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XPS 13 Service Manual

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Procedure

  1. Peel off the tape that secures the battery-status light cable to the keyboard-controls board.
  2. Peel off the tape that secures the keyboard-controls board to the palm-rest assembly.
  3. Lift the latches and disconnect the keyboard-backlight cable, the keyboard cable, the keyboard-controls board cable, and the battery-status light cable from the keyboard-controls board.
    Disconnecting the keyboard-controls board cable.
    1. tapes (2)
    2. keyboard-backlight cable
    3. keyboard cable
    4. keyboard-controls board cable
    5. latches (4)
    6. keyboard-controls board
    7. battery-status light cable
  4. Note the location of the keyboard-controls board on the palm-rest assembly.
  5. Using a plastic scribe, pry up the keyboard-controls board off the palm-rest assembly.
    Image: Removing the keyboard-controls board.
    1. plastic scribe
    2. keyboard-controls board
    3. palm-rest assembly

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