Inspiron 17 5000 Service Manual

Procedure

1. Replace the heat-sink assembly.
2. Connect the power-adapter port cable to the system board.
3. Slide the power-button cable into the connector on system board and press down the latch to secure the cable.
4. Turn the system board assembly over.
5. Slide the ports on the system board assembly into the slots on the palm rest and keyboard assembly.
6. Align the screw holes on the system board assembly with the screw holes on the palm rest and keyboard assembly.
7. Replace the screws that secure the system board assembly to the palm rest and keyboard assembly.
8. Connect the coin-cell battery cable and speaker cable to the system board.
9. Slide the keyboard cable, touchpad cable, hard-drive cable, I/O-board cable and optical-drive connector board cable into the respective connectors and press down the latches to secure the cables.