Service manual

Removing the Display
Assembly
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety
information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in
Before Working Inside Your Computer. After working inside your
computer, follow the instructions in After Working Inside Your
Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory
Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Prerequisites
1 Remove the battery.
2 Remove the base cover.
3 Remove the optical drive.
4 Remove the keyboard.
5 Remove the palm rest.
Procedure
1 Peel off the tape and disconnect the display cable from the system board.
2 Note the display cable routing and remove the cable from its routing
guide.
3 Disconnect the antenna cables from the wireless card.
4 Peel off the tape that secures the antenna cables to the speaker.
5 Note the antenna cable routing and remove the cables from their routing
guide.
6 Using the pull-tab, disconnect the I/O-board cable from the I/O board.
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