Comments on: How to replace keyboard in Gateway M-Series

By: Mandi

Mandi — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 21:08:31 +0000

Worked great! Quick and simple! Gateway SA6 keyboar. Thanks for the info.

By: Pete in Fullerton

Pete in Fullerton — Thu, 22 May 2014 02:48:29 +0000

Mine only had the one screw underneath plus the two on top.

Need a long thin screwdriver to pry off top cover, as it is pretty tight.

Otherwise, very easy, especially compared to the HP DV7 I just went thru for a bad cooling fan.

Much better design here.

By: Jeff Johnson

Jeff Johnson — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 16:24:51 +0000

Two screws under battery have to be removed to pull off sppeaker cover. To get keyboard out.

By: Odomus

Odomus — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 16:23:25 +0000

Hello, i love this, thank you it worked for my m-1631u, this was helpful.
2 Questions since i cant find the answer aywhere,.
1) have been looking for a bluetooth module, Peope say the Dell Wireless 370 is the right one for the laptop, which I have found on ebay and the like(unless there is a real card for that isnt a Dell one), and it looks like need an antenna since i see the micro antenna ports for them, but I have no other wire on that side, since I see the port for it next to the wifi card, iam guessing that is the bluetooth card slot (please correct me if iam wrong). Does it really need an antenna wire or not? If so have you taken you laptop apart and seen the wire hidden? I have no schematics for the slots anywheer and the gateway site doesnt have any pdf or anything to show what goes where.

2) This goes along with the no schematics, is it possible to upgrade my wifi card which is a b/g to an b/g/n card in the wifi slot? Reason why I see some wifi cards that say it is N but it has 3 antenna ports and i see some N cards that have only 2 antenna ports. Any ideas? No manuals or anything anywhere so I can stuck.

I hope you will answer these or at least point me in the right direction.

By: thalis

thalis — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:31:15 +0000

what’s the importance about the number in back of keyboard?

i opened my laptop Gateway M-Series M-6851 and removed the keyboard.
the number back is totaly different.

it starts with b186…. not AESA,,,

does it servesto my latop? or need to be the same number?

By: Roger

Roger — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 21:21:27 +0000

These instructions worked for the M-7315U, it took about 15 minutes.

Thanks!

By: henry

henry — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:59:52 +0000

wow. I cannot get the one piece top cover off my gateway MC7801u to replace Keyboard. please help with were all screws are n how to do? Thanks

By: IML Tech

IML Tech — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:34:19 +0000

In reply to yuri Quintero. @ yuri Quintero,

Hey iâ€m having problems with my gateway notebook M series 1618 how can i replace the graphics card please

No, you cannot. This laptop has onboard video - the video card integrated into the motherboard.

By: yuri Quintero

yuri Quintero — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:13:25 +0000

Hey i’m having problems with my gateway notebook M series 1618 how can i replace the graphics card please

By: IML Tech

IML Tech — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:52:18 +0000

In reply to Sam. @ Sam,

The left button is loose but still works can I remove the touch pad and replace the plastic button?

Most likely this button is part of the top cover assembly. I think you'll have to replace the top cover.