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# Base Plastics

Dell™ Latitude™ V710/V740 Service Manual

### Removing the Base Plastics

| 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 hard drive.
2. Remove the optical drive.
3. Remove the floppy drive.
4. Remove the modem.
5. Remove the keyboard.
6. Remove the display assembly.
7. Remove the EMI Shield.
8. Remove the video board.
9. Remove the palm rest.
10. Remove the microprocessor thermal-cooling assembly.
11. Remove the speakers.
12. Remove the system board.

| NOTICE: For V740 only, prior to replacing the base plastics, ensure that a thermal pad is present on the Memory Controller Hub (MCH) heat-sink. If a thermal pad is already present, you do not need to replace it.

### Replacing the Thermal Pad (V740 Only)

Attach a new thermal pad inside the square etching on the MCH heat-sink, located on the inside of the base plastics.

1 | thermal pad
2 | square etching on MCH heat-sink
3 | MCH

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