Palmrest Assembly: Dell™ Inspiron™ 3500 Portable Computer System Reference
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| 1 |
Connector cover |
| 2 |
Keyboard |
| 3 |
Palmrest |
| 4 |
Touch pad |
| 5 |
Touch pad assembly |
| 6 |
Touch-pad FPC cable |
| 7 |
5-mm screws (3) |
| 8 |
System-board retaining clip with 14-mm screw |
| 9 |
Bottom plastic |
| 10 |
Optional internal modem with 14-mm screw |
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| Type of Screw |
Torque |
| FPH 2.5 x 19 (7) |
3.5–4.0 kgf-cm |
To remove the palmrest assembly, see the exploded view of the palmrest
assembly and perform the following steps:
- Remove the display assembly.
- Remove the keyboard.
- Turn the computer face down.
- Remove the seven 19-mm palmrest screws from the bottom of the computer.
- Turn the computer face up.
- Remove the palmrest assembly.
After installing the palmrest assembly, make sure that the battery-bay release latch
and the options-bay release latch operate smoothly. If they do not, slightly loosen the
two palmrest assembly screws that secure the latches so that the latches move easily.
| Type of Screw |
Torque |
| FPH 2.5 x 5 (3) |
3.0–3.5 kgf-cm |
To remove the touch pad assembly, see the exploded view of the palmrest
assembly and perform the following steps:
- Remove the display assembly.
- Remove the keyboard.
- Remove the palmrest assembly.
- Remove the three 5-mm screws securing the touch pad assembly to the palmrest assembly.
- Lift the touch pad assembly out of the palmrest assembly.
- Disconnect the touch-pad FPC cable from the center-lift ZIF connector J1 on the touch
pad.
The touch pad buttons are heat-staked into the touch pad assembly and cannot be removed.
