what is the clip thing called that holds the flat belt/lace looking cables together

fixitornot

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i took my toshiba laptop apart and have lost the clip bit that hold the flat 5 cable that looks like it could be made into a belt it hold the hamburg thing in awm. the small clip has teeth sort of and is hard to clip back in very fiddley. any ideas please
 
Hi,

As far as I know that part isn't sold separately. That retaining clips is soldered into the motherboard because that's the main connection of the ribbon/flex cables. Please do try some of these trick from a website that I'm really 100% sure if it will work but give it a shot.

http://forums.toshiba.com/t5/Keyboards-Touchpads/Keyboard-Ribbon-Cable-Clip/td-p/59900

http://www.laptoprepair101.com/fix-broken-keyboard-connector-on-laptop-motherboard/