interesting thanks i'll try

Bob The Dino Pretty much standard affair.... Mylar sheets with silver traces laid out in a matrix.

If it's new, return it to the store or contact the manufacturer for a replacement.

Did you do it?

Hi John. Thanks for this video. I was able to replace the keyboard on my daughter's laptop following your procedure. I purchased the keyboard from Amazon, and with replacing it myself saved tons of downtime and money. Cheers

Jean-Claude Chambers your commenting on another pirsons comment

The keyboard cable just clips into the connector as shown in the video, so no soldering required. Fixing screws should be the same. You will need to change the settings in the operating system after installing a different keyboard.

Simeon Witter To obtain 5V from a 9V battery the usual method would be a buck converter as described here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eauYdbFmxMyzZaM.html Other methods exist but will be very inefficient.

Simbo

No idea, I only have what's in the video.

Knuckles the Echidna I have a HP Pavilion 15, which also has a buggy as fuck HDD. It causes my laptop to freeze for hours, pretty much everyday. New HDD was £40.

***** It's a good idea - but in this case would be asking for trouble. Battery is visible centre screen at 11:00, it's soldered directly to the board.

***** That CMOS battery (soldered tags) is rechargeable, it will outlive the machine. That I can say with certainty. Cr2032 primary coin cells in a holder - maybe. In practice, the CMOS runs off mains power or the main battery first if available, so they also tend to outlive the machine. What I would certainly do is take the opportunity to clean the fan while the unit is open. Since each opening of the unit, carries about a 10% risk of breaking those flimsy connectors for the touchpad and power cables.

Mate, I am telling you now that lithium CMOS batteries are NOT rechargeable. Tyeb

Sorry about the weird reply format, I'm using a phone. I've just returned from an Intertek conference in Milton Keynes, so I ain't just some benchtop fake electronic engineer or some no nothing computer geek.

***** Laptop repair is one of the major things my employer does.. and i've personally replaced about a thousand motherboards, for what that's worth. Primary cells are more common, and in my experience always on a header cable or are removable in some kind of holder. Some Toshiba models have a very small lithium ion rechargeable cell soldered directly to the board, that look exactly like on this Acer. CMOS battery failures are rare, and pretty much only happen when replacing the mainboard on a machine that's a few years old. The spare part has sat in a warehouse unpowered for a few years, so the CMOS will have drained. There was actually a service advisory from Toshiba , stating that the boards for 100/200 series machines would not POST if the CMOS battery was below 2.5Volts. One solution, if you were patient, was to leave the board hooked up to a psu or battery for a few hours. If you checked with multimeter the cell's voltage would slowly rise. These days bench space is at a premium so we just swap the cell.

Yep it makes for a proper job.

brian whittle It's like they ran out of space after positioning the hard drive. Morons...

brian whittle Trackpads on laptops with number pads are typically placed center to the alphanumeric section of the keyboard, not the entire thing. Why? I don't bloody know, it's stupid in my opinion, but it seems to work as it's a long-standing trend within the major laptop manufacturers nowadays.

Max C I know, the asymmetric trackpad placement really bugs me though, I wish they would stop. Also it's a common "feature" on laptops without a number section to have the trackpad slightly to the left, why?!

brian whittle Consumer laptops got easier to service up till about 3 years ago, now the trend is going the other way. Acer want to save another mm of case thickness compared to last year's model but aren't going to spend the money to do it nicely.

IsettasRock Is that true, many people pay extra for a brand name believing it will be better quality, rather than purchase a no name item. If you have more money I suppose you will be willing to spend even more for quality, if you're broke the decisions made for you :-) Judging from Jw comments he would like to have a choice of better quality rather than land fill material.

IsettasRock 3:12 It's amazing how many people trust Western Digital with their sensitive data.

reggiebacci The fact that it's got only a mechanical hdd is more the shame. It might have the latest and greatest Intel Haswell processor, but startup shutdown and restart will still take ages. Jolt the thing while it's on and say hello to the click of death.

How did it go

How did it go ... Did you replaced it afterward?

@@jerrysmall167 Yes, I got the keyboard replaced. Don't think I'll do it again.

@@jakedrake2124 Oh great! Wish me good luck with mine

+Coolkeys2009 I've taken apart many laptops in my life and have yet to come across one that is only held together with glue, my cheapest laptop being a Dell M5030 costing £299.99 at the time came with screws, you'd take the screws out then run a credit card under the edges to pop up the tabs around the edges.

+thefiestaguy Do a search for Apple laptops glued together and you shall be enlightened.

Replacement was from someone on ebay, but that was back in 2015. They are easier to find just by searching for 'acer e1 keyboard' or 'E1-532 keyboard; and checking the description to see what models it fits. One particular keyboard is often used in many different models.

Thank you very much. greetings

Gamewwx Just under 2 years old, manufactured August 2013

***** Ok. I noticed it afterwards.

The keyboard in this laptop is screwed in from underneath. There is no way to 'remove it from the top'.

@@jwflame Thanks John. You are right. I removed from newer keyboard model. Please ignore my comment.

Where is the newer link please

Mmmmm The Lenovo ThinkPad T420 has a really easy slide out keyboard. The are Good laptops and easy to upgrade/ service the parts too ;)

What do you mean "Acer hate"?

I was being overly dramatic because at several points of his video, the author editorializes about the quality of the product in what I felt was a less than complimentary. I am an ACER owner and I absolutely love my $300 US computer. I agree that it was designed and produced to a price point and personally I am amazed at the durability and I am pleased that the cost was so reasonable. Also, even though the video was edited, the swap process takes less than 30 minuets and the part is $12 US, I mean come on that is cheap. The quality of the repair video overall is very nice, succinct but a bit opinion heavy in my own opinion. Lastly I will say this, Ultimately the damaged keyboard was likely very serviceable. Here are the steps: 1. Detach the KB as shown. 2. Using compressed air, remove any loose soil, >40psi 3. Place the keyboard in a plastic tub and cover with distilled water, warm is better. 4. Use a small amount of dish soap and agitate gently until the contaminant is removed. 5. Rinse completely with fresh distilled water working all of the keys. Rinse it well. 6, Air wash with compressed air removing as much water as possible. 7. Place the unit on the middle rack of an oven that is warm ~ 140-160F for 60 minutes. 8. Reinstall and enjoy. Distilled H2O $2 US

He was just saying that the way it's put together is designed in order for them to save money to sell it cheaper. I have an Acer chromebook C720 and it's served me very well for what was pretty much $200 but it's not a scratch on quality next to my MSI GT70 which was like $2500