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Inspiron 15 5505 Service Manual

Removing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly

Prerequisites

  1. Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
  2. Remove the base cover.
  3. Remove the 3-cell battery or 4-cell battery.
  4. Remove the memory modules.
  5. Remove the M.2 2230 solid-state drive or the M.2 2280 solid-state drive from M.2 slot one.
  6. Remove the M.2 2230 solid-state drive or the M.2 2280 solid-state drive from M.2 slot two.
  7. Remove the wireless card.
  8. Remove the fan.
  9. Remove the coin-cell battery.
  10. Remove the heat sink.
  11. Remove the display assembly.
  12. Remove the power-adapter port.
  13. Remove the speakers.
  14. Remove the power button with optional fingerprint reader.
  15. Remove the touchpad.
  16. Remove the I/O board.
  17. Remove the system board.
NOTE: The system board can be removed along with the heat sink.

About this task

The figure indicates the location of the palm-rest and keyboard assembly and provides a visual representation of the removal procedure.

Image:Palm-rest and keyboard assembly

Steps

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

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