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In the following guide I will be removing the keyboard from a Gateway MT6704 (Model MA7) laptop. I believe this guide will work for many other Gateway laptops. Take a look at the sticker on the bottom of your laptop. If you can see Model MA7 under the Gateway logo, most likely you can use this guide.
First of all, turn off the laptop, unplug the AC power adapter and remove the battery.
Now remove covers from the wireless card and memory. I mentioned the hard drive cover, but I’m not going to remove it.
There are two screws securing the keyboard. Remove both screws.
Now remove two screws securing the hinge cover.
Lift up one side of the hinge cover with a sharp object as it shown on the picture below. Continue removing the cover with your fingers.
On the picture below you see the hinge cover removed.
Lift up the keyboard and place it upside down on the palm rest. Be careful, the keyboard is still attached to the motherboard with a cable.
On the picture below I circled the keyboard connector. In order to disconnect the keyboard, you’ll have to unlock the connector first.
On the picture below you see the keyboard connector in the locked position.
On the next picture, the keyboard connector is shown in the unlocked position. Now you can pull the cable and remove the keyboard.
The keyboard is remove and you can replace it with a new one. You can buy a new keyboard for your Gateway MT6700 series laptop here for less than $20.
Would you like to know how to remove the motherboard and replace broken power jack? Take a look at the Gateway NX570X disassembly guide. This laptop has the same body (Model No MA7).
Also, in the next post I explain how to remove the LCD screen from the same Gateway laptop.
If you have a different Gateway laptop and my guide works for you, please mention the laptop model in comments.
November 11th, 2010 at 6:37 pm
Any response to question ben’s number 10 about the broken white connector that holds the keyboard tape in place…
August 17th, 2010 at 7:29 am
Your instructions worked great for Gateway MX8738
July 17th, 2010 at 10:44 pm
Shaymus,
What else did you remove besides the keyboard? Did you remove memory modules?
Make sure memory modules are installed correctly.
July 17th, 2010 at 9:49 am
Help!!! I replaced my keyboard (Gateway ML6720) as per the instructions. I re-assembled it and now it won’t power up at all. I put the old keyboard back in and nothing. Please help! Thank You
April 1st, 2010 at 10:11 am
Cindy,
Check out this guide:
http://www.insidemylaptop.com/replace-broken-lcd-screen-gateway-m-series-laptop/
The guide explains how to take apart the display panel. Maybe using this guide you’ll figure out how to replace the broken hinge.
March 28th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
Also works for MT6451…Thanks been working on trying to get this a part for a while
March 26th, 2010 at 12:26 pm
YAY!!! i know how to het to the hindge now how can i change it my leftmhindge broke on my gateway mt6821?!?!?!
any help would be great!!!!
March 11th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
hi, i have here a gateway ma1 model no. m460e.started having problems with shift ctrl alt everytime these keys were touched a loud beep would sound but not from the motherboard system speaker the sound came from the laptop audio.so i ran system restore, now laptop freezes if any keys are touched.what can i do to fix it?i undid my last system restore to see if that caused it to freeze but was not the case.any ideas?please let me know i’ll try anything!help!
January 27th, 2010 at 5:20 am
This job is even simpler on a Gateway NX500S. You don’t have to remove the covers from the bottom. There is a single screw hole labeled “K”. Just remove this screw & then proceed with the two hinge screws and so on.
January 3rd, 2010 at 1:59 pm
Chris,
I don’t know what the charging hinge is.