Palm-rest and keyboard assembly
Removing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly
Prerequisites
1. Follow the procedure in
2. Remove the
base
cover.
3. Remove the battery.
4. Remove the
rear
cover.
5. Remove the touchpad.
6. Remove the
keyboard-controller board
7. Remove the
display
assembly.
8. Remove the
solid-state
9. Remove the
wireless
card.
10. Remove the
memory
modules.
11. Remove the speakers.
12. Remove the
power adapter
13. Remove the
system
board.
NOTE:
The system board can be removed as an assembly with the fan and heat-sink assembly, ethernet and audio
board, and USB board attached.
14. Remove the
power-button
About this task
After performing the steps in the pre-requisites, we are left with the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
NOTE:
When replacing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly, the solid-state drive screw mount must be removed from the
existing palm-rest and keyboard assembly and transferred to the replacement palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
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Removing and installing Field Replaceable Units (FRUs)
Before working inside your
drive.
port.
assembly.
computer.