Repair headphone/mic plug & power/batt/hdd leds

I live in the Netherlands and handed in my laptop with Paradigit 2x for reparation, the second time because the service company of HP did not fix the problem. Now the problems are fixed, however the power/battery/harddisk leds are not working and additionally the headphone and microphone plugs are also not functional. Handing in the laptop and waiting a month for them to fix it is not an option anymore. Therefore I am considering to repair the issue myself. 
I think the problem originates from the fact that several plugs are not plugged in inside of the laptop. The top cover was renewed in the second repair, so I suppose several wires were not connected. Does anyone have information about opening this model and suggestions how the problem may be solved. The model is: HP Presario CQ60-200ED.
Thanx in advance

I've had a trouble lifting the metal structure over the main board, I guess it's attached at the other side (actually the top side) from under the keyboard's underside.
How to detach the keyboard on this model? Is it really the keyboard that must be removed or it's enough with some plastic strips around it?
Thanks in advance for any help!
PS. I already discovered that the ants did really a mess in there; until now I've cleaned almost all surfaces suspecting a lot of interference/overload was happening there.

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