Palm rest, Removing the palm rest – Dell Inspiron 9300 User Manual
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Palm Rest
Dell™ Inspiron™ 9300 Service Manual
Removing the Palm Rest
1.
Follow the instructions in "
Before Working Inside Your Computer
."
2.
Remove the
optical drive
.
3.
Remove the
hinge cover.
4.
Remove the
keyboard
.
5.
Remove the
display assembly
.
6.
Remove the seven M2.5 x 5-mm screws labeled "P" from the top side of the palm rest.
7.
Remove the
coin-cell battery
, if appropriate.
8.
Turn the computer over and remove the 11 M2.5 x 8-mm screws from the bottom of the computer.
CAUTION:
Before you begin the following procedure, see the safety instructions in the Product Information Guide.
NOTICE:
To avoid electrostatic discharge, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by periodically touching an unpainted metal surface (such
as the back panel) on the computer.
NOTICE:
To avoid damaging the system board, you must
remove the main battery
before you begin working inside the computer.
NOTE:
The screw locations may vary slightly from the image shown below.
1 M2.5 x 5-mm screws (7)
NOTE:
If you are installing a new palm rest, remove the coin-cell battery from the old palm rest so that you can install it on the new palm rest. If you are
removing the palm rest only to access other computer components, you do not need to remove the coin-cell battery from the palm rest.