Dell Latitude CPX - Notebook Repair Manual download pdf (Page 13)

Step Two

Taking it apart, continued.

The rest of the disassembly process.

The next thing that needs to be done is removing of the palmrest. (This particular model)

The palmrest is released from the rest of the assembly by the removal of 5 screws on the bottom of

the laptop. These are indicated here by red arrows:

They are also indicated on the bottom of the laptop by a circle with the letter 'P' inside of it next to the

location of each screw.

The electronic components of the palmrest are disconnected from the main circuit by pulling this tab,

which contained one of the keyboard connectors on it, straight up away from the main circuit board.

Also, if the CMOS information needs to be cleared for any reason, it can be done by disconnecting this

connector for only a few seconds. This is because the battery is located in the palmrest just above the

right speaker (at least on this model.) And because this particular CMOS chip doesn't hold its data

very long without a battery, and is located on the main board.

I personally found this to be somewhat odd.

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Dell Latitude CPX - Notebook Repair Manual Page 13