Palm-rest and keyboard assembly
Removing the palmrest and keyboard assembly
Prerequisites
1. Follow the procedure in before working inside your computer.
2. Remove the SD card.
3. Remove the base cover.
4. Remove the battery.
5. Remove the WLAN.
6. Remove the memory
7. Remove the display assembly.
8. Remove the SSD.
9. Remove the hard drive assembly.
10. Remove the speakers.
11. Remove the coin-cell battery.
12. Remove the system fan.
13. Remove the heatsink.
NOTE: The system board can be removed along with the heat sink.
14. Remove the IO board.
15. Remove the touchpad.
16. Remove the power adapter port.
17. Remove the system board.
About this task
NOTE: The system board can be removed and installed together with the heatsink still attached.
After performing the preceding steps, you are left with the palmrest and keyboard assembly.
Palmrest for systems with Realtek Audio:
Palmrest for systems with Cirrus Logic audio:
80
Disassembly and reassembly