Service Manual

Replacing the keyboard
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety
information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in
Before working inside your computer. After working inside your
computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer.
For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home
page at
www.dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Procedure
CAUTION: To avoid damaging the keyboard, do not place any cables
under it.
1 Insert the tabs on the keyboard into the slots on the palm-rest assembly.
2 Align the tabs on the palm-rest assembly to the slots on the keyboard bracket
and snap into place.
3 Align the screw holes on the keyboard bracket with the screw holes on the
palm-rest assembly.
4 Replace the eight screws (M2x3) that secure the keyboard bracket to the
palm-rest assembly.
Post-requisites
1 Replace the power-button board.
2 Replace the speakers.
3 Replace the system board.
4 Replace the battery.
5 Replace the heat-sink assembly.
6 Replace the coin-cell battery.
7 Replace the computer base.
8 Replace the rear-I/O cover.
9 Replace the memory modules.
10 Replace the solid-state drive.
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