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I’m having trouble finding a replacement for my laptop’s keyboard. All the keyboards I’ve found have a similar ribbon cable but seem to have more connections than the one installed in my laptop. The ribbon cable for my laptop
The ribbon cable of the keyboards I found online | Image 2
Do the extra connections mean that the keyboard won’t be compatible with my laptop even though the ribbon cables plug into the motherboard?
Update: I ended up buying that replacement keyboard because it was that or throwing out a otherwise functional laptop. And the keyboard and the backlight work! I had to hot glue and tape it in because the original keyboard was attached with plastic rivets that break when you remove it. Besides that it was a pretty easy repair. I’m updating this post just in case someone else has a similar problem.
@sidd065 looks like the connections on the ribbon cable as well as on the connector side, are all different. I would not chance it. What is the exact model of your Laptop. Maybe we can help finding out more about this.
