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Dell Latitude 5500 Service Manual

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Removing the keyboard

Prerequisites

  1. Follow the procedure in before working inside your computer.
  2. Remove the microSD card.
  3. Remove the base cover.
  4. Remove the battery.
  5. Remove the speaker.
  6. Remove the memory module.
  7. Remove the system fan.
  8. Remove the DC-in .
  9. Remove the WLAN card.
  10. Remove the system board.
    NOTE: System board can be removed with heatsink attached.
  11. Remove the coin cell battery.

Steps

  1. Lift the latch and disconnect the backlit cable and the keyboard cables from the connectors on the touchpad.
    Removing the keyboard.
  2. Remove the 22 (M2x2) screws that secure the keyboard to the palmrest [1].
  3. NOTE: The touchpad FFC covers one of the screws that secure the keyboard assembly to the palmrest.
    Remove the keyboard away from the computer [2].
    Removing the keyboard.

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