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Article Number: 000129120

Latitude 7220EX Rugged Extreme Tablet Teardown/Removal guide for customer replaceable units (CRUs)

Summary: This article is a guide to the removal and replacement of the parts of the Latitude 7220EX Rugged Extreme Tablet. Those parts that Dell considers it OK for anyone to replace.

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Symptoms

These guides take you step by step through the safe removal of what are considered to be the Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU) parts. (CRUs are the parts of the tablet that do not need an engineer to remove or replace on a Latitude 7220EX Rugged Extreme Tablet.) The guides include pictures to reference what is involved.

Table of Contents:

  1. CRU Removal Guide
  2. Removal Instructions

Cause

 

Removal Guide

 

If these guides do not cover what you are looking to do, and then you must reference your computers manual.

The article below provides information about safe practices that you should be considering before working with electrical equipment.


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Resolution

 

Removal Instructions

 

Note: To see the contents, click on the title of the section you want to open below. (The internal parts of this tablet are not considered CRUs for most owners.)
 
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Required Tools

1 Small Phillip's head screwdriver 2 Plastic Scribe
3 Small Flathead screwdriver    
 
Note: Using a large Phillips or Flat Head screwdriver may result in damage to the head of the screws. This would make their removal impossible without specialty tools that is not available to our onsite engineers.

 

  1. Pre-Removal Instructions Before removing the Battery Cover:

    1. During installation or removal of any hardware always ensure that all data is backed up properly.

    2. Disconnect any telephone, network, or USB cables from the computer.

    3. Disconnect the computer and all attached devices from their electrical outlets.

  2. Lift the handle on the two (2) captive screws on the bottom of the chassis. Loosen both screws.

7220EX Battery Cover 01

  1. Slide the cover towards the bottom of the tablet to reveal the battery bay.

7220EX Battery Cover 02

  1. Lift the battery cover off of the battery bay and lift it away from the tablet.

 

  1. Pre-Removal Instructions Before removing the Battery:

    1. During installation or removal of any hardware always ensure that all data is backed up properly.

    2. Disconnect any telephone, network, or USB cables from the computer.

    3. Disconnect the computer and all attached devices from their electrical outlets.

  2. For left-hand side Battery, the battery locking slide is on the outside edge of the battery and tablet.

7220EX Battery 01

  1. Slide the latch towards the battery until you see an orange line beside the catch and then slide the catch towards the bottom of the tablet to unlock the battery.

7220EX Battery 02

  1. Lift the battery out of the battery bay and lift it away from the tablet.

7220EX Battery 03

Note: This tablet can accommodate two hot-swap batteries. You can repeat the instructions for any additional batteries that you fit in the tablet.

 

  1. Pre-Removal Instructions Before removing the Micro-SD Card:

    1. During installation or removal of any hardware always ensure that all data is backed up properly.

    2. Disconnect any telephone, network, or USB cables from the computer.

    3. Disconnect the computer and all attached devices from their electrical outlets.

  2. The micro-SD port is located on the right-hand side of the tablet. Open the door and push the seated micro-SD card further into the reader, it pops out far enough for you to get a grip of it.

  3. Pull the micro-SD card fully out of the slot and tablet.

 

  1. Pre-Removal Instructions Before removing the Cellular uSIM Card:

    1. During installation or removal of any hardware always ensure that all data is backed up properly.

    2. Disconnect any telephone, network, or USB cables from the computer.

    3. Disconnect the computer and all attached devices from their electrical outlets.

    4. Remove the Batteries.

  2. The uSIM card is located inside the right-hand side battery bay, gently remove the uSIM card cap off of the slot and using a flat pointed scribe push in on the uSIM card for it to pop out so you can pull it the rest of the way out of the tablet.

7220EX SIM

 

  1. Pre-Removal Instructions Before removing the Stylus:

    1. During installation or removal of any hardware always ensure that all data is backed up properly.

    2. Disconnect any telephone, network, or USB cables from the computer.

    3. Disconnect the computer and all attached devices from their electrical outlets.

  2. Looking at the tablet from the rear the stylus is located on the top left-hand corner of the tablet. Slide the stylus up and out of the tablet using the groove on the stylus pen.

7220EX Stylus

Note: Avoid pulling the stylus by the attached lanyard.


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Additional Information

If you require further assistance, contact Technical Support.

 

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Article Properties

Affected Product

Latitude 7220EX Rugged Extreme Tablet

Last Published Date

04 May 2023

Version

5

Article Type

Solution

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