Alienware 17 R4

Replacing the touch pad
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Before working inside your computer. After working inside your
computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer.
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Procedure
1 Using the alignment posts on the palm rest, place the touch pad on the palm-
rest assembly.
2 Align the screw holes on the touch-pad bracket with the screw holes on the
palm-rest assembly.
3 Replace the five screws (M2x3) that secure the touch-pad bracket to the
palm-rest assembly.
4 Slide the touch-pad cable and touch-pad buttons cable into their respective
connectors on the touch pad and close the latches to secure the cables.
5 Slide the touch-pad cable into the connector on the system board and close
the latch to secure the cable.
Post-requisites
1 Replace the battery.
2 Replace the computer base.
3 Replace the rear-I/O cover.
4 Replace the solid-state drive.
5 Replace the wireless card.
6 Follow the procedure from step 4 to step 7 in “Replacing the hard drive”.
7 Replace the base cover.
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