Palm-Rest And Keyboard Assembly; Removing The Palm-Rest And Keyboard Assembly - Dell Alienware x16 R2 Owner's Manual

Palm-rest and keyboard assembly

Removing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly

CAUTION: The information in this removal section is intended for authorized service technicians only.
Prerequisites
1. Follow the procedure in
2. Remove the base cover.
3. Remove the battery.
4. Remove the wireless card.
5. Remove the M.2 2230 solid state drive
6. Remove the solid state drive
7. Remove the processor
8. Remove the graphics-card
9. Remove the rear I/O-cover.
10. Remove the power-adapter
11. Remove the headset port.
12. Remove the display assembly.
13. Remove the touchpad.
14. Remove the keyboard-controller
15. Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 16 in
NOTE: The system board can be removed and installed along with the heat sink. This simplifies the removal and installation
procedure and avoids breaking the thermal bond between the system board and heat sink.
16. Remove the I/O board.
17. Remove the power button.
Steps
After performing the pre-requisites, you are left with the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
NOTE: The left and right tweeters are adhered to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly with strong adhesive and should not be
removed. The replacement palm-rest and keyboard assembly will be shipped with the speakers. Install the speakers and tweeters
to the new palm-rest and keyboard assembly. For installing the speakers and tweeters, see step 1 to step 5 in
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