NOTICE:
Disconnect the computer and any attached devices from electrical outlets, and remove any installed batteries.
NOTICE:
To avoid ESD, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by touching an unpainted metal surface on the computer.
NOTICE:
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1. Remove the
hard
drive.
2. Remove the display.
3. Use a plastic scribe to pry the four rubber screw covers out of the screw holes located on the front of the bezel.
4. Remove the four M2.5 x 5-mm screws located on the front of the bezel.
NOTICE:
Carefully separate the bezel from the top cover to avoid damage to the bezel.
5. Starting at the bottom of the display panel (by the DELL™ logo), use your fingers to separate the bezel from the top cover by lifting up the inside of the
bezel while pushing in on the outside.
Removing the Display Panel
NOTICE:
Disconnect the computer and any attached devices from electrical outlets, and remove any installed batteries.
NOTICE:
To avoid ESD, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by touching an unpainted metal surface on the computer.
NOTICE:
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"Preparing to Work Inside the
1. Remove the
hard
drive.
2. Remove the display.
3. Remove the
display
bezel.
4. Remove the
hinge
covers.
5. Remove the two M2 x 4-mm screws on the left side of the display panel and the two M2 x 4-mm screws on the right side of the display panel.
HINT:
If you have a Hitachi display panel, remove the two M2 x 4-mm screws from the center of the left side of the display panel.
6. Remove the M2 x 4-mm screw that secures the display-feed flex cable to the display assembly through the black plastic flex-cable retention bracket.
7. Lift the display panel from the top and rotate the display panel out of the top cover.
8. Disconnect the bottom flex-cable connector from the inverter connector by pulling straight up on the attached pull-tab.
1 display panel connector
2 top flex-cable connector
3 pull-tab
4 bottom flex-cable
connector
5 inverter connector
9. Remove the tape that secures the display panel connector and the tape that secures the middle of the display-feed flex cable to the display panel.
Computer" before performing the following procedure.
Computer" before performing the following procedure.