Service Manual

Removing the speakers
NOTE: 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.
Procedure
1. Disconnect the speaker cable from the system board.
2. Disconnect the power and volume-buttons board cable and the coin-cell battery cable from the I/O board.
3. Note the cable routing and remove the power and volume-buttons board cable from the routing guides on the palm rest and
keyboard assembly and the speaker.
4. Note the cable routing and remove the speaker cable from the routing guides on the palm rest and keyboard assembly.
5. Peel off the tape that secures the speaker cable to the palm rest and keyboard assembly.
Figure 20. Removing the speakers
1.
I/O board 2. power and volume-buttons board cable
3. coin-cell battery cable 4. system board
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