Removing the palm rest and keyboard
NOTE:
Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer and follow the
steps in
Before working inside your
inside your
computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at
regulatory_compliance.
Prerequisites
Steps
1. Remove the
optical
drive.
2. Remove the
base
cover.
3. Remove the
I/O
board.
4. Remove the
hard
drive.
5. Remove the battery.
6. Remove the
status-light
7. Remove the
memory
modules.
8. Remove the
wireless
card.
9. Remove the
coin-cell
battery.
10. Remove the
system-board
11. Remove the
heat-sink
assembly.
12. Remove the
touch
pad.
13. Remove the speakers.
14. Remove the
display back-cover and antenna
15. Remove the
power-button
16. Remove the
power-adapter
Procedure
About this task
After performing the steps in prerequisites, we are left with the palmrest.
computer. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in
board.
assembly.
assembly.
module.
port.
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After working
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