Owners Manual

Removing the Power-Button
Board
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 dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Prerequisites
1 Remove the battery.
2 Remove the base cover.
3 Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 3 in removing the hard drive.
4 Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 2 in removing the optical drive.
5 Remove the keyboard.
6 Remove the palm rest.
Procedure
1 Peel off the power-button board cable from the palm rest.
2 Turn the palm-rest assembly over and place it on a clean and flat surface.
3 Remove the power-button board cable through the slot on the palm rest
assembly.
4 Remove the screw that secures the power-button board to the palm rest.
5 Note the power-button board cable routing and peel it off the palm rest.
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