Inspiron 5485 Service Manual

Procedure

1. Peel off the tapes that secure the touchpad to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
2. Peel off the tape that secures the speaker cable to the touchpad.
3. Open the latch and disconnect the hard-drive cable from the system board.
4. Open the latch and disconnect the touchpad cable from the system board.
5. Remove the three screws (M2x2 Big Head) that secure the touchpad bracket to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
6. Lift the touchpad bracket off the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
   
7. Remove the four screws (M2x2 Big Head) that secure the touchpad to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
8. Lift the touchpad off the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.