It’s a regular male-female type connector.
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Here’s how to unplug the subwoofer and fan cable from the motherboard. Remove three more screws located in the DVD drive bay. Lift up and remove the display (LCD screen) assembly.ĭisconnect the subwoofer cable (left arrow) and cooling fan cable (right arrow). Simply pull the connector by the black belt attached to it. Here’s how to disconnect the video cable. Remove four screws securing display hinges.ĭisconnect video cable from the motherboard. Pull both wireless card antenna cables though the opening. Remove two screws securing display hinges on the bottom of the laptop.ĭisconnect white and black antenna cables from the wireless card. Now you can access the main keyboard cable connector (1) and keyboard backlight cable connector (2).ĭisconnect both cables as I explained in the step 9. Lift up the upper side of the keyboard and move towards the screen. There are two small plastic tabs securing the keyboard on the top. Slide the hard drive assembly to the left to disconnect it from the motherboard. Remove four screws securing the hard drive mounting bracket to the base. When the palmrest removed you can access the hard drive and CMOS battery. On the following picture both connectors shown in the unlocked position. The locking tab must remain attached to the connector base. The locking tab will open up at a 90 degree angle. Very carefully lift up the left side of the locking tab with your fingernail. In the following two steps I explain how to unlock connectors and release cables. Turn the palmrest upside down so you can access the touch pad cable (left arrow) and power button cable (right arrow). I’m using the guitar pick to separate the palmrest assembly from the base.īe careful while removing the palmrest assembly, it’s still connected to the motherboard. Turn the laptop over and start lifting up the palmrest assembly. Release two latches securing the palmrest assembly. This screw located in the battery compartment. Remove one screw securing the palmrest assembly.
Pull DVD drive from the laptop and remove it. Remove one screw securing the DVD optical drive. We’ll disconnect wireless card antenna cables later (step 19) when we remove the display panel. I’ll leave them connected to the motherboard. It’s not necessary to remove memory modules for the purpose of my tutorial. Under the cover you can access both memory modules and wireless card. Loosen/remove three screws securing the memory and wireless card cover. UPDATE: all disassembly steps should be the same for a Dell XPS L501X model.īefore you start, make sure the computer is turned off. STEP 28- 29: Disconnecting and removing DC jack cable. STEP 18-21: Removing the screen assembly. STEP 13-17: Disconnecting and removing the keyboard. STEP 5–9: Disconnecting and removing the palmrest assembly. STEP 1-4: Accessing both memory modules and wireless card. I’ll go though the following major disassembly steps:
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