Vostro 16 5630 Owner's Manual

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Removing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly

Prerequisites

CAUTION:The information in this section is intended for authorized service technicians only.
  1. Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
  2. Remove the base cover.
  3. Remove the fan.
  4. Remove the wireless card.
  5. Remove the M.2 2230 solid-state drive or M.2 2280 solid-state drive, whichever applicable.
  6. Remove the battery.
  7. Remove the speakers.
  8. Remove the coin-cell battery.
  9. Remove the I/O board.
  10. Remove the power button with optional fingerprint reader.
  11. Remove the power-adapter port.
  12. Remove the display assembly.
  13. Remove the TPM board.
  14. Remove the system board.
  15. Remove the touchpad.

About this task

NOTE:Before removing the base cover, ensure that there is no SD card installed in the SD card slot on your computer.
NOTE: The system board can be removed and installed along with the heat sink, when you replace the palm-rest and keyboard assembly. This simplifies the removal and installation procedure and also prevents damage to the thermal bond between the system board and heat sink.

The following image(s) indicate the location of the palm-rest and keyboard assembly and provides a visual representation of the removal procedure.

Removing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly

Steps

After performing the pre-requisites, you are left with the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.

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