User Manual

Removing the base cover

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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.

Prerequisites

1 Remove the battery.

2 Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 3 in “Removing the optical

drive”.

3 Remove the keyboard.

Procedure

1 Open the display and remove the screws that secure the palm-rest

assembly to the base cover from its connector on the system board.