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Fingerprint Reader

Dell™ Vostro™ 1510 Service Manual

  Removing the Fingerprint Reader

  Replacing the Fingerprint Reader

Removing the Fingerprint Reader

CAUTION: Before you begin the following procedure, follow the safety instructions that shipped with your computer.

1. Follow the instructions in Before Working on Your Computer.
   
   
2. Remove the hard drive cover. See Removing the Hard Drive for an illustration of the hard drive cover.
   
   
3. Remove the WLAN card (see Removing a WLAN Card).
   
   
4. Remove the hinge cover (see Removing the Hinge Cover).
   
   
5. Remove the keyboard (see Removing the Keyboard).
   
   
6. Remove the display assembly (see Removing the Display Assembly).
   
   
7. Remove the palm rest (see Removing the Palm Rest).
   
   
8. On the underside of the palm rest, remove the M2 x 3-mm screw from the fingerprint reader cover, and lift the fingerprint reader cover out of the palm rest.
   
   
9. Rotate the retaining bracket on the fingerprint reader connector on the palm rest upward to release the fingerprint-reader cable connector.
   
   
10. Slide the fingerprint reader cable out of the fingerprint reader connector.
    
    
11. Remove the fingerprint reader from the palm rest.
    
    

Replacing the Fingerprint Reader

CAUTION: Before you begin the following procedure, follow the safety instructions that shipped with your computer.

NOTICE: Ensure that the touch pad cable and the cable for the internal card with Bluetooth® wireless technology are properly routed before snapping the palm rest into place.

This procedure assumes that you have completed the removal procedure Removing the Fingerprint Reader.

1. Position the fingerprint reader on the underside of the palm rest.
   
   
2. Connect the fingerprint reader cable connector to the fingerprint reader connector and rotate the retaining bracket downward to secure the cable.
   
   
3. Replace the fingerprint reader cover and replace the M2 x 3-mm screw that secures the cover to the palm rest.
   
   
4. Replace the palm rest (see Replacing the Palm Rest).
   
   
5. Replace the display assembly (see Replacing the Display Assembly).
   
   
6. Replace the keyboard (see Replacing the Keyboard).
   
   
7. Replace the hinge cover (see Replacing the Hinge Cover).
   
   
8. Replace the WLAN card (see Replacing a WLAN Card).
   
   
9. Replace the hard drive cover. See Removing the Hard Drive for an illustration of the hard drive cover.
   
   

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