Dell XPS 17 9700 Service Manual page 42

Steps
1. Remove the two screws (M2x4) that secure the display-cable bracket to the system board.
2. Lift the display-cable bracket off the system board.
3. Disconnect the camera cable and the display cable from the system board.
4. Remove the two screws (M2x4) that secure the USB Type-C port bracket to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
5. Peel off the Mylar that secures the power-button cable and the left antenna cable (applicable only to computers shipped with active
antenna) to the system board.
6. Open the latch and disconnect the power-button cable from the system board.
7. Open the latch and disconnect the left antenna cable from the system board.
8. Disconnect the left speaker cable from the system board.
9. Disconnect the keyboard cable from the system board.
10. Remove the two screws (M2x4) that secure the USB Type-C port bracket to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
11. Peel off the Mylar that secures the right antenna cable (applicable only to computers shipped with active antenna) and the antenna
cable to the system board.
12. Remove the screw (M2x4) that secures the wireless-card bracket to the system board.
13. Open the latch and disconnect the antenna cable from the wireless card.
14. Disconnect the right speaker cable from the system board.
15. Remove the three screws (M2x4) that secure the system board to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
16. Lift the system board off the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
42 Removing and installing components