CAUTION: Before performing the following procedures, read the safety instructions in your Product Information Guide.
NOTICE: To prevent 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.
NOTICE: You must remove the display assembly before you remove the palm rest.
Open the display assembly approximately 180 degrees, and support the display assembly so
that it does not open past this position.
Remove the captive screw that grounds the display cable.
Disconnect the display cable from the display cable connector on the system board.
Release the display cable from its routing clips and slide it out from beneath the tab on the
palm rest.
1
captive screw
2
display cable
Release the two antenna cables from the two antenna-securing clips.
Disconnect one antenna cable from the display by holding the two gold antenna connectors
and gently pulling them apart. Then disconnect the other antenna cable. (The gold antenna
connectors on each cable are keyed to ensure that they are correctly reconnected.)
1
display cable
2
display cable connector on system board
3
antenna cables (2)
4
antenna securing clips (2)
Remove the four M2.5 x 5-mm screws.
1
M2.5 x 5-mm screws (4)
Rotate the display assembly to a 90-degree angle, and lift the display assembly up and out of
the computer base.
Display Bezel
CAUTION: Before performing the following procedures, read the safety instructions in your Product Information Guide.
NOTICE: To prevent 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 display bumpers out of the screw holes located on the front
of the bezel.
Remove the six M2 x 5-mm screws located on the front of the bezel.
1
display bumper
4
M2 x 5-mm screws (6)
2
support bracket
5
display bumpers (4)
3
display panel
6
display bezel
NOTICE: Carefully separate the bezel from the top cover to avoid damage to the bezel.
Starting at the edges of the bottom of the display panel, use your fingers to separate the bezel
from the top cover by lifting the inside edge of the bezel away from the top cover.
Display Panel
CAUTION: Before performing the following procedures, read the safety instructions in your Product Information Guide.
NOTICE: To prevent 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 eight M2 x 5-mm screws from the display panel.
1
display panel
2
top cover
3
M2 x 5-mm screws (8)
Lift the display panel, rotating it out of the display cover.
Use the pull-tab to disconnect the bottom flex-cable connector from the inverter connector.
1
top flex-cable connector
2
display connector
3
bottom flex-cable connector with pull-tab
Press in both sides of the top flex-cable connector, and pull it away from the display
connector.
Display Latch
CAUTION: Before performing the following procedures, read the safety instructions in your Product Information Guide.
NOTICE: To prevent 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.
NOTICE: A strip of copper foil may be present beneath the support bracket on some systems; ensure that you do not tear this foil while removing the bracket.
Remove the M2 x 4-mm screw that secures the support bracket to the top cover.
Lift the support bracket out of the top cover, and then remove the display latch.
NOTE: Ensure that the support bracket is upright when you replace the display latch.
