Dell Studio backlight keyboard

I want to purchase a backlight keyboard for my dell studio 15. I cant find anywhere to purchase it and if it helps i got the stock keyboard.

 

Check on ebay.

 

yeah check ebay, thats where I got mine form and the installation of the keyboard is very easy if you follow the steps from dells website.

 

Been lookin for the past month and cannot find anything on ebay, also thier is an extra connecter where does that go because i am pretty sure all my connecter slots are used.
Thanks guys for the help

 

Okay guys Iam pretty much screwed i found the place where to connect the cable but i snaped the black piece that hold the cable in place, WHAT DO I DO?

Oh and how much did you pay on ebay?

 

I payed like... $40usd

and you snapped the black piece? well... uhmmm can't help you there buddy hahah.

 

The connectors flip up and down which is nice but it's easy to break if don't realize it's not like a standard ribbon connector.

Depending on how much the piece broke you may be able to carefully put it back in place, even if one of the sides is broken. Use a little hot glue to secure it ... if it's not salvageable you can still just use hot glue, just make sure the ribbon is centered and put pressure on the cable until the glue hardens completely so it keeps in contact, and don't put any tension on the cable when you seat the keyboard.

 

Yes, thank you, but I threw out the whole piece. THOSE PIECES BRAKE VERY EASILY.
I accedentally broke it because I didn't know that was needed for the backlight keyboard. Now I can never get that keyboard.

 

You broke the entire white socket off the motherboard, not just the little black door/clamp piece?

 

Lol, I just broke the black door or clamp. So now theirs no way on me getting my backlight keyboard.

 

You can still fix it then with hot glue ... I've done similar repairs before successfully, it's trickier with the any of the black piece, but the ribbon cable has the stiffener piece you can put pressure on to make sure the cable is pinned to the contacts while you wait for the hot glue to harden completely. Keep the ribbon slack while you put the keyboard back in because you don't want to pull on the wire.

 

You think dell will have the spare parts.

 

I doubt Dell would sell that small piece, all motherboards may not even use the same piece. Best bet may be to find the part from an online electronics dealer like mouser or digikey

 

that does suck.

 

that does suck.

 

that sux. Good Luck m8