Removing The Keyboard Daughter-Board; Prerequisites; Procedure - Dell Inspiron 13 5000 Service Manual

Removing the keyboard daughter-board

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the steps in Before working inside your
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Prerequisites

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Procedure

Prerequisites
1. Remove the base cover.
2. Remove the battery.
Procedure
1. Open the latches and disconnect the keyboard cable, keyboard daughter-board cable, touch-pad cable, and status-light board-cable
from the keyboard daughter-board.
2. Using a plastic scribe, pry the keyboard daughter-board off the palm-rest assembly.
Figure 13. Keyboard daughter-board
1. keyboard cable
3. touch-pad cable
5. latch
7. plastic scribe
computer. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in
2. palm-rest assembly
4. keyboard daughter-board cable
6. status-light board-cable
8. keyboard daughter-board
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