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							Keyboard: Dell Latitude D500 Service Manual
 
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							Display Assembly and Display Latch: Dell Latitude D500 Service Manual
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Display Assembly and Display Latch 
Dell™ Latitude™ D500 Service Manual
  Display Assembly
  Display Bezel
  Display Panel
  Display Latch
Display Assembly
 CAUTION: Before performing the following procedures, read the safety 
instructions in your System Information Guide.
NOTICE: To avoid electrostatic discharge, ground yourself by using a wrist 
grounding strap or by periodically touching an unpainted metal surface (\
such as 
the back panel) on the computer. 
NOTICE: You must remove the display assembly before you remove the palm 
rest. 
1.  Follow the instructions in 
Preparing to Work Inside the Computer. 
2.  Remove the 
keyboard. 
3.  Open the display assembly approximately 180 degrees, and support the dis\
play  assembly so that it does not open past this position. 
4.  Loosen the captive screw that secures the display cable to the system bo\
ard,  and release the cable from the four cable-routing clips. 
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1 M2.5 x 6-mm screws (3)
2 display cable connector
3 display
4 computer base
5 pull-tab
6 system board connector
7 captive screw
8 cable-routing clips (4)
5.  Pull up on the pull-tab that is attached to the display cable connector \
to remove  the connector from the system board. 
6.  Remove the three M2.5 x 6-mm screws. 
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7.  Rotate the display assembly to a 90-degree angle, and lift the display a\
ssembly up and out of the computer base. 
 
1 display
2 computer base
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1 display bumpers (6) 4display panel
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2M2 x 5-mm screws (6) 5top cover
3 display bezel 6M2 x 5-mm screws (4)
Display Bezel
 
CAUTION: Before performing the following procedures, read the safety 
instructions in your System Information Guide.
NOTICE: To avoid electrostatic discharge, ground yourself by using a wrist 
grounding strap or by periodically touching an unpainted metal surface (\
such as 
the back panel) on the computer. 
1.  Follow the instructions in 
Preparing to Work Inside the Computer. 
2.  Remove the 
keyboard. 
3.  Remove the 
display assembly. 
4.  Use a plastic scribe to pry the six display bumpers out of the screw hol\
es located  on the front of the bezel. 
5.  Remove the six M2 x 5-mm screws located on the front of the bezel. 
NOTICE: Carefully separate the bezel from the top cover to avoid damage to 
the bezel. 
6.  Starting at the bottom of the display panel (by the DELL™ logo), us\
e your  fingers to separate the bezel from the top cover by lifting the inside e\
dge of the 
bezel away from the top cover. 
Display Panel
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 CAUTION: Before performing the following procedures, read the safety 
instructions in your System Information Guide.
NOTICE: To avoid electrostatic discharge, ground yourself by using a wrist 
grounding strap or by touching an unpainted metal surface on the compute\
r. 
1.  Follow the instructions in 
Preparing to Work Inside the Computer. 
2.  Remove the 
keyboard. 
3.  Remove the 
display bezel. 
4.  Remove the two M2 x 5-mm screws from each side of the display panel. 
5.  Lift the display panel, and rotate the display panel out of the display \
cover. 
6.  Press in both sides of the top flex-cable connector, and pull the top fl\
ex-cable  connector away from the display connector. 
7.  Use the pull-tab to disconnect the bottom flex-cable connector from the \
inverter  connenctor. 
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1 top flex-cable connector
2 display connector
3 pull-tab on bottom flex-
cable connector
4 inverter connector
Display Latch
NOTICE: Disconnect the computer and any attached devices from electrical 
outlets, and remove any installed batteries. 
NOTICE: To avoid electrostatic discharge, ground yourself by using a wrist 
grounding strap or by touching an unpainted metal surface on the compute\
r. 
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1.  Remove the keyboard. 
2.  Remove the 
display assembly. 
3.  Remove the 
display bezel. 
4.  Remove the three M2 x 5-mm screws that secure the display bracket to the\
 top  cover. 
5.  Lift the display bracket out of the top cover, and then remove the displ\
ay latch. 
NOTE: Ensure that the display bracket is upright when you replace the display \
latch. 
 
1 top cover
2 M2 x 5-mm screws (3)
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4 display latch
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