Dell alienware 15, a15-6366 [43/149] Replacing the palm rest

Replacing the palm rest

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safety information that shipped with your computer and

follow the steps in

Before working inside your computer.

After working inside your computer, follow the instructions

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Procedure

1 Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 5 in "Replacing the touch pad”.

2 Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 3 in "Replacing the status-light

board”.

3 Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 4 in "Replacing the power-button

board”.

4 Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 7 in "Replacing the keyboard”.

5 Connect the power-button board cable to the system board.

6 Carefully turn the palm-rest assembly over and slide the keyboard cable,

keyboard-backlight cable, macro-keys cable, and macro-keys backlight

cable into the slot on the computer base.

7 Align the palm-rest assembly on the computer base and snap it into place.

8 Close the display and turn the computer over.

9 Replace the screws that secure the palm-rest assembly to the computer

base.

10 Slide the keyboard-backlight cable, keyboard cable, macro-keys cable, and

macro-keys backlight cable into the system board and press down on the

latches to secure the cables.

11 Route the keyboard-backlight cable, keyboard cable, and macro-keys cable

through the routing guides on the computer base.

Post-requisites

1 Replace the solid-state drives.

2 Replace the memory modules.

3 Replace the base panel.