Replacing the power-button
board
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Procedure
1 Slide the power-button board under the tabs on the palm rest and align
the screw hole on the power-button board with the screw hole on the
palm-rest assembly.
2 Replace the screw that secures the power-button board to the palm-rest
assembly.
3 Adhere the power-button board cable to the palm-rest assembly.
4 Adhere the tape that secures the power-button board to the palm-rest
assembly.
Post-requisites
1 Replace the display assembly.
2 Replace the power-adapter port.
3 Replace the system board.
4 Replace the heat-sink assembly.
5 Replace the I/O board.
6 Follow the procedure from step 3 to step 8 in “Replacing the computer
base”.
7 Follow the procedure from step 4 to step 7 in “Replacing the optical
drive”.
8 Replace the keyboard.
9 Replace the memory modules.
10 Replace the wireless card.
11 Follow the procedure from step 4 to step 6 in “Replacing the hard drive”.
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