Inspiron 3185 Service Manual

Procedure

1. Open the latch and disconnect the I/O-board cable from the system board.
2. Disconnect the coin-cell battery and speaker cables from the system board.

   

   1. I/O-board cable

   2. latch

   3. coin-cell battery cable

   4. speaker cable

   5. system board

3. Remove the screw (M2x3) that secures the display-cable bracket to the system board and lift the display-cable bracket off the system board.
4. Disconnect the display cable from the system board.

   

   1. screw

   2. display-cable bracket

   3. display cable

   4. tape

   5. latch

   6. system board

5. Open the latch and disconnect the touchpad cable from the system board.
6. Open the latch and disconnect the keyboard cable from the system board.
7. Disconnect the power-adapter port cable from the system board.

   

   1. system board

   2. power-adapter port cable

   3. latch

   4. touchpad cable

   5. keyboard cable

8. Remove the screw (M2x3) that secures the system board to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
9. Lift the system board off the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.

   

   1. system board

   2. palm-rest and keyboard assembly