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# EMI Shield, Video Card, and Palm Rest

Dell™ Inspiron™ 1100 and 5100 Service Manual

EMI Shield

Video Card

Palm Rest

## EMI Shield

| CAUTION: Before performing the following procedures, read the safety instructions in your Owner's Manual.

| CAUTION: To prevent static damage to components inside your computer, discharge static electricity from your body before you touch any of your computer's electronic components. You can do so by touching an unpainted metal surface.

1. Follow the instructions in "Preparing to Work Inside the Computer."
2. Remove the keyboard.
3. Pull up on the pull-tab that is attached to the display-feed flex cable connector to remove the connector from the system board.
4. Remove the one M2.5 x 8-mm screw that secures the EMI shield to the system board, and pull the EMI shield out of the computer base.

## Video Card

### Removing the Video Card

| CAUTION: Before performing the following procedures, read the safety instructions in your Owner's Manual.

| CAUTION: To prevent static damage to components inside your computer, discharge static electricity from your body before you touch any of your computer's electronic components. You can do so by touching an unpainted metal surface.

1. Follow the instructions in "Preparing to Work Inside the Computer."
2. Remove the keyboard.
3. Remove the EMI shield.
4. Remove the two M2.5 x 8-mm screws that secure the video card to the system board.

1 | pull-tab
2 | video card
3 | M2.5 x 8-mm screws (2)

1. Pull straight up on the attached pull-tab to lift the video card off of the system board.

### Installing the Video Card

1. Align the posts on the video card with the screw holes in the system board.
2. Press down on the two areas on the video card that are labeled "PUSH" until you feel the video card click into place.
3. Replace the two M2.5 x 8-mm screws.

## Palm Rest

| CAUTION: Before performing the following procedures, read the safety instructions in your Owner's Manual.

| CAUTION: To prevent static damage to components inside your computer, discharge static electricity from your body before you touch any of your computer's electronic components. You can do so by touching an unpainted metal surface.

1. Follow the instructions in "Preparing to Work Inside the Computer."
2. Remove the hard drive.
3. Remove the CD or DVD drive.
4. Remove the keyboard.
5. Remove the EMI shield.
6. Remove the display assembly.
7. Turn the computer over and remove the twelve M2.5 x 8-mm screws (not labeled).
8. Remove the M2.5 x 4-mm screw from the battery bay.

1. Turn the computer back over and remove the two M2.5 x 5-mm screws from the top of the palm rest.

1. Disconnect the touch pad connector from the system board.

| NOTICE: Carefully separate the palm rest from the base plastics to avoid damage to the palm rest.

1. Starting at the back center of the palm rest, use your fingers to separate the palm rest from the base plastics by lifting the inside edge of the palm rest.

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