I forgot to show a shot of it, but yes - the backlight did work!

I like that LPL reference when opening it up! haha

I had a similar model HP to fix 2 weeks ago. The complete cover, trackpad and KB was only NZ$10 more than KB only. Very glad I convinved client to get the easier option after watching this. Patience of a saint.

Lockpicking Lawyer reference FTW!

So satisfying to see the end result of jobs like these, especially when you put the back cover on with no parts left on the table :P The LPL reference made me giggle. Nice work.

I love the fact you leave your mistakes in. It helps others look out for pitfalls. I have built up a collection of pitfall memories over the years. From "Keep track of your screws" to "Never throw iron filings into a power supply"! lol

Construction Material = HIPS Plastic Temperature = Does NOT melt at temperatures below 160 degrees Celsius (12:45). I share this data because removing plastic covers from TVs 65 inches or larger that do NOT use screws is a worse nightmare than what I saw here. Another way of saying it, I do this kind of work until my coworkers have gone home so they don't hear the "nice words" that I use taking advantage of the abundant "wealth" of the lexicon of my native language. Although my opinion is in hindsight and after reading all the comments ... it is easy to make a decision . On the other hand, you did an excellent job and I mean that with absolute sincerity. Thank you very much young Graham for your time and sharing this mark with us. All the best.

I quote the client a palmrest assembly with keyboard. Not worth the aggravation and possible return of the device if the keyboard does not hold in place due to the plastic rivets being cut. Note to novice, use a thin guitar pick to pry the base from the top. Once it's started you can slowly pop the clips while sliding the pick along the edge without breaking the clips. I should do a video.

You're rocking the same hair style as one of my guinea pigs. Awesome.

thanks for the thermal paste. massive amount of time and you still took care of the customer. nice.

I've done a couple of fixed in lid keyboards for friends and never want to see another. I'm not in business thank goodness. On the second one I found that I could cut all the tabs flush with the metal using a scalpel. Then the new keyboard went in easily and I used a soldering iron to 'swish' on the plastic stems which just pushed enough melted material around the edge of the holes to hold the thing in place. It was a lot easier that the first one I did when I melted all the tabs to take it out. If you have to do one of these a month for the next ten years, I do not think your fine head of hair will last that long!!

For anyone who doesn't know, the lock picking lawyer reference was the line: "Little click on 1, nothing on 2"

As I was watching your video, I could totally relate to the frustration that you were feeling while doing this repair... With that being said, whenever one of those HP's comes into my shop (with a bad keyboard) I always replace the entire palm rest assembly... I have found that it’s just not worth the time nor the aggravation trying to replace just the keyboard itself...

Tried this once. Never again. Full top cover with keyboard always quoted.

I still find it funny people continue to cover the web cam's on their laptops, but never on their mobile phones.

Graham Let's refurbish/ let's repair computer videos are therapeutic to watch after a long working day

Wouldn't bother unless I had all the time in the world. Full keyboard assembly replacement for the honored customer. Unless I couldn't find one anywhere. Graham you are a hero.

We did not see the backlight :(

HP actually have really good service manuals on their support website with full dissasembly instructions, the locations of all the screws, and part numbers for ordering replacements of every part.

You have some serious skills and patience. Totally impressed! I like that slidy cover for the webcam.

For noobs - use plastic prying tools, not metal ones. You will lower the chance of scratching the plastic parts of the laptop. Graham has some experience already.

when I used to repair awkward machines or laptops 20+ years ago, a trick I used to do to make sure the screws went in the right place so you didnt end up doing somethng like longscrew damage was get an A4 sheet and poke holes small enough to grip the screws in it with a test probe , and put the screws through in the sheet corresponding to locations where you removed them so creating a map of where they belong, because its paper it was handy to put notes on them, so if you get interrupted you dont forget anything or any details that were contained on micro fisc back in the day

Hi, thank you very much for this video and it will be even better to see the keyboard working after the replacement.

Another excellent video full of tips. It's good to see any tech hardware being refurbished these days, so much is deemed unrepairable and sadly ends up in landfill.

Amazing work as always!

For re-assembly you might want to see if you have an old fashoned soldering iron. Fit a metal tube where the copper tip would go inside the iron. With the tube over the heatsteak, the heat will be very local. Just a silly thought :-)

Hi bud great repair and webcam cover looks professional well done

Great work ! Love the slidey webcam cover.

Having the more troublesome keyboard made for a great learning experience....great job!

Loved the video. bought some webcam covers from your link just because :)

very good i like that fix and the camera cover very nice and looks alot better thank you for showing very interesting stuff the other day you did something with the laptops to i liked that as well

I could tell from the thumbnail what sweet hell was coming. Had to replace a keyboard in my brother-in-law's Alienware laptop just like this. Such anti-consumer BS to do this with a wear item. Having worked as a field engineer for HP, I've come to believe that the engineers that design these have some unrelenting hatred for the people that have to fix them.

I have tried your method man and wow... It made my life much easier 👍👍👍 much appreciated

Like many I try to replace entire section, but also had a HP 17-BY to do this week, bloody nightmare!! Many of the lugs busted. I used to use a soldering iron and a knackered black spudger to get additional melted plastic. Now tend to use some Zhanlida B7000/B8000 on the top of the stakes and set it in place. Works a dream, plus no heat to cause issues. I might be wrong here, but I think you melted the F3 key a tad.... we've all been there!! Good work on the tutorial, you deffo have more patience than many of us :D

nice little lockpickinglawyer nod

Great Vid Graham

love the lockpicking lawyer reference , little click on one, nothing on two..

The lockpicking board repair lawyer.

3:36 The _The Clippicking Technician._

Lovin the LPL reference.

Respect for doing it the long way, Jesus christ HP why are you doing this? I always buy palm rests, slightly more expensive part but your loosing chargable time flapping with these heat stakes.

Hi mate I enjoy watching your videos Keep going GOD bless you

A word of caution. Using glass cleaner longterm on lcd panels will remove the coating, and blurrs and smudges will appear. Been there, done that, plus all the donts of the repair business.

I learned yet more from you Sir !

Who ever designed that should never design anything anymore.

Great LPL reference! Love it

You deserve a medal🏅for that repair job 🎉🥳👍 I got one of the webcam covers from Amazon as they’re a great solution for privacy 🤯👍

Have one of those laptops. Very happy with it. They make them cheaper and cheaper so they put less screws in them and then are reliant on better plastic clips to hold the thing together. For those that try this its worth noting that plastic can be melted and bonded with other plastic of the same type (there is always something molded into the plastic to tell you what type of plastic it is). Thus if you don't have enough plastic to make the rivet, you can add more. Alot of patience is required with this and as always there is a trade off between the time/effort vs cost of a replacement palm rest; it depends on what you can find on ebay! If you have a 3d printer and a reel of abs knocking around, this ideal for adding more plastic (alot of the plastic in laptops is abs).

GREAT VIDEO!

Well darn, was going to buy some of those covers and shows currently out of stock, great video btw.

Meanwhile, my Sager NP8658-S/Clevo P650RG: Remove one screw in middle of back cover, push screwdriver through nearby hole, keyboard pops out, unplug ribbon cable, plug in new keyboard, push keyboard back in place, tighten screw, done. Less time time than it took me to write this comment.

Good video. Definately would be installing the keyboard with the palmrest preassembeled.

Great video, thank you. I feel proud that I am already using electrical tape for my webcams. :D I know you say in the comments that the backlight worked. Would have been nice with a quick shot showing the backlight working in the video though. I don't mean that as a negative criticism, the video is awesome as it is.

Sorry - trying to catch up. The reference to Lock Picking Lawyer was FUNNY AF!!!

A job well done.👌👍

Nice Video! Looks like F3 key melted a little bit! Thx for everything!

So the BK in HP 14-BK stands for broken keyboard?

Love the LPL reference!!

good work 👍👍👍

I've always used Guitar Pics to open devices, because you can get different thicknesses of them, and if you need something to hold it unclipped, you can get the thin ones, and the thicker ones can be used to pop snaps. You can buy them in bulk pretty easily and cheaply. it also doesn't scratch because it's a soft nylon. they're also pretty heat resistant because they have to deal with a lot of friction.

Like always, keep up the good work dude. I like your style.

5:36 LPL reference FTW

"Coz I want a nice simple job this afternoon"... Yeah, No!

When the plastic pillars holding the keyboard in do not hold we use tiny amounts of q-bond to hold the keyboard in. Sets in seconds and works really well. Much safer than risking too much heat.

I have 2 questions: Did the backlight work and does the laptop close properly with the slidey webcam cover?

I was working on one of these at my volunteer job, thanks for saving me time from doing this cuz I’m not dealing with it

Watching this video makes me so glad I have the ThinkPad T480 upgrading that laptop to a backlit keyboard was super easy and also it has the webcam shutter/slider already built in to the webcam, it's a win win for anyone who owns this laptop cause it's also very easy to upgrade.

I use a soldering iron to melt the posts back into the holes - no risk of damaging other stuff around :)

Lock Picking Lawyer reference!!!

Can't go wrong with a "quick easy" repair job 😂😂😂😂 You just had to say something lmao . Good show chap

another top video keep it up. how is the corsair battery swop holding up? im planning on doing the same as my headset battery is dead it only lasts 30min if unplugged

I did it on my own laptop a month or 2 ago, actually my first time working on a laptop . I just cutted the plastic tops off and disassemble. To attach it back i used PLA+ for a 3D printer, melt the piece of pin left and add the pla like you solder with it. Than use a pencil with a gum on the back and press it flat, works like a charm 😋 Maybe a tip for next time or just for the short pins.

Where the heat stake ends up too short would it be possible to use 3D printer filament a bit like solder to melt into the hole and bond to the rest of the heat stake. Typical 200 degree melting temp plastic (pla,abs or petg)?

That bottom cover is a pain in the arse

Love that shirt Graham!!

lol quoting lockpickinglawyer LOL good one

I know those mini webcam covers exist, but I didn't know that they were so cheap, I'll have to order some sometime.

get some plastic off an old case and melt it on top.as long as its the same plastic you can add as much as you like.plastic welding basics.Hope this is helpful in the future.keep up the good work.cheers...

Was that a reference to the Lockpicking Lawyer I heard in there ? "Little click on 1, nothing on 2".....

I wouldn't put those webcam covers on MacBooks because when it's closed, the clearance is too tight and it might crack the screen. Yeah, Apple.

I did this on a 14CD same setup. I just took a razor blade and cut all those plastic rivet heads off flush and the metal cover and keyboard came out cleanly and went back in cleanly. I used hot glue on top of the plastic rivets I cut off and that worked well for me.

Great patient work! I would have gone with a quick slice off the head of the plastic welded dots using a scalpel, then use a glue gun to tac on new heads onto the dots where the old ones were. It holds just as well as the original, and there is no risk of melting the keys, plus it is a quicker and cleaner job. But yes they could have easily used screw holes instead of plastic welded tacs. Or a better design like a ThinkPad like keyboard assembly. But some manufacturers are only after the bottom line, how much money they can save during manufacture and how much more they can charge for a new laptop. It's just business they would say!

did the backlight work? maybe cuz the lights but i didnt see any led light showing when the laptop turn on.

Someone's been watching the Lockpicking Lawyer.

Does anyone have a link to buy the keyboard ? Tried everywhere and I can't find stock. Was funny this popping up in my feed and me having the exact same laptop/fault for repair. Thanks

nice work on that pc

6:00 I lol'd after rewatching.

I wonder how this backlight looks after the repair/upgrade?

I have done this kind of keyboard replacement, and i dont think its actually worth it. It worked though.

Funny enough, I just replaced the keyboard on my Asus vivobook and struggled through the staked keyboard issue as well. The replacement keyboard also came with a backlight (pleasantly surprised as laptop didn't have originally) but have not had any luck getting the backlight to operate. Any thoughts?

I wish I had watch this before, I had to change my keyboard on Acer Nitro, and it was real hard job to do, good job

hahaaa, the laptoppickinglawyer 👍😁

That is my therapy

I have similar situation with Asus x441n. The keyboard are plastic riveted.

Did the backlight work in the end? I couldn't tell.

I've had trouble opening HP's that Graham opens with ease. I would dread opening this one after seeing the trouble he had

I just wonder what if you just use a dremel tool, or some high RPM tool with a round head and just carefully grind the top of the plastic heatstackes. that is a bit slower to disassemble but the reassemble will be much faster. For securing down the keyboard you can use some glue. hot glue or other type. I didn't changed these types of keybord before but I think I will be doing it that way. BTW good video as always, I learned a lot from your videos, keep up the good work! :)

If you have a laptop that is glued rather than screwed and clipped, (M'soft Surface Book 2), what is the gest way to get into the motherboard without a heatgun? Is it even possible? Love your MBd series's.

I haven't actually noticed. Does the backlight work?

hello bro how are you bro i have asus ux51vz laptop how i can keybord back light enable and disable many tim i can try but i dint have any solution