Palm Rest - Dell Inspiron 4150 Owner's Manual

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Palm Rest

Dell™ Inspiron™ 4150
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: Read "Preparing to Work Inside the
1. Remove the hard drive.
2. Remove the keyboard.
NOTICE: You must remove the display before you remove the palm rest; the display hinges pass through the back of the palm rest.
3. Remove the display and hinge
4. Turn the computer over and remove the three M2.5 x 12-mm screws labeled "circle P."
1 M2.5 x 12-mm screws (3)
2 M2 x 3-mm screws (2)
3 hard drive door
5. Remove the two M2 x 3-mm screws that are located in the hard drive door labeled "circle P."
6. Turn the computer over, and remove the three M2 x 3-mm screws that secure the palm rest to the bottom case:
a. Remove the two M2 x 3-mm screws that are located on the back edge of the bottom case, underneath the display.
b. Remove the M2 x 3-mm screw located underneath the keyboard, on the right side of the bottom case, next to the microprocessor thermal cooling
assembly and opposite the S-video TV-out connector.
7. Pull up on the pull-tab that is attached to the palm-rest flex cable connector to remove it from the interface connector on the system board.
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