Dell Inspiron 3800 User Manual
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Removing the 12.1-Inch Display LCD Panel
To remove the 12.1-inch display LCD panel, perform the following steps.
NOTICE: To avoid damaging the system board, remove the power cable, the battery, and the second
battery (if installed) before you service the computer.
1. Remove the main battery.
2. Remove the
.
3. Remove the
4. Remove the
5. Remove the four 5-mm screws securing the LCD panel to the top cover (see
).
6. Disconnect the two-wire backlight plug from the connector on the inverter.
7. Lift the LCD panel and carefully disconnect the flex cable from the connector on the left edge of the LCD panel.
8. Remove the LCD panel from the top cover.
Removing the 12.1-Inch LCD Panel Inverter
from the ZIF connector on the inverter.
2. Remove the three 3-mm screws securing the inverter to the top cover.
3. Remove the inverter from the top cover.
Removing the 12.1-Inch LCD Flex Cable
1. Remove the 4-mm screw securing the metal cable clip to the left hinge of the display-assembly top cover (see
1 Display
assembly bezel
2 Back-light plug
3 Latch
4 Inverter
5 ZIF connector
6 3-mm screws
(3)
7 Display-
assembly top
cover
8 LCD flex cable
9 LCD panel
10 5-mm screws
(4)
11 Plastic screw
covers (2)
12 4-mm screws
(6)
13 Rubber screw
covers (4)