DELL inspiron 4100 User Manual

							Display, Display Assembly, Display Latch, and Hinge Covers: Dell Inspiro\
n 4150 
 
1 display panel connector
2 top flex-cable connector
3 pull-tab
4 bottom flex-cable 
connector
5 inverter connector
9.  Remove the tape that secures the display panel connector and the tap\
e that  secures the middle of the display-feed flex cable to the display panel. \
10.  Pull the top flex-cable connector down and away to remove it from t\
he display  panel connector. 
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Replacing the Display Panel 
1.  Reconnect the top flex-cable connector to the display panel connecto\
r. 
2.  Reconnect the bottom flex-cable connector to the inverter connector.\
 
3.  Replace the tape that secures the display panel connector and the ta\
pe that secures the middle of the display-feed flex cable to the display panel. \
4.  Place the bottom edge of the display panel in the bottom of the top \
cover and  elevate the top of the panel with your hand. 
5.  Lay the display panel in the top cover. 
6.  Reinstall the five M2 x 4-mm screws that secure the display panel to\
 the top  cover. 
Display Latch
NOTICE: Disconnect the computer and any attached devices from electrical 
outlets, and remove any installed batteries. 
NOTICE: To avoid ESD, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by 
touching an unpainted metal surface on the computer. 
Removing the Display Latch 
1.  Remove the hard drive. 
2.  Remove the 
display. 
3.  Remove the 
display bezel. 
4.  Remove the two M2.5 x 5-mm screws and the two M1.7 x 3.5-mm screws t\
hat  secure the display latch and bracket to the top cover. 
5.  Lift the display latch and bracket up and out of the top cover. 
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							Display, Display Assembly, Display Latch, and Hinge Covers: Dell Inspiro\
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(XGA panel shown) 
 
1 M1.7 x 3.5-mm screws (2)
2 M2.5 x 5-mm screws (2)
3 display latch
4 bracket
Replacing the Display Latch 
1.  On XGA panels, place the display latch on top of its screw holes, and then place 
the bracket on top of the display latch, aligning the bracket and displa\
y latch 
screw holes. 
On SXGA+ and UXGA panels, align the screw holes and place the display latch 
and attached bracket in the top cover.
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							Display, Display Assembly, Display Latch, and Hinge Covers: Dell Inspiro\
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2.  Replace the two M2.5 x 5-mm screws and the two M1.7 x 3.5-mm screws \
that secure the display latch and bracket to the top cover. 
Hinge Covers
Removing the Hinge Covers 
1.  Remove the display. 
2.  Rotate the hinges forward at an angle of approximately 90 degrees to\
 the front  of the display. 
3.  To remove the hinge covers, slide them off the hinges. 
 
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Replacing the Hinge Covers 
1.  Attach the display to the bottom case. 
2.  Close the display. 
3.  Snap the hinge covers in place over the hinges. 
HINT: The right plastic hinge-cover label includes an R, and the left plasti\
c 
hinge-cover label includes an L. The hinge-cover labels face the back \
of the 
computer. 
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1 right hinge cover
2 left hinge cover
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							Palm Rest: Dell Inspiron 4150 
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Palm Rest 
Dell™ Inspiron™ 4150 
NOTICE: Disconnect the computer and any attached devices from electrical 
outlets, and remove any installed batteries. 
NOTICE: To avoid ESD, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by 
touching an unpainted metal surface on the computer. 
NOTICE: Read Preparing to Work Inside the Computer before performing the 
following procedure. 
1.  Remove the 
hard drive. 
2.  Remove the 
keyboard. 
NOTICE: You must remove the display before you remove the palm rest; the 
display hinges pass through the back of the palm rest. 
3.  Remove the 
display and hinge covers. 
4.  Turn the computer over and remove the three M2.5 x 12-mm screws labeled \
 circle P. 
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							Palm Rest: Dell Inspiron 4150 
 
1 M2.5 x 12-mm screws 
(3)
2 M2 x 3-mm screws (2)
3 hard drive door
5.  Remove the two M2 x 3-mm screws that are located in the hard drive door \
 labeled circle P. 
6.  Turn the computer over, and remove the three M2 x 3-mm screws that secur\
e  the palm rest to the bottom case: 
a.  Remove the two M2 x 3-mm screws that are located on the back edge of  the bottom case, underneath the display. 
b.  Remove the M2 x 3-mm screw located underneath the keyboard, on the  right side of the bottom case, next to the microprocessor thermal coolin\
g 
assembly and opposite the S-video TV-out connector. 
7.  Pull up on the pull-tab that is attached to the palm-rest flex cable con\
nector to  remove it from the interface connector on the system board. 
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							Palm Rest: Dell Inspiron 4150 
 
1 M2 x 3-mm screws (3)
2 palm rest
3 palm-rest flex cable
4 bottom case
5 touch pad connector
6 back center of the palm 
rest
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							Palm Rest: Dell Inspiron 4150 
NOTICE: Carefully separate the palm rest from the bottom case to avoid 
damage to the palm rest. 
8.  Starting at the back center of the palm rest, use your fingers to separa\
te the  palm rest from the bottom case by lifting the inside of the palm rest wh\
ile 
pushing in on the outside. 
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