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Installing the base cover, the base cover. Do NOT use your fingers.

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CAUTION: Only use a plastic scribe to disengage and release the clips with the prying motion along the edges of the base cover. Do NOT use your fingers. Steps 1. Remove the eight Torx T5 screws (M2x4) that secure the base cover to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly. 2. Starting from the bottom-left corner, use a plastic scribe to pry the base cover in the direction of the arrows to release the base cover from the palm-rest and keyboard assembly. 3. Firmly hold the left side and the right side of the base cover and remove the base cover from the palm-rest and keyboard assembly. Installing the base cover Prerequisites About this task The following images indicate the location of the base cover and provide a visual representation of the installation procedure. Removing and installing components 13

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CAUTION:
Only use a plastic scribe to disengage and release the clips with the prying motion along the edges of
the base cover. Do NOT use your fingers.
Steps
1.
Remove the eight Torx T5 screws (M2x4) that secure the base cover to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
2.
Starting from the bottom-left corner, use a plastic scribe to pry the base cover in the direction of the arrows to release the
base cover from the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
3.
Firmly hold the left side and the right side of the base cover and remove the base cover from the palm-rest and keyboard
assembly.
Installing the base cover
Prerequisites
About this task
The following images indicate the location of the base cover and provide a visual representation of the installation procedure.
Removing and installing components
13