CAUTION: Before performing the following procedures, read the safety instructions in your Product
Information Guide.
NOTICE: To prevent static damage to components inside your computer, discharge static electricity from your body before you touch any of your computer's electronic components. You can do so by touching an unpainted metal surface.
From the back of the computer, remove the two M2.5 x 5-mm screws.
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Open the display assembly approximately 180 degrees, and support the display assembly so
that it does not open past this position.
Remove the two M2.5 x 5-mm screws from each hinge bracket.
1
M2.5 x 5-mm screws (4)
2
display assembly
3
hinge brackets (2)
Pull straight up on the pull-tab that is attached to the display-feed flex cable to disconnect
the cable from the system board.
Lift the display assembly up and out of the computer base.
1
screw covers (2)
5
display bezel
2
14" display panel
6
M2 x 3-mm screws (4) for 14-inch display
3
display bumpers (3)
7
top cover
4
M2.5 x 5-mm screws (5)
8
display-feed flex cable
1
display bumpers (3)
5
M2 x 3-mm screws (8) for 15-inch display
2
M2.5 x 5-mm screws (5)
6
top cover
3
display bezel
7
display-feed flex cable
4
15" display panel
8
screw covers (2)
Display Bezel
CAUTION: Before performing the following procedures, read the safety instructions in your Product
Information Guide.
NOTICE: To prevent static damage to components inside your computer, discharge static electricity from your body before you touch any of your computer's electronic components. You can do so by touching an unpainted metal surface.
Use a plastic scribe to pry the five screw covers out of the screw holes located on the front of
the bezel.
Remove the five M2.5 x 5-mm screws located on the front of the bezel.
NOTICE: Carefully separate the bezel from the top cover to avoid damage to the bezel.
Starting at the bottom of the display panel, use your fingers to separate the bezel from the top
cover and lift the inside edge of the bezel away from the top cover.
Display Panel
Removing the Display Panel
CAUTION: Before performing the following procedures, read the safety instructions in your Product
Information Guide.
NOTICE: To prevent static damage to components inside your computer, discharge static electricity from your body before you touch any of your computer's electronic components. You can do so by touching an unpainted metal surface.
For 15-inch display panels, remove the eight M2 x 3-mm screws that secure the display panel
to the top cover.
For 14-inch display panels, remove the four M2 x3-mm screws that secure the display panel to
the top cover.
Lift the display panel out of the top cover.
Disconnect the top flex-cable connector from the display panel connector by pressing in on
the securing tabs on each side of the connector and pulling straight down from the display
panel connector.
1
securing tabs
2
display panel connector
3
top flex-cable connector
Disconnect the bottom flex-cable connector from the inverter connector on the inverter
board by peeling up the pull-tab and pulling the tab straight up away from the inverter
connector.
1
pull tab
2
bottom flex-cable
3
inverter connector
4
inverter board
Installing the Display Panel
Connect the top flex-cable connector to the display panel connector.
Connect the bottom flex-cable connector to the inverter connector.
Lay the display panel in the top cover.
Route the display-feed flex cable so that it rests in the notch located in the bottom edge of
the top cover.
For 15-inch display panels, replace the eight M2 x 3-mm screws that secure the display panel
to the top cover.
For 14-inch display panels, replace the four M2 x3-mm screws that secure the display panel to
the top cover.
CAUTION: Before performing the following procedures, read the safety instructions in your Product
Information Guide.
NOTICE: To prevent static damage to components inside your computer, discharge static electricity from your body before you touch any of your computer's electronic components. You can do so by touching an unpainted metal surface.
Remove the two M2.5 x 5-mm screws that secure the display latch assembly to the top cover.
Lift the display latch assembly up and out of the top cover.
1
spring
4
M2.5 x 5-mm screws (2)
2
spring hook (display latch)
5
top cover
3
display latch assembly
6
spring hook (top cover)
Installing the Display Latch Assembly
Attach one end of the spring to the spring hook on the left edge of the display latch, and
attach the other end of the spring to the spring hook in the top cover.
Align the screw holes in the display latch assembly with the screw holes in the top cover.
Replace the two M2.5 x 5-mm screws that secure the display latch assembly to the top cover.
