Owners Manual

Removing the Optical-Drive

Connector 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 hard drive.

4 Remove the optical drive.

5 Remove the wireless card.

6 Remove the keyboard.

7 Remove the palm rest.