Service Manual

Removing the palm rest and

keyboard 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 www.dell.com/regulatory_compliance.

Prerequisites

1 Remove the base cover.

2 Remove the battery.

3 Remove the memory modules.

4 Remove the coin-cell battery.

5 Remove the hard drive.

6 Remove the wireless card.

7 Remove the keyboard daughter-board.

8 Remove the touch pad.

9 Remove the fan.

10 Remove the heat sink.

11 Remove the I/O board.

12 Remove the power and volume-buttons board.

13 Remove the status-light board.

14 Remove the speakers.

15 Remove the display assembly.

16 Remove the power-adapter port.

17 Remove the system board.

Procedure

After performing the steps in prerequisites we are left with the palm-rest and

keyboard assembly.