14. Place the wireless-card bracket on the wireless card.
15. Replace the screw (M2x2.5) that secures the wireless-card bracket to the system board.
16. Close the right-display hinge and align the screw holes on the right-display hinge with the screw holes on the palm-rest and
keyboard assembly
17. Replace the two screws (M2x4) that secure the right-display hinge to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
18. Connect the display cable to the system board and close the latch.
19. Adhere the tape that secures the display-cable connector latch to the systemboard.
Next steps
1. Install the
heat
sink.
2. Install the
fan (4-cell battery)
3. Install the
M.2 2230 solid-state drive
4. Install the
4-cell battery
5. Install the
base
cover.
6. Follow the procedure in
Palm-rest and keyboard assembly
Removing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly
Prerequisites
1. Follow the procedure in
2. Remove the
base
cover.
3. Remove the
4-cell battery
4. Remove the
fan (4-cell battery)
5. Remove the
display
assembly.
6. Remove the
fingerprint-reader
7. Remove the
power-adapter
8. Remove the touchpad.
9. Remove the
display
assembly.
10. Remove the
fingerprint-reader
11. Remove the
coin-cell
12. Remove the
antenna
module, if applicable.
13. Remove the touchpad.
14. Remove the
I/O
board.
15. Remove the
power
button.
16. Remove the
system
board.
NOTE:
The system board can be removed along with the heat sink.
17. Remove the speakers.
About this task
The following images indicate the location of the palm-rest and keyboard assembly and provides a visual representation of the
removal procedure.
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Removing and installing components
or the
fan (6-cell
or the
M.2 2280 solid-state drive/Intel Optane
or the
6-cell
battery, whichever applicable.
After working inside your
Before working inside your
or the
6-cell
battery, whichever applicable.
or the
fan (6-cell
board.
port.
board.
battery.
battery), whichever applicable.
computer.
computer.
battery), whichever applicable.
H10, whichever applicable.
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