Replacing Convertible Notebook Components
15Flip the brown connector clip up, then remove the touchpad cable.
Clip
16Make sure that the brown connector clip on the new palm rest is in the raised position, lay the cable into the connector, then flip the connector down onto the cable.
Tip
The cable is correctly oriented if the blue side is showing.
17Place the new palm rest assembly onto the convertible notebook, then snap the assembly into place.
18Reconnect the speaker cable.
19Make sure the brown touchpad connector clips are slid to the front of the convertible notebook, insert the cable into the connector, then slide the brown connector clips back to lock the cable in place.
20Replace the three top palm rest screws removed in Step 10.
21Replace the keyboard by following the instructions in “Replacing the keyboard” on page 20.
22Turn the convertible notebook over so the bottom is facing up.
23Replace the 15 bottom palm rest screws removed in Step 6.
24Replace the hard drive by following the steps in “Replacing the hard drive” on page 17.
25Replace the DVD drive by following the steps in “Replacing the DVD drive” on page 14.
26Replace the wireless bay cover by following the steps in “Replacing the IEEE 802.11 wireless card” on page 10.
27Replace the memory bay cover by following the steps in “Adding or replacing memory modules” on page 6.
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