Display Assembly Hinges - Dell Latitude L400 Service Manual

5. Connect the narrow flex cable to the ZIF connector on the left side of the
6. With the connector side of the inverter facing up, connect the two-wire
7 . Roll the inverter over (away from you), so the connector side of the inverter
8. Place the inverter into the top cover, aligning the posts in the top cover
9. Holding the inverter in place, reinstall the M2 x 3.5-mm screw that secures
10. Reinstall the four M2 x 3.5-mm screws, in the left and right ends of the top
11. Reinstall the display assembly latch.
12. Reinstall the display assembly bezel.

Display Assembly Hinges

1. Remove the keyboard bezel.
2. Remove the display assembly.
3. Remove the display bezel.
4. Remove the two M2.6 x 4-mm screws that secure the left hinge to the top
5. Remove the two M2.6 x 4-mm screws that secure the right hinge to the
When replacing the left and right hinges, make sure they are installed
correctly. An L is stamped on the left hinge and an R is stamped on the right
hinge.
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b. Lower the bottom end of the LCD panel into the top cover, making sure
the LCD flex cable lines up with the opening that is to the right of the
left hinge.
c. Make sure the narrow part of the flex cable that goes to the inverter is
visible at the bottom edge of the LCD panel.
d. Press the LCD panel into the top cover.
inverter.
back-light plug to the connector on the right end of the inverter.
When the plug is all the way in the connector, the key slot in the center of
the plug should not be visible. If you can see the key slot, the plug is not in
the connector correctly. Pull the plug out, turn the plug over, and reinsert it
into the connector.
is up.
with the alignment holes in the inverter.
the inverter to the top cover.
cover, that secure the LCD panel to the top cover.
cover (see Figure 9).
top cover.
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