Help re-assembling X460

Hi,

Another post on here talked about taking apart the X460 to upgrade the CPU. I'm interested in doing that too, and I wanted to take a look at the internals of the computer. I took all the screws apart and managed to get most of the casing loose. The top left corner of the case refused to come apart and I didn't want to force it too hard, so I left it alone. When I put it back together I realized that I must have disconnected the keyboard, because it wasn't working on boot up. I took it apart again and found that I did disconnect it.

However, The keboard cable is attached to the top case, and the motherboard is attached to the bottom case, and there isn't enough space to connect the two together! The cable is extremely short and can't be connected unless the case is closed completely. Can anyone help figure this out? I'm particularly interested in hearing from a user who said he took it apart and got back together just fine.

Thanks for any help anybody!

 

Normally, there's enough length in the keyboard ribbon cable to either flip the keyboard over or slide it forwards in order to be able to access where it connects to the motherboard. Did you try both of those?

John

 

The keyboard is attached to the top casing. It is the chiclet style which has to be unscrewed from the top casing (which I couldn't do because the top case wouldn't come apart completely as I noted earlier). It makes it impossible to flip the keyboard over or move it anywhere, and the cable is too short to allow for it. In any case, it took me two and a half hours (and a pair of tweezers and a metal letter opener), but I finally managed to get everything back in order. That was an incredibly painful experience and I hope to never do it again... I'd still love to upgrade this CPU in the future, but DAMN, someone had better come up with a disassembly guide first.

Or maybe I'm just incredibly noob at this. I did IT work for years and built my last laptop, but laptops may have come a long ways since then.

 

Thanks for the clarification. Perhaps a special tool is needed to make that connection easy.

John

 

Yep i had a go too, the fan seemed to be catching on something or was clogged up with dust, so I had to open it up. Same situation though, the case didnt seem to want to open easily, so I've left it for now.

Disassembly instructions would be v much appreciated!