Removing the power-button board
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Prerequisites
1 Remove the stand.
2 Remove the back cover.
3 Remove the base cover.
4 Remove the rear-I/O bracket.
5 Remove the speakers.
Procedure
1 Open the latch, and disconnect the power-button board cable from the system board.
2 Peel o the power-button board cable from the display-assembly base, then slide the power-button board cable out from under the
antenna cables.
3 Remove the screw (M3x5) that secures the power-button board to the middle frame.
4 Lift the power-button board, along with its cable, o the middle frame.
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