Service Manual

Replacing the keyboard
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
www.dell.com/
regulatory_compliance.
Procedure
1 Align the screw holes on the keyboard with the screw holes on the palm-rest
assembly.
2 Replace the 30 screws (M1.6x1.5) that secure the keyboard to the palm-rest
assembly.
3 Adhere the touchpad cable, the I/O-board cable, and the keyboard-controller
board cable to the keyboard.
4 Slide the keyboard cable and the keyboard-backlight cable into the keyboard-
controller board and close the latches to secure the cables.
Post-requisites
1 Replace the I/O-board cable.
2 Replace the fan.
3 Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 8 in "Replacing the system board".
4 Replace the I/O board.
5 Replace the heat sink.
6 Replace the coin-cell battery.
7 Replace the speakers.
8 Replace the wireless card.
9 Replace the battery.
10 Replace the base cover.
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