DELL 3000 Service Manual

Removing and Replacing Parts

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The palmrest assembly consists of the following components:

IR assembly

Left and right speaker assemblies

Hard-disk drive heat sink

Touch-pad assembly

The following subsections provide removal and replacement procedures for the 
components of the palmrest assembly. These procedures assume that the key-
board assembly, heat sink, status display panel, and the LCD assembly have 
been removed.

To remove the palmrest assembly, follow these steps:

1. Remove bottom screws B1, B2, B3, B4, and B5.

2. Remove case screws CS1 and CS2.

These screws are to the side of the hinges.

3. Remove case screws CS3 and CS4.

These screws are on either side of the microphone.

palmrest 
assembly

base 
assembly

(screws CS1 and 
CS2 are 8 mm)

wiring 
harness

CS1

CS2

CS3

CS4

CS5

CS6

B1

B2

B5

B3

B4

(screws B1, B2, B3, CS5, 
and CS6 are 12 mm)

 12 mm

(screws CS3, and 
CS4 are 5 mm)

8 mm

(screws B4 and 
B5 are 3 mm)

 3 mm

5 mm