Dell L400 service manual Display Assembly Hinges

b.Lower the bottom end of the LCD panel into the top cover, making sure the LCD flex cable lines up with the opening that is to the right of the left hinge.

c.Make sure the narrow part of the flex cable that goes to the inverter is visible at the bottom edge of the LCD panel.

d.Press the LCD panel into the top cover.

5.Connect the narrow flex cable to the ZIF connector on the left side of the inverter.

6.With the connector side of the inverter facing up, connect the two-wire back-light plug to the connector on the right end of the inverter.

When the plug is all the way in the connector, the key slot in the center of the plug should not be visible. If you can see the key slot, the plug is not in the connector correctly. Pull the plug out, turn the plug over, and reinsert it into the connector.

7.Roll the inverter over (away from you), so the connector side of the inverter is up.

8.Place the inverter into the top cover, aligning the posts in the top cover with the alignment holes in the inverter.

9.Holding the inverter in place, reinstall the M2 x 3.5-mm screw that secures the inverter to the top cover.

10.Reinstall the four M2 x 3.5-mm screws, in the left and right ends of the top cover, that secure the LCD panel to the top cover.

11.Reinstall the display assembly latch.

12.Reinstall the display assembly bezel.

Display Assembly Hinges

1.Remove the keyboard bezel.

2.Remove the display assembly.

3.Remove the display bezel.

4.Remove the two M2.6 x 4-mm screws that secure the left hinge to the top cover (see Figure 9).

5.Remove the two M2.6 x 4-mm screws that secure the right hinge to the top cover.

When replacing the left and right hinges, make sure they are installed correctly. An L is stamped on the left hinge and an R is stamped on the right hinge.

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