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Replacing the keyboard
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 www.dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Procedure
1 Align the screw holes on the keyboard with the screw holes on the palm-
rest assembly.
2 Replace the screws that secure the keyboard to the palm-rest assembly.
3 Adhere the touch-pad cable, the I/O-board cable, and the keyboard-
controls board cable to the keyboard.
4 Slide the keyboard cable and the keyboard-backlight cable into the
keyboard-controls board and press down on the latches to secure the
cables.
Post-requisites
1 Replace the I/O-board cable.
2 Replace the fan.
3 Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 8 in “Replacing the System
Board”.
4 Replace the I/O board.
5 Replace the heat sink.
6 Replace the coin-cell battery.
7 Replace the speakers.
8 Replace the wireless card.
9 Replace the battery.
10 Replace the base cover.
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