Replacing The Keyboard; Procedure; Post-Requisites - Dell XPS 9380 Service Manual

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Procedure

1 Adhere the thermal pad and foil sticker that is shipped with the keyboard onto the replacement keyboard.
2 Align the screw holes on the keyboard with the screw holes on the palm-rest assembly and slide the keyboard under the display hinges
into the palm rest assembly.
3 Replace the 29 screws (M1.6x1.5) that secure the keyboard to the palm-rest assembly.
4 Adhere the keyboard-backlight cable and the keyboard-controller board cable to the keyboard.
5 Slide the keyboard-backlight cable into the keyboard-controls board and close the latch to secure the cable.
6 Slide the keyboard-controls board cable into the keyboard-controls board and close the latch to secure the cable.

Post-requisites

1 Replace the power button with optional fingerprint
2 Replace the system board.
3 Replace the fans.
4 Replace the solid-state drive.
5 Replace the battery.
6 Replace the base cover.
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