XPS 13 Service Manual

Procedure

Open the latches and disconnect the keyboard cable and the keyboard-backlight cable from the keyboard-controller board.
Figure 1. Removing the keyboard
1. keyboard-backlight cable
2. latches (2)
3. keyboard cable
4. keyboard-controller board
Note the routing of the touchpad cable, the I/O-board cable, and the keyboard-controller board cable, and peel off the cables from the keyboard.
Remove the 30 screws (M1.6x1.5) that secure the keyboard to the palm-rest assembly.
Figure 2. Removing the keyboard
1. screws (30)
2. keyboard
3. palm-rest assembly
Lift the keyboard off the palm-rest assembly.
Figure 3. Removing the keyboard
1. keyboard
2. palm-rest assembly