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Removing the Memory Module(s 19 Prerequisites...19 Procedure...20 Replacing the Memory Module(s 21 Procedure...22 Post-requisites 22 Removing the Wireless Card 23 Prerequisites...23 Procedure...23 Replacing the Wireless Card 25 Procedure...25 Post-requisites 25 Removing the Keyboard 26 Prerequisites...26 Procedure...26 Replacing the Keyboard 29 Procedure...29 Post-requisites 29 Folding the Keyboard Cable 29 Removing the Hard Drive 32 Prerequisites...32 Procedure...32 Replacing the Hard Drive 35 Procedure...35 Post-requisites 35
Removing the Memory Module(s 19 Prerequisites...19 Procedure...20 Replacing the Memory Module(s 21 Procedure...22 Post-requisites 22 Removing the Wireless Card 23 Prerequisites...23 Procedure...23 Replacing the Wireless Card 25 Procedure...25 Post-requisites 25 Removing the Keyboard 26 Prerequisites...26 Procedure...26 Replacing the Keyboard 29 Procedure...29 Post-requisites 29 Folding the Keyboard Cable 29 Removing the Hard Drive 32 Prerequisites...32 Procedure...32 Replacing the Hard Drive 35 Procedure...35 Post-requisites 35
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...practices, see "Folding the Keyboard Cable". 1 Slide the keyboard cable into the connector and press down on the latch to secure the cable. 2 Turn over the keyboard. 3 Slide the tabs on the keyboard into place. Procedure NOTE: If you are installing a new keyboard, fold the cables the ... cable. 29 After working inside your computer and follow the instructions in Before Working Inside Your Computer. Post-requisites Replace the battery. Replacing the Keyboard WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer, follow the steps in...
...practices, see "Folding the Keyboard Cable". 1 Slide the keyboard cable into the connector and press down on the latch to secure the cable. 2 Turn over the keyboard. 3 Slide the tabs on the keyboard into place. Procedure NOTE: If you are installing a new keyboard, fold the cables the ... cable. 29 After working inside your computer and follow the instructions in Before Working Inside Your Computer. Post-requisites Replace the battery. Replacing the Keyboard WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer, follow the steps in...
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Follow these instructions to fold the cables on a flat and clean surface. 1 keyboard cable 2 keyboard 2 Gently fold the keyboard cable with the end aligned with the fold line as shown in the image. 1 keyboard cable 30 2 fold line The cables on the keyboard are folded on the old keyboard. 1 Place the keyboard on the replacement keyboard the same way they are not folded when you receive a replacement keyboard.
Follow these instructions to fold the cables on a flat and clean surface. 1 keyboard cable 2 keyboard 2 Gently fold the keyboard cable with the end aligned with the fold line as shown in the image. 1 keyboard cable 30 2 fold line The cables on the keyboard are folded on the old keyboard. 1 Place the keyboard on the replacement keyboard the same way they are not folded when you receive a replacement keyboard.
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..., follow the steps in Before Working Inside Your Computer. Post-requisites 1 Replace the hard drive. 2 Replace the base cover. 3 Replace the keyboard. 4 Replace the battery. 41 Procedure 1 Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 3 in "Replacing the Touchpad". 2 Follow the procedure from step 1 to secure the cables... system board and press down on the latches to step 4 in "Replacing the Power- For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Replacing the Palm Rest WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety...
..., follow the steps in Before Working Inside Your Computer. Post-requisites 1 Replace the hard drive. 2 Replace the base cover. 3 Replace the keyboard. 4 Replace the battery. 41 Procedure 1 Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 3 in "Replacing the Touchpad". 2 Follow the procedure from step 1 to secure the cables... system board and press down on the latches to step 4 in "Replacing the Power- For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Replacing the Palm Rest WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety...
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...Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure 1 Route the power-button cable through the routing guides on the palm rest. 2 Align the screw hole on the power-button board with the screw hole on the palm rest. 3 Replace the screw that shipped..., follow the steps in Before Working Inside Your Computer. Post-requisites 1 Replace the hard drive. 2 Replace the wireless card. 3 Replace the memory module(s). 4 Replace the keyboard. 5 Replace the base cover. 6 Replace the battery. 44 Replacing the Power-Button Board WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the ...
...Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure 1 Route the power-button cable through the routing guides on the palm rest. 2 Align the screw hole on the power-button board with the screw hole on the palm rest. 3 Replace the screw that shipped..., follow the steps in Before Working Inside Your Computer. Post-requisites 1 Replace the hard drive. 2 Replace the wireless card. 3 Replace the memory module(s). 4 Replace the keyboard. 5 Replace the base cover. 6 Replace the battery. 44 Replacing the Power-Button Board WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the ...
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For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Replacing the I /O board in position. Procedure 1 Slide the I/O-board cable into the I/O-board cable connector and press down on the... computer, follow the steps in After Working Inside Your Computer. Post-requisites 1 Replace the palm rest. 2 Replace the hard drive. 3 Replace the wireless card. 4 Replace the memory module(s). 5 Replace the base cover. 6 Replace the keyboard. 7 Replace the battery. 51 After working inside your computer and follow the instructions in Before...
For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Replacing the I /O board in position. Procedure 1 Slide the I/O-board cable into the I/O-board cable connector and press down on the... computer, follow the steps in After Working Inside Your Computer. Post-requisites 1 Replace the palm rest. 2 Replace the hard drive. 3 Replace the wireless card. 4 Replace the memory module(s). 5 Replace the base cover. 6 Replace the keyboard. 7 Replace the battery. 51 After working inside your computer and follow the instructions in Before...
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... steps in After Working Inside Your Computer. Post-requisites 1 Replace the I/O board. 2 Replace the palm rest. 3 Replace the hard drive. 4 Replace the wireless card. 5 Replace the memory module(s). 6 Replace the base cover. 7 Replace the keyboard. 8 Replace the battery. 54 For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure 1 Using the alignment posts on...
... steps in After Working Inside Your Computer. Post-requisites 1 Replace the I/O board. 2 Replace the palm rest. 3 Replace the hard drive. 4 Replace the wireless card. 5 Replace the memory module(s). 6 Replace the base cover. 7 Replace the keyboard. 8 Replace the battery. 54 For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure 1 Using the alignment posts on...
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Post-requisites 1 Replace the palm rest. 2 Replace the hard drive. 3 Replace the wireless card. 4 Replace the memory module(s). 5 Replace the base cover. 6 Replace the keyboard. 7 Replace the battery. 57 For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure With the positive-side facing up, snap the coin-cell battery into the battery socket...
Post-requisites 1 Replace the palm rest. 2 Replace the hard drive. 3 Replace the wireless card. 4 Replace the memory module(s). 5 Replace the base cover. 6 Replace the keyboard. 7 Replace the battery. 57 For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure With the positive-side facing up, snap the coin-cell battery into the battery socket...
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...home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure 1 Slide the power-adapter port into position. 2 Route the power-adapter-port cable through the routing guides on the computer base. 3 Connect the power-adapter-port cable to the system board. Replacing the Power-...follow the steps in After Working Inside Your Computer. Post-requisites 1 Replace the palm rest. 2 Replace the hard drive. 3 Replace the wireless card. 4 Replace the memory module(s). 5 Replace the base cover. 6 Replace the keyboard. 7 Replace the battery. 60 After working inside your computer and follow the instructions ...
...home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure 1 Slide the power-adapter port into position. 2 Route the power-adapter-port cable through the routing guides on the computer base. 3 Connect the power-adapter-port cable to the system board. Replacing the Power-...follow the steps in After Working Inside Your Computer. Post-requisites 1 Replace the palm rest. 2 Replace the hard drive. 3 Replace the wireless card. 4 Replace the memory module(s). 5 Replace the base cover. 6 Replace the keyboard. 7 Replace the battery. 60 After working inside your computer and follow the instructions ...
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...replace the system board. Prerequisites 1 Remove the battery. 2 Remove the optical drive. 3 Remove the base cover. 4 Remove the memory module(s). 5 Remove the wireless card. 6 Remove the hard drive. 7 Remove the keyboard. 8 Remove the palm rest. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell... shipped with your computer, follow the steps in Before Working Inside Your Computer. You must make the desired changes again after you replace the system board. NOTE: Your computer's Service Tag is stored in the system setup after you have made to the connector on...
...replace the system board. Prerequisites 1 Remove the battery. 2 Remove the optical drive. 3 Remove the base cover. 4 Remove the memory module(s). 5 Remove the wireless card. 6 Remove the hard drive. 7 Remove the keyboard. 8 Remove the palm rest. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell... shipped with your computer, follow the steps in Before Working Inside Your Computer. You must make the desired changes again after you replace the system board. NOTE: Your computer's Service Tag is stored in the system setup after you have made to the connector on...
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...the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure 1 Align the screw holes on the system board with your computer and follow the instructions in After Working Inside Your Computer. Replacing the System Board WARNING: Before ...replace the system board. After working inside your computer, follow the steps in Before Working Inside Your Computer. Post-requisites 1 Replace the palm rest. 2 Replace the hard drive. 3 Replace the wireless card. 4 Replace the memory module(s). 5 Replace the base cover. 6 Replace the keyboard. 7 Replace the optical drive. 8 Replace...
...the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure 1 Align the screw holes on the system board with your computer and follow the instructions in After Working Inside Your Computer. Replacing the System Board WARNING: Before ...replace the system board. After working inside your computer, follow the steps in Before Working Inside Your Computer. Post-requisites 1 Replace the palm rest. 2 Replace the hard drive. 3 Replace the wireless card. 4 Replace the memory module(s). 5 Replace the base cover. 6 Replace the keyboard. 7 Replace the optical drive. 8 Replace...
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...the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Post-requisites 1 Replace the system board. 2 Replace the palm rest. 3 Replace the hard drive. 4 Replace the wireless card. 5 Replace the memory module(s). 6 Replace the base cover. 7 Replace the keyboard. 8 Replace the optical drive. 9 Replace the battery. 67 Procedure 1 Align...Working Inside Your Computer. CAUTION: Incorrect alignment of the heat sink can cause damage to the system board. Replacing the Heat-Sink Assembly WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that secure the heat-...
...the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Post-requisites 1 Replace the system board. 2 Replace the palm rest. 3 Replace the hard drive. 4 Replace the wireless card. 5 Replace the memory module(s). 6 Replace the base cover. 7 Replace the keyboard. 8 Replace the optical drive. 9 Replace the battery. 67 Procedure 1 Align...Working Inside Your Computer. CAUTION: Incorrect alignment of the heat sink can cause damage to the system board. Replacing the Heat-Sink Assembly WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that secure the heat-...
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... computer, follow the steps in After Working Inside Your Computer. Post-requisites 1 Replace the system board. 2 Replace the palm rest. 3 Replace the hard drive. 4 Replace the wireless card. 5 Replace the memory module(s). 6 Replace the base cover. 7 Replace the keyboard. 8 Replace the optical drive. 9 Replace the battery. 70 Replacing the Display Assembly WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information...
... computer, follow the steps in After Working Inside Your Computer. Post-requisites 1 Replace the system board. 2 Replace the palm rest. 3 Replace the hard drive. 4 Replace the wireless card. 5 Replace the memory module(s). 6 Replace the base cover. 7 Replace the keyboard. 8 Replace the optical drive. 9 Replace the battery. 70 Replacing the Display Assembly WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information...
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...practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure 1 Align the display bezel with the display back-cover, and gently snap the display bezel into place. Replacing the Display Bezel WARNING: Before working inside ... Before Working Inside Your Computer. Post-requisites 1 Replace the display assembly. 2 Replace the system board. 3 Replace the palm rest. 4 Replace the hard drive. 5 Replace the wireless card. 6 Replace the memory module(s). 7 Replace the base cover. 8 Replace the keyboard. 9 Replace the optical drive. 10 Replace the battery. 73
...practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure 1 Align the display bezel with the display back-cover, and gently snap the display bezel into place. Replacing the Display Bezel WARNING: Before working inside ... Before Working Inside Your Computer. Post-requisites 1 Replace the display assembly. 2 Replace the system board. 3 Replace the palm rest. 4 Replace the hard drive. 5 Replace the wireless card. 6 Replace the memory module(s). 7 Replace the base cover. 8 Replace the keyboard. 9 Replace the optical drive. 10 Replace the battery. 73
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.... 6 Replace the wireless card. 7 Replace the memory module(s). 8 Replace the base cover. 9 Replace the keyboard. 10 Replace the optical drive. 11 Replace the battery. 76 Replacing the Display Hinges WARNING: Before working inside your computer and follow the instructions in Before Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com...
.... 6 Replace the wireless card. 7 Replace the memory module(s). 8 Replace the base cover. 9 Replace the keyboard. 10 Replace the optical drive. 11 Replace the battery. 76 Replacing the Display Hinges WARNING: Before working inside your computer and follow the instructions in Before Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com...
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... at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. After working inside your computer and follow the instructions in Before Working Inside Your Computer. Post-requisites 1 Replace the display hinges. 2 Replace the display bezel. 3 Replace the display assembly. 4 Replace the system board. 5 Replace the palm rest. 6 Replace the hard drive. 7 Replace the wireless card. 8 Replace the memory module(s). 9 Replace the base cover. 10 Replace the keyboard. 11 Replace...
... at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. After working inside your computer and follow the instructions in Before Working Inside Your Computer. Post-requisites 1 Replace the display hinges. 2 Replace the display bezel. 3 Replace the display assembly. 4 Replace the system board. 5 Replace the palm rest. 6 Replace the hard drive. 7 Replace the wireless card. 8 Replace the memory module(s). 9 Replace the base cover. 10 Replace the keyboard. 11 Replace...
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Post-requisites 1 Replace the display bezel. 2 Replace the display assembly. 3 Replace the system board. 4 Replace the palm rest. 5 Replace the hard drive. 6 Replace the wireless card. 7 Replace the memory module(s). 8 Replace the base cover. 9 Replace the keyboard. 10 Replace the optical drive. 11 Replace the battery. 83 ... cable to the camera connector. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Replacing the Camera WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer...
Post-requisites 1 Replace the display bezel. 2 Replace the display assembly. 3 Replace the system board. 4 Replace the palm rest. 5 Replace the hard drive. 6 Replace the wireless card. 7 Replace the memory module(s). 8 Replace the base cover. 9 Replace the keyboard. 10 Replace the optical drive. 11 Replace the battery. 83 ... cable to the camera connector. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Replacing the Camera WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer...