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 Adhere the keyboard to the keyboard bracket.
2 Turn the keyboard assembly over.
3 Align the screw holes on the keyboard assembly with the screw holes on
the computer base.
4 Replace the screws that secure the keyboard assembly to the computer
base.
5 Slide the keyboard cable and keyboard-backlight cable into the keyboard
daughter-board connectors and press down on the latches to secure the
cables.
Post-requisites
1 Replace the system board.
2 Replace the display assembly.
3 Replace the I/O board.
4 Replace the heat sink.
5 Replace the fan.
6 Follow the procedure from step 4 to step 7 in “Replacing the hard drive”.
7 Replace the coin-cell battery.
8 Replace the wireless card.
9 Replace the memory module.
10 Replace the battery.
11 Replace the base cover.
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