Dell Inspiron 4000 Service Manual page 35

Removing the Palm Rest Assembly
NOTICE: Disconnect the computer and any attached devices from electrical outlets, and remove any installed batteries.
NOTICE: To avoid ESD, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by touching an unpainted metal surface on the computer.
NOTICE: Read "Preparing to Work Inside the
1. Remove the hard drive assembly.
2. Remove the keyboard.
NOTICE: You must remove the display assembly before you remove the palm rest assembly; the display assembly hinges pass through the back of the
palm rest assembly.
3. Turn the computer right-side up on the work surface, and remove the display
4. Turn the computer over and remove the three M2.5 x 12-mm screws labeled with a "circle P."
5. Remove the five M2 x 3-mm screws that secure the palm rest to the bottom case assembly:
a. Remove the two M2 x 3-mm screws located in the hard drive bay door and labeled with a "circle P."
b. Remove the remaining two M2 x 3-mm screws located on the back edge of the bottom case assembly, underneath the display assembly.
c. Turn the bottom case assembly over. Remove the M2 x 3-mm screw located underneath the keyboard, on the right side of the bottom case
assembly, next to the microprocessor thermal cooling assembly.
6. Pull up on the loop attached to the palm rest flex cable connector to remove it from the interface connector on the system board assembly.
7. Using the plastic scribe along the edge of the plastic, remove the palm rest assembly from the bottom case assembly.
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hinge cover and display assembly.