Notebooks & Netbooks

[milliesdad]

I was trying to replace keyboard with missing keys, and managed to break the ribbon cable latch that is fixed t the mother board. Is there a fix for it?

the motherboard barcode is mbpt501oo1038

Intel Pentium processor.Must I replace the M/B? There are a few used on eBay and Amazon. What else do I need to know what is compatable?

Thanks

[JackE]

Electrician's or Scotch tape will hold the ribbon in place.

Jack E/NJ

[milliesdad]

I've tried that. I think I'm going to find an Intel motherboard and replace it. I just hope that I get the right board. I've got the barcode number from the broken one, and I'd really like to get the board before I take it apart.

Anybody have any info on how many motherboards that were used in this machne?

[JackE]

Only one MB. You might also try to use a strip of stiff paper or thin plastic to positively wedge the backside side of the ribbon to the conductors inside the female connector. That's about how original latch works anyway. 

Jack E/NJ