Service Manual

Removing the palm-rest assembly
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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 memory modules.
4 Remove the wireless card.
5 Remove the solid-state drive.
6 Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 4 in Removing the hard drive.
7 Remove the audio daughter-board.
8 Remove the speakers.
9 Remove the coin-cell battery.
10 Remove the touchpad.
11 Remove the rear-I/O cover.
12 Remove the display assembly.
13 Remove the computer base.
14 Remove the heat-sink assembly.
15 Remove the right power-adapter port.
16 Remove the system board.
17 Remove the left power-adapter port.
18 Remove the keyboard.
19 Remove the macro keys.
Procedure
After performing the steps in the pre-requisites, we are left with the palm-rest assembly.
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