Personal Computer User's Guide

4.Removeanylockingdevicethatsecuresthecomputercover,suchasanintegratedcablelock.See
“Attachinganintegratedcablelock”onpage34.
5.Placeasoft,cleantowelorclothonthedeskorsurface.Holdthesidesofyourcomputerandgentlylay
itdownsothatthescreenisagainstthesurfaceandthecoverisfacingup.
6.Removetheframestand.See“Removingandreinstallingtheframestand”onpage38.
7.Pressthetwocover-releasebuttonsonthecomputercoverasshown,slidethecomputercovertoward
thetopofthecomputer,andthenliftthecomputercoveruptoremoveitfromthechassis.
Figure15.Removingthecomputercover
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheinstallationorreplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage73.
Removingandreinstallingtheframefoot
Attention:
Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Importantsafetyinformation”
onpagev
.
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoremoveandreinstalltheframefoot.
Note:Theframefootisavailableonlyinsomemodels.
Toremoveandreinstalltheframefoot,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandthecomputer.Then,disconnect
allpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtothecomputer.
2.Placeasoft,cleantowelorclothonthedeskorsurface.Holdthesidesofyourcomputerandgentlylay
itdownsothatthescreenisagainstthesurfaceandthecoverisfacingup.
3.Removetheframestand.See“Removingandreinstallingtheframestand”onpage38.
4.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingthecomputercover”onpage41.
5.Locatetheframefoot.See“Locatingcomponents”onpage13.
6.Removethefourscrewsthatsecuretheframefoottothechassis,andthenslidetheframefootoutof
thechassis.
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