Removing the touchpad
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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.
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Prerequisites
1 Remove the base cover.
2 Remove the wireless card.
3 Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 3 in "Removing the hard drive".
4 Remove the solid-state drive.
5 Remove the rear-I/O cover.
6 Remove the computer base.
7 Remove the battery.
Procedure
1 Open the latch and disconnect the touchpad cable from the system board.
2 Open the latches and disconnect the other end of the touchpad cable and
the touchpad-buttons cable from the touchpad.
3 Remove the ve screws (M2x3) that secure the touchpad bracket to the
palm-rest assembly.
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