Notebook - Samsung Keyboard Dock Aa-Rd7nmkd (Disassembly)

It's been sometime right away since my final posting, it was due to my heavy workload at that fourth dimension in addition to coincides alongside the hand-over exercise to my replacement (I've moved to novel company) :)

H5N1 friend of mine lately requested my manage on checking his Samsung Tablet/Notebook (XE500T1C) in addition to the Keyboard Dock (AA-RD7NMKD), he told me that the keyboard & the touchpad no longer industrial plant afterwards an upgrade to Win8.1 version. Now based on my agreement that whatever OS upgrades volition commonly breaks the master drivers, nonetheless this was non the representative fifty-fifty afterwards I've reformatted it so my troubleshooting went hardware side.

1) This is the how it looks similar (before disassembly).

2) At the bottom, take away those "Rubbers Stand-Off" equally circled inwards the picture.

3) After removing it volition reveals the hidden screws equally shown here.



 

 

4) After removing those hidden screws, y'all volition need to "slowly peel-off" the cover, endeavour non to breaks whatever of the inter-lock mechanism.

 

 

5) The within stance of keyboard docking unit.

 

 

Upon checking the hardware in addition to cables, all components was inwards working condition. It seems aught is incorrect hither simply i time I become in-depth diagnostics... I've flora the I/O combat is faulty equally shown below here.

 

 

With this combat malfunction, it bring affected the next components :-

 

• Keyboard
• Touchpad
• USB ports (all ports)
• Lid Sensor

The entirely components that is soundless working is the charging module, due to lack of tools in addition to resources to larn a replacement chip, I was unable to repair/replace that faulty chip..... sadly.....

 

I've no selection simply to inform my friend to either usage an USB or Bluetooth Keyboard & Mouse for his daily usage in addition to since the tablet is soundless inwards practiced status (albeit the faulty docking unit) he tin soundless usage the touchscreen in addition to the stylus for his work.

 

Note : Always live extra cautious when performing disassembly of an aging notebooks/tablets etc. As over the fourth dimension those covers, inter-locking mechanism, rubbers etc. volition tends to break-off or cracks easily due to hardened & aging plastics.

 

 

!!! HAPPY COMPUTING !!!

 



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