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Inspiron 15 3520 Service Manual

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Removing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly

Prerequisites

  1. Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
  2. Remove the SD card.
  3. Remove the base cover.
  4. Remove the 3-cell battery or 4-cell battery (whichever applicable).
  5. Remove the M.2 2230 solid-state drive or M.2 2280 solid-state drive (whichever applicable).
  6. Remove the memory modules.
  7. Remove the wireless card.
  8. Remove the speakers.
  9. Remove the fan.
  10. Remove the heat sink.
  11. Remove the I/O board.
  12. Remove the hard drive assembly.
  13. Remove the touchpad.
  14. Remove the display assembly.
  15. Remove the power-adapter port.
  16. Remove the power button or power button with optional FPR.
  17. Remove the system board.
    NOTE: The system board can be removed along with the heat sink.

About this task

NOTE:The following image shows the palm-rest for aluminum chassis which has WLAN antennas attached to it.

The following image indicates the location of the palm-rest and keyboard assembly and provides a visual representation of the removal procedure.

Removing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly

NOTE:

For systems with an aluminum chassis, both the left and right RF metal brackets MUST be transferred to the replacement palm-rest.

For systems with a 4--cell battery:

Steps

After performing the pre-requisites, you are left with the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.

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