Alienware 17 Service Manual

Procedure

Close the display and turn the computer over.
Remove the screws that secure the display assembly to the computer base.
Remove the screw that secures the wireless-card bracket and the wireless card to the system board.
Lift the wireless-card bracket off the wireless card.
Disconnect the antenna cables from the wireless card.
1. wireless-card bracket
2. screws (3)
3. antenna cables
Turn the computer over and open the display.
Peel off the adhesive tape that secures the antenna cables to the system board.
Carefully remove the antenna cables up from the computer base and remove it from the routing guides on the display hinges.
Lift the latch and disconnect the display cable from the system board.
Remove the display cable from the routing guide on the display hinge.
Disconnect the logo-board cable from the system board and remove it from the routing guide on the display hinge.
1. display cable
2. latch
3. connector
4. logo-board cable
5. antenna cables
6. tape
Remove the screws that secure the display assembly to the computer base.
Lift the display assembly off the computer base.
1. display assembly
2. screws (4)
3. computer base
4. display hinges (2)