Removing the keyboard
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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. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory
Compliance home page at www.dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Prerequisites
1 Remove the base cover.
2 Remove the battery.
3 Remove the memory module.
4 Remove the wireless card.
5 Remove the coin-cell battery.
6 Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 4 in “Removing the hard drive”.
7 Remove the fan.
8 Remove the heat sink.
9 Remove the I/O board.
10 Remove the display assembly.
11 Remove the system board.
Procedure
1 Lift the latches and disconnect the keyboard cable and keyboard-
backlight cable from the keyboard daughter-board.
2 Remove the screws that secure the keyboard assembly to the computer
base.
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