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Power Button and Multimedia Button Pads
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DELL CONFIDENTIAL – PRELIMINARY 9/4/09 - FOR PROOF ONLY
Power Button and Multimedia
Button Pads
Removing the Power Button and Multimedia
Button Pads
CAUTION:
Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the
safety instructions that shipped with your computer.
NOTICE:
The power button and multimedia button pads should be removed and
reinstalled as a single unit.
1
Follow the procedures in "Before Working on Your Computer" on page 29.
2
Remove the hinge cover (see "Removing the Hinge Cover" on page 53).
3
Remove the keyboard (see "Removing the Keyboard" on page 57).
4
Disconnect the multimedia-button pad cable from the system board.
5
Remove the M2 x 3-mm screw that secures the power button pad to the
palm rest.
6
Remove the M2 x 3-mm screw that secures the multimedia button pad to
the palm rest.
7
Slide the power button pad to the left and lift the power button and
multimedia button pads out of the computer in one movement.
8
Disconnect the power-button pad cable from the connector at the bottom
of the multimedia button pad.