT6457 keyboard cable ribbon from the motherboard. There is usually pins connected to the Gateway MT6457 motherboard that need to be pushed up/down. Once the keyboard connector cable has been removed from the Gateway MT6457 laptop keyboard, remove the keyboard.

4. We will now install your new Gateway MT6457 laptop keyboard.

5. Reconnect the Gateway MT6457 keyboard to the motherboard. Insert the Gateway MT6457 Keyboard back into the motherboard. Secure the pins and push the pins in. Once your keyboard is secured, you can now aligned the keyboard with the grooves. Push the keyboard down and in place. If there is a Gateway MT6457 plastic keyboard bezel, place it back in place. Secure all your Gateway MT6457 laptop screws back in place.

6. That’s all, you just installed your replacement notebook keyboard!