7. Install the base cover.
8. Follow the procedure in After working inside your computer.
Palm-rest and keyboard assembly
Removing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly
Prerequisites
1. Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
2. Remove the base cover.
3. Remove the 3-cell battery or the 4-cell battery, whichever applicable.
4. Remove the M.2 2230 solid-state drive or the M.2 2280 solid-state drive, whichever applicable.
5. Remove the wireless card.
6. Remove the thermal fan.
7. Remove the thermal heat-sink.
8. Remove the coin-cell battery.
9. Remove the display assembly.
10. Remove the I/O board.
11. Remove the power button or the power button with fingerprint reader, whichever applicable.
12. Remove the speakers.
13. Remove the touchpad.
14. Remove the system board.
NOTE:
The system board can be removed with the thermal heat-sink attached to it in order to simplify the procedure
and preserve the thermal bond between the system board and the thermal heat-sink.
15. Remove the power-adapter port.
About this task
NOTE:
The palm-rest assembly cannot be further disassembled once all the pre-removal parts procedures are completed. If
the keyboard is malfunctioning and is required to be replaced, replace the entire palm-rest assembly.
The image below shows the palm-rest assembly after the pre-removal parts procedures have been performed for any palm-rest
assembly replacement.
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