Comments on: How to replace keyboard in Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop

By: honeybre

honeybre — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:59:24 +0000

Awesome website took me 5 min to replace the broken keyboard. Sure beat the 250 Dell wanted to put it back under warranty

By: dave

dave — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:46:52 +0000

thanks very helpfull thought i would have to pay to put a new key pad in easy nice one.

By: eastbullet

eastbullet — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:44:10 +0000

thank you !!! my brother throw this laptop away because the keyboard error… now i can use the laptop..!

By: Noob

Noob — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:53:56 +0000

Thank you SO much for this article. I spilled mountain dew on my keyboard which left many keys sticky and slow. I also broke off the Ctrl key trying to clean it. Then my enter key stopped responding well from wear and tear. For $15 total I could order a replacement keyboard, and I was confident enough to do it myself thanks to your clear instructions and photos! THANK YOU!

Small note: When you are placing the new keyboard in, make sure the ribbon slides under the connector all the way. There are small tabs that should line up with holes on the edge. Once those have lined up you can flip down the brown connector and you’re good to go!

No more drinks around my laptop!

By: Horia

Horia — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:11:51 +0000

very usefull
thank you

By: Laptop Tech

Laptop Tech — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:42:57 +0000

@ Hussain,
Here’s something to try.
1. Insert the keyboard cable into the connector.
2. Place the broken piece back into the connector the way it should be.
3. Secure connection with sticky tape.

By: Hussain

Hussain — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:37:09 +0000

Whilst trying replace keyboard I managed to break the item number 5 listed on the link below:

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins1520/en/sm/csl_key5.jpg

Any idea if I can get this bit separately?

By: siby

siby — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:30:34 +0000

fantastic this worked for my inspiron 1545 laptop. very useful. thank a lot

By: David

David — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:57:10 +0000

Ok I found it :
You have to TAKE OUT the internal CD/DVD drive, and the external drive will take the lead !
I hope this could be helpfull !

By: David

David — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:45:19 +0000

Hello my CD/DVD is broke. And I’m trying to (re)install Windows Vista in this laptop.
So I take an external CD/DVD drive. The problem is : I try to boot from the external drive but the laptop don’t recognize it. Even if I put boot priority to “USB device”
Somebody have a clue ? Thanks !!!