Owners Manual

Removing the Display

Assembly

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

NOTE: These instructions are applicable only for laptops with non-

touchscreen display.

1 Remove the battery.

2 Remove the base cover.

3 Follow the procedures from step 1 to step 3 in removing the hard drive.

4 Follow the procedures from step 1 to step 2 in removing the optical drive.

5 Remove the keyboard.

6 Remove the palm rest.

Procedure

1 Close the display and turn the computer over.

2 Disconnect the antenna cables from the wireless card.

3 Remove the antenna cables from the routing guides on the computer

base.

4 Slide the antenna cables through the slot on the computer base.

5 Turn the computer over and open the display as far as possible.

6 Peel off the tape that secures the display cable to the system board.