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Touch Pad

CAUTION: Before performing the following procedures, read the safety instructions in your System Information Guide.

NOTICE: To avoid electrostatic discharge, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by periodically touching an unpainted metal surface (such as the back panel) on the computer.

1. Follow the instructions in "Preparing to Work Inside the Computer" to remove the battery and prepare the computer for work.
   
   
2. Remove any installed memory modules, smart card, modem, or PC Card.
   
   
3. Remove the hard drive.
   
   
4. Remove the keyboard.
   
   
5. Remove the display.
   
   
6. Remove the palm rest.
   
   
7. Gently lift up the touch pad using the pull-tab.
   
   

1	touch pad	D1690
2	pull-tab

8. Very carefully remove the touch pad cable from the touch-pad ZIF connector.
   
   

1	touch-pad ZIF connector
2	touch pad cable	D1690

9. If you damage the cable while detaching or attaching it to the touch pad ZIF connector, remove the touch pad cable from the system-board ZIF connector and repeat the procedure using a new touch pad cable.
   
   

1	touch pad cable	D1690
2	system-board ZIF connector

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