Dell Keyboard Ribbon latch broken

There is a small latch black one that locks keyboard ribbon cable to the mother board socket. The latch broke off. The keyboard still works with a tape on top but. I dont want to pay $500 replacing whole board just for this piece of latch.

Does any body here have a spare of this latch or anybody with a spoiled mother board can help share this latch. any help is appreciated.

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What model of Latitude/vostro/Precision is this? Are we talking about a ZIF connector or something? If it's a ZIF connector, I'd think it'd be very hard to replace the connector. Otherwise, chances are if it's an older machine, you can buy a cheap dead board on ebay and just pull this latch off of that.

 

vostro 1510. its kinda black 1/2 inch piece, which can be easily removed and put back. but i dint find any cheap boards in ebay. if anybody has, please help

 

Hey all,

Think i've got a similar problem with my brother’s laptop. I’m taking a look at it for him.

Will upload all the neccessary pictures later.

Basically, he has a Compaq Presario CQ50-105NR Notebook. On the main board, in opening it himself, he damaged one of the ribbon cable clips that latch the ribbon cable onto the motherboard. This cable links to his power and wireless buttons.

My way of fixing it, was to solder a permanent connection onto it, with a link in the middle to disconnect at anytime needed.
Another way of fixing it was if I could find this missing latch elsewhere and just fit it in. Or even a used mainboard with all the clips intact would do.

Scrolling down on here, just realized there is no option to upload pictures or attachments, so I’ve uploaded the pictures onto photobucket, and will place the links below. Although just seen thers the option above to insert a photo oops… anyway please check them out.
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This is the switch itself: http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/Lilmarius/090627_153828.jpg



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Cable to be soldered onto the switch and main board: http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/Lilmarius/090627_153818.jpg



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place on mainboard where the clip broke, and where the cable needs to be soldered onto.: http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa286/Lilmarius/090627_153749.jpg


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Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks