Service manual

Removing the touch pad

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Prerequisites

1 Remove the battery.

2 Remove the base cover.

3 Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 3 in “Removing the hard drive”.

4 Remove the keyboard.

5 Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 8 in “Removing the palm rest”.

Procedure

1 Turn the palm-rest assembly over and keep it on a clean and flat surface.

2 Remove the screws that secure the touch-pad bracket to the touch pad.