Latitude 5540 Owner's Manual

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Removing the assembly-inner frame

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 SIM card.
  3. Remove the base cover.
  4. Remove the battery.
  5. Remove the 4G WWAN card or 5G WWAN card, as applicable.
  6. Remove the WLAN card.

About this task

The following images indicate the location of the assembly-inner frame and provide a visual representation of the removal procedure.
Figure 1. Image: Assembly-inner frame
Image: Removing the assembly inner frame
Figure 2. Image: Inner frame removal
Image: Removing the assembly inner frame

Steps

  1. Remove the antenna cables from the routing guides on the palm-rest assembly.
  2. Disconnect the speaker cable from the system board.
  3. Remove the speaker cables from the routing guides on the palm-rest assembly.
  4. Remove the fan cable from the routing guides on the palm-rest assembly.
  5. Remove the twelve screws (M2x3) that secure the assembly-inner frame to the palm-rest assembly.
  6. Remove the thirteen screws (M2x3) that secure the assembly-inner frame to the palm-rest assembly.
  7. Remove the assembly-inner frame off the palm-rest assembly.

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