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Dell 14 Plus DB14250 Owner's Manual

Removing the speaker assembly

CAUTION:The information in this section is intended for authorized service technicians only.

Prerequisites

  1. Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
  2. Remove the base cover.
  3. Remove the battery.
  4. Remove the wireless card.

About this task

NOTE:The wireless antennas are attached to the speakers as an assembly and cannot be separated for individual replacement. When the speakers or the wireless antennas need to be replaced, services will dispatch the speaker assembly as a single serviceable component.

The following image indicates the location of the speaker assembly and provides a visual representation of the removal procedure.

Figure 1. Removing the speaker assembly
Image: Removing the speaker assembly

Steps

  1. Disconnect the speaker cable from the connector (SPK) on the system board.
  2. Lift the latch and disconnect the keyboard cable from the connector (KB) on the system board.
  3. Lift the latch and disconnect the keyboard-backlight cable from the connector (KBBL) on the system board.
  4. Move the keyboard cable off the speaker and antenna cables.
  5. Move the keyboard-backlight cable off from the speaker and antenna cables.
  6. Remove the speaker and the antenna cables from the routing guides on the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
  7. Lift the speaker assembly off the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
    NOTE:The antenna and cables are a part of the speaker assembly.

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