Service Manual

Removing the speakers

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the steps in Before working inside your computer. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After

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Topics:

• Prerequisites

• Procedure

Prerequisites

1. Remove the base cover.

2. Remove the battery.

Procedure

1. Peel off the tape securing the speaker cable to the system board.

2. Disconnect the speaker cable from the system board.

3. Note the speaker-cable routing and peel off the tape that secures the speaker cable to the system board.

4. Remove the four screws (M2x2) that secure the speakers to the palm-rest assembly.

5. Lift the speakers, along with its cables, off the palm-rest assembly.

20 Removing the speakers