Service Manual

Removing the I/O board

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.

3. Remove the wireless card.

Procedure

1. Peel off the tape that secures the I/O-board cable to the I/O board.

2. Open the latch and disconnect the I/O-board cable from the I/O board.

3. Disconnect the coin-cell battery cable and the power and volume-buttons board cable from the I/O board.

Figure 24. Removing the I/O board

I/O-board cable 2. tape

3. latch 4. I/O board

5. coin-cell battery cable 6. power and volume-buttons board cable

4. Remove the two screws (M2x3) that secure the I/O board to the palm rest and keyboard assembly.

5. Lift the I/O board off the palm rest and keyboard assembly.

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