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# Display Assembly and Display Latch

Dell™ Latitude™ C400 Service Manual

Removing the Display Assembly

Replacing the Display Latch

## Removing the Display Assembly

| NOTICE: You must remove the display assembly before you remove the palm rest.

| NOTICE: Disconnect the computer and any attached devices from electrical outlets, and remove any installed batteries.

| NOTICE: To avoid ESD, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by touching an unpainted metal surface on the computer.

| NOTICE: Read "Preparing to Work Inside the Computer" before performing the following procedure.

1. Remove the battery.
2. Remove the hard drive.
3. Remove the center cover.
4. Close the display.
5. Turn the computer over and remove the two M2.5 x 6-mm screws at the bottom back corners of the computer.

Display Screws

1 | M2.5 x 6-mm screws (2)

1. Turn the computer right-side up and open the display 180 degrees.

Display Assembly

1 | display-feed flex cable
2 | M2.5 x 12-mm screws (2)
3 | display-feed flex cable hold-down board
4 | pull tab

1. Remove the two M2.5 x 12-mm screws from the display-feed flex cable hold-down board.
2. Use the pull tab to disconnect the display-feed flex cable from its connector on the system board.
3. Move the display assembly to an upright position and pull it up out of the computer.

## Replacing the Display Latch

| NOTICE: Disconnect the computer and any attached devices from electrical outlets, and remove any installed batteries.

| NOTICE: To avoid ESD, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by touching an unpainted metal surface on the computer.

| NOTICE: Read "Preparing to Work Inside the Computer" before performing the following procedure.

To replace the display latch, you must replace the whole bezel.

1. Remove the battery.
2. Remove the hard drive.
3. Open the display 180 degrees, and remove the six rubber screw covers and the six M2 x 4-mm screws that secure the bezel.

Bezel Removal

1 | bezel
2 | display latch
3 | M2 x 4-mm screw (6)
4 | display assembly

1. Use a small flat-blade screwdriver to carefully pry around the perimeter of the bezel until the bezel separates from the display assembly.
2. Install the new bezel.

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