How to repair and disassemble the MacbookPro A1286 keyboard if it doesn't work or doesn't respond
[MacbookPro A1286 Keyboard Replacement STEP 1]
If you spill water or tea on your MacBook Pro keyboard, your keyboard will get bad, and you may experience symptoms such as keys not working, keys being hit in quick succession, or not turning on, and you need to perform replacement repairs.
Even if the key top comes off and the internal pantograph is missing, it will be replaced entirely on the keyboard because it can not be partially repaired.
Almost all the roses are required to remove the keyboard, and there is a process of removing the logic board etc. on the way, If you damage the logic board, it will lead to unexpected failure strains and no power is turned on, so be careful when disassembling.
Let's show you how to disassemble the MacBook Pro 15" (Model No.A1286) keyboard, so please refer to it when replacing it.
[MacbookPro A1286 Keyboard Replacement STEP 2]
Since part of the work process is omitted, please confirm it by battery replacement and logic board replacement.
When the logic board is removed, the power button on the keyboard is stuck in two small screws, so remove the two screws with a Phillips screwdriver.
There is a part on the ring under it when removing it, but please keep it so that it does not lose because it will be reused later.
[MacbookPro A1286 Keyboard Replacement STEP 3]
After removing the screws on the keyboard's power button, use tweezers and other items inside the power button to remove them from the groove.
[MacbookPro A1286 Keyboard Replacement STEP 4]
Next, remove the two philones screws on the elongated pedestal where the logic board was attached and remove each pedestal.
[MacbookPro A1286 Keyboard Replacement STEP 5]
Because the LED seat of the keyboard is glued with adhesive tape, it peels off carefully so as not to break.
The backlight sheet is fixed with light double-sided tape, but if you try to remove it as it is, it may break, so you can peel it off cleanly if you peel it off while warming it lightly with a dryer.
[MacbookPro A1286 Keyboard Replacement STEP 6]
When you peel off the LED sheet, it is finally the appearance of the keyboard body, but I think that you can see that it has stopped with quite a lot of screws.
It's going to be a daunting, but let's remove all the small screws that are close to 100.
This screw will also be reused later, so please prepare a tray and not lose the screw.
[MacbookPro A1286 Keyboard Replacement STEP 7]
If the screw thread does not fit unless it is a thin Phillips screwdriver at the tip, please prepare it.
Please note that if you try to remove it forcibly with a screwdriver that does not fit the screw thread, the screw will lick and it will be difficult to remove the screw.
[MacbookPro A1286 Keyboard Replacement STEP 8]
If you remove all screws, you can easily remove the keyboard itself.
If you want to replace the keyboard of the same language, but if you want to replace the US (English) keyboard from JIS (Japanese) keyboard, please note that the replacement of each top case is required because the shape of the key is different.
If you are used to replacing the MacbookPro keyboard for the first time within an hour, I think it will take about 2 hours to repair it, so please do not rush and work carefully.