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Button Board
Dell™XPS™M1530ServiceManual
Removing the Button Board
Replacing the Button Board
Removing the Button Board
1. Follow the procedures in Before You Begin.
2. Remove the Center Control Cover and Hinge Covers (see Removing the Hinge Covers and Center Control Cover).
3. Remove the keyboard (see Removing the Keyboard).
4. Remove the two screws securing the button board.
5. To release the button board cable, pull the black securing tabs of the cable connector with your fingertips and ease out the cable.
6. Remove the button board from the system.
Replacing the Button Board
1. Replace the button board.
2. To reconnect the cable that attaches the button board to the system board, place the cable inside the cable connector and push its black securing tabs
inside with your fingertips.
3. Replace the two screws that secure the button board to the system board.
4. Replace the keyboard (see Replacing the Keyboard).
NOTICE: To avoid electrostatic discharge, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by periodically touching an unpainted metal surface (such
as a connector on the back of the computer).
NOTICE: The keycaps on the keyboard are fragile, easily dislodged, and time-consuming to replace. Be careful when removing and handling the
keyboard.
