Replacing the display assembly – Dell Latitude E4300 (Late 2008) User Manual
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4.
Turn the computer rightside-up and open the display 180 degrees.
5.
Remove the LED dashboard cover (see
Removing the LED Dashboard Cover
).
6.
Gently lift the display to unseat its hinges, taking care not to pull the display cables. Lay the display assembly flat.
7.
Remove the keyboard (see
Removing the Keyboard
).
8.
Remove the display cable from the system board by pulling on the blue tab next to the display cable connector.
9.
Carefully remove the display cable by moving it away from the metal and plastic cable guide tabs.
10.
Turn the computer upside-down.
11.
Remove the WLAN/WWAN cover, and loosen the two antenna cables by moving them out of the cable guides.
12.
Slide the two antenna cables through the hole in the palm rest.
13.
Turn the computer rightside-up.
14.
Disconnect the three antenna cables from the radio switch board. The display antenna cables (gray, white, and black) are situated in vertical formation
on the upper-right side of the radio switch board.
15.
Lift the display and cables away from the computer.
Replacing the Display Assembly
NOTICE:
Ensure that the display cable and the antenna cables do not get caught beneath the guide tabs on the palm rest.
NOTE:
There are five antenna cables attached to the display assembly. The three shorter cables (black, white, and gray) are connected to the top of the
system board; the two longer cables (gray/black and white/gray) are threaded down through a hole in the system board to the WLAN/WWAN
compartment at the bottom of the computer.
1 display cable
2 display
3 antenna cables 4 computer base
NOTE:
This procedure assumes that you have completed the removal procedure first.