NOTE:
Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer and follow
the steps in
Before working inside your
working inside your
computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at
www.dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Prerequisites
Steps
1. Remove the battery.
2. Remove the
base
cover.
3. Remove the
optical
drive.
4. Remove the
memory
modules.
5. Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 3 in
6. Remove the
wireless
card.
7. Remove the keyboard.
8. Remove the
computer
base.
9. Remove the
heat-sink
assembly.
10. Remove the
I/O
board.
11. Remove the
system
board.
Procedure
Steps
1. Remove the screw that secures the power-button board to the palm-rest assembly.
2. Peel the tape to access the power-button board.
3. Lift the power-button board, along with its cable, off the palm-rest assembly.
Removing the power-button board
computer. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in
"Removing the hard
drive".
Removing the power-button board
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