Dell laptop Troubles

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littlemomma76

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Need some help please with my Dell Laptop. There is this little black cable lift that is used to hold the cable in place. well mine has come off. I need to know is there an efficient way to repair this problem or am i just screwed. any Help will be appreshated.
thankyou
 
sory about that. It is a latatude 540. The keyboard is a seperat part that has a cable coming off of it and you slide the cable into the slot on the board. the slot had a little black cable lock or keeper that holds the cable in place that part has broken off. and i need to know if there is a way to repair that or am i going to need a new board.
 
Ah, so the part where the keyboard goes back in. It was a plastic piece? Sometimes they are metal. If it is the metal type, that may be able to be replaced. Otherwise, you probably need a new board, although I am not sure. I would plug in the keyboard and just put a piece of tape over it to hold it down.

EDIT- I just looked at a pic of that. I have the same computer, or an extremely similar one sitting at home. I have taken it apart, and I know what you are talking about. I don't believe there is a way to replace it without a new mobo. For that computer, I am not sure how much it would cost. However, I would try to tape it and see how that works for you, as most laptop mobo's run around 100-200 bucks, and if a tiny piece of tape would work, that would be better than spending all of that money.

Good Luck!
 
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Grr. I was affraid of that. It is that little plastic piece. I did try the tape once but was haveing trouble geting a good stable conection i will try it again. thanks for your input it is appreshated
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