Dell Vostro 1710 - Optical Drive; Removing the Optical Drive

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Optical Drive
Dell™ Vostro™ 1710
Service Manual
Removing the Optical Drive
Replacing the Optical Drive
Removing the Optical Drive
CAUTION: Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions that
shipped with your computer.
1. Follow the procedures in Before Working on Your Computer
.
2. Remove the hard drive cover. See Removing the Hard Drive
for an illustration of the hard drive cover.
3. Remove the WLAN card (see Removing a WLAN Card
).
4. Remove the hinge cover (see Removing the Hinge Cover
).
5. Remove the keyboard (see Removing the Keyboard
).
6. Remove the display assembly (see Removing the Display Assembly
).
7. Remove the palm rest (see Removing the Palm Rest
).
8. Remove the M2.5 x 5-mm screw from the optical drive.
9. Lift the back end of the drive out and disconnect the optical drive cable from the connector on the system board.
1 optical drive cable 2 M2.5 x 5-mm screw (1)
3 optical drive connector 4 optical drive
Replacing the Optical Drive
CAUTION: Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions that