Inspiron 15 5000 Service Manual

Procedure

1. Remove the screws that secure the right display hinge to the palm rest and keyboard assembly.
2. Open the right display hinge.

   

   1. M2.5x5 screws (2)
   2. right display hinge
   3. system board

3. Open the latch and disconnect the display cable from the system board.
4. Lift the latch and pull the optical-drive interposer cable from the system board and the optical-drive interposer.
5. Open the latch and disconnect the status-light board cable from the system board.
6. Open the latches and disconnect the touch-pad cable, keyboard backlight cable, and the keyboard cable from the system board.
7. Disconnect the speaker cable and coin-cell battery cable from the system board.

   

   1. optical-drive interposer cable
   2. latches (4)
   3. status-light board cable
   4. speaker cable
   5. coin-cell battery cable
   6. keyboard cable
   7. touch-pad cable
   8. keyboard backlight cable
   9. display cable

8. Remove the screws that secures the system board to the palm rest and keyboard assembly.
9. Remove the screw that secures the heat-sink assembly to the system board.
10. Carefully turn the system-board assembly over.

    

    1. M2.5x5 screw
    2. system board
    3. M2.5x5 screw

11. Lift the latch and pull the power-adapter port cable from the system board.
12. Disconnect the power-button cable from the system board.
13. Peel off the power-adapter port cable from the back of the heat-sink assembly.

    

    1. power-button cable
    2. power-adapter port cable
    3. system board
    4. latch

14. Remove the heat-sink assembly.