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7

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                          15 minutes

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Introduction

If your keyboard has malfunctioning keys, such as certain keys registering multiple presses when only pressed once, keys not registering presses at all, key chattering, or if your keyboard stops registering keypresses completely, replacing the keyboard should alleviate your problems.

Luckily, the keyboard in the ThinkPad T580 is modular and can be replaced from the front of the device. You don’t even need to open the back cover!

What you need

Step 1

              Unfasten the keyboard
  • Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to unscrew the three 3.3 mm captive screws securing the keyboard.

Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to unscrew the three 3.3 mm captive screws securing the keyboard.

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Step 2

  • Use a Jimmy to pry under the top left corner of the keyboard.
  • You may head a “click” or “pop” as the clips of the keyboard disengage.

Use a Jimmy to pry under the top left corner of the keyboard.

You may head a “click” or “pop” as the clips of the keyboard disengage.

Step 3

  • Continue prying along the top edge of the keyboard, releasing the clips as you go.
  • Once the top edge has been fully released, grab the top edge and hinge the keyboard upwards on the bottom edge.

Continue prying along the top edge of the keyboard, releasing the clips as you go.

Once the top edge has been fully released, grab the top edge and hinge the keyboard upwards on the bottom edge.

Step 4

  • Pull the keyboard away from you, releasing the tabs along the bottom edge.
  • Be sure not to pull on the keyboard too excessively, as it is still connected to the motherboard via two ribbon cables.
  • Flip the keyboard over to rest face down over the trackpad.

Pull the keyboard away from you, releasing the tabs along the bottom edge.

Be sure not to pull on the keyboard too excessively, as it is still connected to the motherboard via two ribbon cables.

Flip the keyboard over to rest face down over the trackpad.

Step 5

  • Use a spudger to lift up the two black, hinged locking flaps on the ZIF connectors on the motherboard.

Use a spudger to lift up the two black, hinged locking flaps on the ZIF connectors on the motherboard.

Step 6

  • Use a pair of blunt nose tweezers to pull the two keyboard ribbon cables out from the ZIF connectors.

Use a pair of blunt nose tweezers to pull the two keyboard ribbon cables out from the ZIF connectors.

Step 7

  • Remove the keyboard.

Remove the keyboard.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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Daniel Glus - May 27, 2022

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Aren’t there screws on the bottom of the laptop that ought to be unscrewed as well? That’s what the T580 service guide says, I think.

Mart Conflin - Jul 26, 2022

This guide is wrong. You need to remove three screws on the bottom. Then slide the keyboard forward (towards the screen) and lift it up at the front to remove it.

Dave - Oct 23, 2022

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This guide is indeed incorrect. After just pulling the screws out of the back of the keyboard thinking they were “clips” as stated in the article, I can confirm that you DO need to unscrew the three center screws on the back of the laptop prior to removing the keyboard.

Alex Diaz-Kokaisl - Oct 24, 2022

Hi Dave.