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Palm Rest

Dell™ Latitude™ D510 Service Manual

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.

1. Follow the instructions in "Preparing to Work Inside Your Computer."
   
   
2. Remove the keyboard.
   
   

NOTICE: You must remove the display assembly before you remove the palm rest; the display hinges pass through the back of the palm rest.

3. Remove the display assembly.
   
   
4. Turn the computer upside down and remove the 14 M2.5 x 8-mm screws.
   
   

1	M2.5 x 8-mm screws (14)

5. Turn the computer top-side up and remove the three M2.5 x 5-mm screws labeled "P" from the top of the palm rest.
   
   
6. Remove the M2.5 x 5-mm screw labeled "P" from the metal shield.
   
   

1	M2.5 x 5-mm screws labeled "P" (4)

7. Use the touch pad connector tab to disconnect the touch pad connector from the system board.
   
   

1	touch pad connector
2	system board connector

NOTICE: Carefully separate the palm rest from the computer base to avoid damage to the palm rest.

8. Starting at the back center of the palm rest, use your fingers to separate the palm rest from the computer base by gently lifting up the palm rest while pressing down on the back of the computer base.
   
   

NOTE: When you reinstall the palm rest, attach the right side of the palm rest first and ensure that the modem ends of the antennae cables are visible in the PCI card compartment on the base of the computer.

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