Service Manual

Removing the palm-rest and keyboard
assembly
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 memory modules.
4. Remove the wireless card.
5. Remove the coin-cell battery.
6. Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 5 in “Removing the hard drive”.
7. Remove the fan.
8. Remove the heat sink.
9. Remove the I/O board.
10. Remove the power and volume-buttons board.
11. Remove the power-adapter port.
12. Remove the status-light board.
13. Remove the speakers.
14. Remove the touchpad.
15. Remove the system board.
16. Remove the display assembly.
Procedure
After performing the steps in prerequisites, we are left with the palm rest and keyboard assembly.
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