Dell Precision 7530 Service Manual

Removing the keyboard

1. Follow the procedures in Before working inside your computer.
2. Remove the:
   1. SD card
   2. base cover
   3. battery
3. To remove the keyboard:
   1. Lift the latch and disconnect the keyboard cable, fingerprint cable and the fingerprint button cable from the connectors on the system board.
      
   2. Turn-over and open the system at 90° angle.
   3. Using a plastic scribe pry the keyboard lattice starting from the recess points on the top edge [1,2] and work along the sides and bottom edge of the keyboard lattice.
      
   4. Lift the keyboard lattice away from the system.
      
   5. Remove the 6 (M2.0x2.0) screws that secure the keyboard to the palmrest [1].
   6. Pry the bottom edge of the keyboard and then work along the left and right sides of the keyboard [2,3,4].
      
   7. Slide and remove the keyboard from the system.