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Latitude 5430 Service Manual

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Removing the keyboard assembly

Prerequisites

  1. Follow the procedure in before working inside your computer.
  2. Remove the microSD card.
  3. Remove the microSIM card.
  4. Remove the base cover.
  5. Remove the 3-cell battery or 4-cell battery.
  6. Remove the M.2 2280 solid-state drive or M.2 2230 solid-state drive.
  7. Remove the WLAN card.
  8. Remove the WWAN card.
  9. Remove the memory module.
  10. Remove the assembly inner frame.
  11. Remove the system board.

About this task

NOTE:The system board can be removed with the heat sink attached in order to simplify the procedure and preserve the thermal bond between the system board and heat sink.

The following images indicate the location of the keyboard assembly and provide a visual representation of the removal procedure.

Removing the keyboard assembly

Removing the keyboard assembly

Steps

  1. Open the latch and disconnect the keyboard cable from the connector on the touchpad.
  2. Disconnect the keyboard backlight cable from the connector on the touchpad.
  3. Remove the seventeen (M2x2) screws that secure the keyboard assembly to the palm-rest assembly.
  4. Remove the keyboard assembly off the palm-rest assembly.
  5. Flip the keyboard assembly.
  6. Remove the six (M2x2) screws that secure the keyboard to the keyboard bracket.
  7. Remove the keyboard from the keyboard bracket.

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