Replacing the palm rest – Dell Inspiron 1546 (Late 2009) User Manual
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14.
Remove the five screws that secure the palm rest to the system board.
15.
Starting at the right or left of the palm rest, use your fingers to separate the palm rest from the computer base.
16.
Lift the palm rest off the computer base.
Replacing the Palm Rest
1.
Follow the procedures in
Before You Begin
.
2.
Align the palm rest on the computer base and gently snap the palm rest into place.
3.
Replace the five screws on the palm rest.
4.
Connect the display cable, camera cable, power button board cable, and touch pad cable to the respective system board connectors.
5.
Route the Mini-Card antenna cables, and guide the cables to the bottom of the computer through the cable routing slot.
1 power button board cable connector
2 Mini-Card cable routing
3 touch pad cable connector
4 camera cable connector
5 display cable connector
1
screws (5)
2
palm rest
CAUTION:
Carefully separate the palm rest from the computer base to avoid damage to the palm rest.