Dell Latitude 7424 Rugged Extreme Service Manual

Removing the Optical Drive

1. Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
2. Remove the:
   1. Batteries
   2. Bottom chassis cover
   3. Keyboard
   4. PCIe heatsink assembly
   5. Docking port assembly
   6. Primary SSD
   7. Secondary SSD
   8. Heatsink assembly
   9. Memory
   10. WLAN card
   11. WWAN card
   12. GPS module
   13. Primary SSD rail
   14. Battery bay
   15. Rear I/O board
   16. System board
3. Remove the two retainers securing the wall bridge to the chassis.
   
4. Remove six 'M2.5*5' screws from the wall bridge section[1] and remove it from the computer [2].
   
5. Remove the two 'M2*2' screws [1] and disconnect the SSD/ODD FPC assembly [2].
6. Slide the latch [3] to unlock the right I/O door and open it [4].
   
7. Remove the two 'M2*3' screws [1] and withdraw the optical drive out of the computer [2].