Steps
1. Remove the screw (M2X2.5) that secures the power-adapter port bracket to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
2. Lift the power-adapter port bracket off the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
3. Disconnect the power-adapter port cable from the system board.
4. Remove the power-adapter port cable from the routing guides on the heat sink.
5. Lift the power-adapter port, along with its cable, off the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
Power button with optional fingerprint reader
Removing the power button with optional fingerprint
reader
Prerequisites
1. Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
2. Remove the base cover.
3. Remove the rear cover.
4. Remove the rear-cover bracket.
5. Remove the graphics-card fan.
6. Remove the system board.
NOTE:
The system board can be removed and installed along with the heat sink. This simplifies the removal and
installation procedure and prevents damage to the thermal bond between the system board and heat sink.
42 Removing and installing components