Service Manual

14. Place the wireless-card bracket on the wireless card.
15. Replace the screw (M2x2.5) that secures the wireless-card bracket to the system board.
16. Close the right-display hinge and align the screw holes on the right-display hinge with the screw holes on the palm-rest and
keyboard assembly
17. Replace the two screws (M2x4) that secure the right-display hinge to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
18. Connect the display cable to the system board and close the latch.
19. Adhere the tape that secures the display-cable connector latch to the systemboard.
Next steps
1. Install the heat sink.
2. Install the fan (4-cell battery) or the fan (6-cell battery), whichever applicable.
3. Install the M.2 2230 solid-state drive or the M.2 2280 solid-state drive/Intel Optane H10, whichever applicable.
4. Install the 4-cell battery or the 6-cell battery, whichever applicable.
5. Install the base cover.
6. Follow the procedure in After working inside your computer.
Palm-rest and keyboard assembly
Removing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly
Prerequisites
1. Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
2. Remove the base cover.
3. Remove the 4-cell battery or the 6-cell battery, whichever applicable.
4. Remove the fan (4-cell battery) or the fan (6-cell battery), whichever applicable.
5. Remove the display assembly.
6. Remove the fingerprint-reader board.
7. Remove the power-adapter port.
8. Remove the touchpad.
9. Remove the display assembly.
10. Remove the fingerprint-reader board.
11. Remove the coin-cell battery.
12. Remove the antenna module, if applicable.
13. Remove the touchpad.
14. Remove the I/O board.
15. Remove the power button.
16. Remove the system board.
NOTE: The system board can be removed along with the heat sink.
17. Remove the speakers.
About this task
The following images indicate the location of the palm-rest and keyboard assembly and provides a visual representation of the
removal procedure.
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Removing and installing components