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Display Assembly and Display Latch

Dell™ Latitude™ V710/V740 Service Manual

  Display Assembly

  Display Latch


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

top cover

2

M2.5 x 5-mm screws (2)

3

bottom case

  1. Remove the keyboard.

  2. Close the display assembly.

  3. From the back of the computer, remove the two M2.5 x 5-mm screws labeled "circle D."

  4. Open the display assembly approximately 180 degrees and support the display assembly so that it does not open past this position.

  5. Remove the two M2.5 x 5-mm screws that secure the display-feed flex cable to the system board.

NOTICE: When reconnecting the display-feed flex cable connector to the system board, push down on the top left and right ends of the connector. Pressing on the center of the connector may damage resistors and compromise EMI protection in the computer.

1

M2.5 x 5-mm screws (4)

2

hinge blocks (2)

3

M2.5 x 5-mm screws (2)

4

display-feed flex cable

5

pull tab

  1. Pull up on the pull tab that is attached to the display-feed flex cable connector to remove the connector from the system board.

  2. Remove the two M2.5 x 5-mm screws from each hinge block.

  3. Lift the display assembly up and out of the bottom case.

1

screw covers (5)

6

M2 x 3-mm screws (4)

2

M2.5 x 5-mm screws (5)

7

M2.5 x 5-mm screw (1)

3

display bezel

8

display-feed flex cable

4

display panel

9

flex-cable retention bracket

5

M2.5 x 5-mm screws (2)

10

top cover

Removing the Display Bezel

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 keyboard.

  2. Remove the display assembly.

  3. Use a plastic scribe to pry the five screw covers out of the screw holes located on the front of the bezel.

  4. Remove the five M2.5 x 5-mm screws located on the front of the bezel.

NOTICE: Carefully separate the bezel from the top cover to avoid damage to the bezel.
  1. Starting at the bottom of the display panel (by the Dell™ logo), use your fingers to separate the bezel from the top cover by lifting the inside of the bezel while pushing in on the outside.

Removing the Display Panel

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 keyboard.

  2. Remove the display assembly.

  3. Remove the display bezel.

  4. Remove the two M2 x 3-mm screws on the left side of the display panel.

  5. Remove the two M2 x 3-mm screws on the right side of the display panel.

  6. Remove the M2.5 x 5-mm screw that secures the display-feed flex cable to the display assembly.

  7. Unsnap the flex-cable retention bracket from the top cover, and lift the bracket out of the display assembly.

1

flex-cable retention bracket

  1. Lift the display panel from the top, and rotate the display panel out of the top cover.

  2. Disconnect the bottom flex cable connector from the inverter connector on the system board by pulling on the attached pull tab away from the inverter connector.

1

top flex cable connector

2

display panel connector

3

pull tab

4

pull tab

5

inverter connector on system board

6

bottom flex cable connector

  1. Remove the tape that secures the display panel connector and the tape that secures the middle of the display-feed flex cable to the display panel.

  2. Pull the top flex cable connector down and away to remove it from the display panel connector.

Replacing the Display Panel

  1. Reconnect the top flex cable connector to the display panel connector.

  2. Reconnect the bottom flex cable connector to the inverter connector on the system board.

  3. Replace the tape that secures the display panel connector and the tape that secures the middle of the display-feed flex cable to the display panel.

  4. Place the bottom edge of the display panel in the bottom of the top cover and elevate the top of the panel with your hand.

  5. Lay the display panel in the top cover.

  6. Reinstall the four M2 x 3-mm screws that secure the display panel to the top cover.

  7. Reinstall the M2.5 x 5-mm screw that secures the display-feed flex cable to the display assembly.

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.

Removing the Display Latch

  1. Remove the keyboard.

  2. Remove the display assembly.

  3. Remove the display bezel.

  4. Remove the two M2.5 x 5-mm screws that secure the display latch and bracket to the top cover.

  5. Lift the display latch, bracket, and spring up and out of the top cover.

1

spring

2

spring hook (display latch)

3

M2.5 x 5-mm screws (2)

4

display latch

5

bracket

6

spring hook (top cover)

Replacing the Display Latch

  1. Attach one end of the spring to the spring hook on the left edge of the display latch, and attach the other end of the spring to the spring hook in the top cover.

  2. Place the display latch on top of its screw holes, and then place the bracket on top of the display latch, aligning the bracket and display latch screw holes.

  3. Replace the two M2.5 x 5-mm screws that secure the display latch and bracket to the top cover.

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