Dell XPS L401X User manual

Dell™ XPS™ L401X Service
Manual
Regulatory model: P12G series Regulatory type: P12G001

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Regulatory model: P12G series Regulatory type: P12G001
September 2010 Rev. A00

Contents 3
Contents
1 Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Recommended Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Turning Off Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . . . 10
2Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Removing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3 Memory Module(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Removing the Memory Module(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Replacing the Memory Module(s). . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4 Wireless Mini-Card(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Removing the Mini-Card(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Replacing the Mini-Card(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
5 Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Removing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

4Contents
Replacing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
6 Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Removing the Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Replacing the Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
7 Palm-Rest Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Removing the Palm-Rest Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Replacing the Palm-Rest Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . 38
8 Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Removing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Replacing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
9 Power-Button Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Removing the Power-Button Board . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Replacing the Power-Button Board . . . . . . . . . . . 46
10 Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Removing the Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Replacing the Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Contents 5
11 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Display Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Removing the Display Assembly . . . . . . . . . . 53
Replacing the Display Assembly . . . . . . . . . . 55
Display Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Removing the Display Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Replacing the Display Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Display Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Removing the Display Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Replacing the Display Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Display Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Removing the Display Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Replacing the Display Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Display-Panel Brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Removing the Display-Panel Brackets . . . . . . . 62
Replacing the Display-Panel Brackets . . . . . . . 63
12 Camera Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Removing the Camera Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Replacing the Camera Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
13 Top Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Removing the Top Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Replacing the Top Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72