Before Working Inside Your Tablet-Pc; Recommended Tools; Turning Off Your Tablet-Pc - Dell Latitude XT2 Service Manual

Working on Your Tablet-PC
Dell™ Latitude™ XT2 User's Guide
Before Working Inside Your Tablet-P C
Recommended Tools
Turning Off Your Tablet-P C
After Working Inside Your Tablet-P C

Before Working Inside Your Tablet-PC

Use the following safety guidelines to help protect your Tablet-PC from potential damage and to help to ensure your personal safety. Unless otherwise noted,
each procedure included in this document assumes that the following conditions exist:
You have performed the steps in
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You have read the safety information that shipped with your Tablet-PC.
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A component can be replaced or--if purchased separately--installed by performing the removal procedure in reverse order.
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WARNING: Before working inside your Tablet-PC, read the safety information that shipped with your Tablet-PC. For additional safety best
practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at www.dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
CAUTION: Only a certified service technician should perform repairs on your Tablet-PC. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is
not covered by your warranty.
CAUTION: To avoid electrostatic discharge, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by periodically touching an unpainted metal
surface, such as a connector on the back of the computer.
CAUTION: Handle components and cards with care. Do not touch the components or contacts on a card. Hold a card by its edges or by its metal
mounting bracket. Hold a component such as a processor by its edges, not by its pins.
CAUTION: When you disconnect a cable, pull on its connector or on its pull-tab, not on the cable itself. Some cables have connectors with locking
tabs; if you are disconnecting this type of cable, press in on the locking tabs before you disconnect the cable. As you pull connectors apart, keep
them evenly aligned to avoid bending any connector pins. Also, before you connect a cable, ensure that both connectors are correctly oriented
and aligned.
NOTE: The color of your Tablet-PC and certain components may appear differently than shown in this document.
To avoid damaging your Tablet-PC, perform the following steps before you begin working inside the Tablet-PC.
1. Ensure that your work surface is flat and clean to prevent the Tablet-PC cover from being scratched.
2. Turn off your Tablet-PC (see
3. If the Tablet-PC is connected to a docking device (docked) such as the optional Media Base or Battery Slice, undock it.
CAUTION: To disconnect a network cable, first unplug the cable from your Tablet-PC and then unplug the cable from the network device.
4. Disconnect all network cables from the Tablet-PC.
5. Disconnect your Tablet-PC and all attached devices from their electrical outlets.
6. Close the display and turn the Tablet-PC upside-down on a flat work surface.
CAUTION: To avoid damaging the system board, you must remove the main battery before you service the Tablet-PC.
7. Remove the main battery (see
8. Turn the Tablet-PC top-side up.
9. Open the display.
10. Press the power button to ground the system board.
CAUTION: To guard against electrical shock, always unplug your Tablet-PC from the electrical outlet before opening the display.
CAUTION: Before touching anything inside your Tablet-PC, ground yourself by touching an unpainted metal surface, such as the metal at the back
of the Tablet-PC. While you work, periodically touch an unpainted metal surface to dissipate static electricity, which could harm internal
components.
11. Remove any installed ExpressCards or Smart Cards from the appropriate slots.
12. Remove the hard drive (see
Recommended Tools
The procedures in this document may require the following tools:
Small flat-blade screwdriver
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#0 Phillips screwdriver
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#1 Phillips screwdriver
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Small plastic scribe
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Flash BIOS update program CD
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Turning Off Your Tablet-PC
CAUTION: To avoid losing data, save and close all open files and exit all open programs before you turn off your Tablet-PC.
1. Shut down the operating system:
Working on Your Tablet-PC.
Turning Off Your Tablet-P C).
Removing the Main Battery).
Removing the Hard Drive).