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Inspiron 7400 Service Manual

Removing the power-button board

Prerequisites

  1. Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
  2. Remove the base cover.
  3. Remove the 4-cell battery or the 6-cell battery, whichever applicable.
  4. Remove the fan (4-cell battery) or the fan (6-cell battery), whichever applicable.
  5. Remove the I/O board.

About this task

The following images indicate the location of the power-button board and provides a visual representation of the removal procedure.

Image:Removing the power-button board

Steps

  1. Remove the three screws (M2x3) that secure the power-button bracket to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
  2. Open the latch and disconnect the power-button cable from the fingerprint-reader board.
  3. Remove the two screws (M2x3) that secure the power-button board to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
  4. Lift the power-button board, along with its cable, off the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.

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