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 SD card.
3. Remove the base cover.
4. Remove the battery.
5. Remove the WLAN card.
6. Remove the WWAN card.
7. Remove the coin-cell battery.
8. Remove the memory modules.
9. Remove the DC-in.
10. Remove the solid state drive.
11. Remove the hard drive.
12. Remove the touchpad.
13. Remove the speakers.
14. Remove the heatsink.
15. Remove the system board.
NOTE: The system board can be removed along with the heat sink.
About this task
The figure indicates the location of the palm-rest and keyboard assembly and provides a visual representation of the removal
procedure.
Steps
Once the required parts are removed, the bare palm-rest and keyboard assembly can be accessed and removed.
Disassembly and reassembly
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