Palmrest assembly
Removing the palmrest assembly
Prerequisites
● Follow the procedure in before working inside your computer.
● Remove the battery.
● Remove the primary M.2 2280 solid state drive or primary M.2 2230 solid state drive.
● Remove the keyboard.
● Remove the base cover.
● Remove the Wi-Fi I/O board.
● Remove the WLAN card.
● Remove the WWAN card.
● Remove the dock I/O board.
● Remove the rear I/O board.
● Remove the fan.
● Remove the heat-sink (UMA) or heat-sink (discrete).
● Remove the system board.
● Remove the display assembly.
● Remove the power button board.
● Remove the power button board with finger print reader.
● Remove the touchpad.
● Remove the touchpad buttons.
About this task
The following images indicate the location of the palmrest assembly and provide a visual representation of the removal
procedure.
Steps
After performing the preceding steps, you are left with the palmrest assembly.
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Removing and installing components