Service Manual

Removing the computer base
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
www.dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Prerequisites
1 Remove the base cover.
2 Remove the battery.
3 Remove the wireless card.
4 Remove the solid-state drive (in SSD1 slot).
5 Remove the rear-I/O cover.
Procedure
1 Using the pull tab, disconnect the hard-drive cable.
2 Remove the hard-drive cable from the routing guides on the computer base.
3 Disconnect the tobii cable from the system board.
4 Remove the antenna cables from the routing guides on the computer base.
5 Peel o the tobii cable from the system board.
6 Remove the screw (M2x3) that secures the display-cable bracket on the system board.
7 Lift the display-cable bracket o the system board.
8 Using the pull tab, disconnect the display cable from the system board.
9 Disconnect the camera cable from the system board.
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