Service Manual

Removing the power-adapter

port

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 dell.com/regulatory_compliance.

Prerequisites

1 Remove the base panel.

2 Remove the wireless card.

3 Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 9 in “Removing the palm rest”.

4 Remove the display assembly.

5 Remove the system board.

Procedure

1 Remove the screws that secure the power-adapter port bracket to the

power-adapter port.

2 Lift the power-adapter port bracket off the power-adapter port.

3 Note the power-adapter port cable routing and remove the cable from

the routing guides on the computer base.