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Step 1

              Dell Latitude D520 disassembly and power jack repair
    1. unplug laptop
    1. remove battery
    1. remove screw
  • Remove disk drive by pressing in the pull mechanism, causing it to extend outwards, then use the pull handle to pull out disk drive.

  1. unplug laptop

  2. remove battery

  3. remove screw

Remove disk drive by pressing in the pull mechanism, causing it to extend outwards, then use the pull handle to pull out disk drive.

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Step 2

  • remove 2 retention screws
  • slide HD carriage out

remove 2 retention screws

slide HD carriage out

Step 3

  • open laptop
  • with a small screwdriver carefully pry plastic cover
  • it helps to open the laptop all the way
  • be careful not to break these clips
  • The clips found under here were specially tricky

open laptop

with a small screwdriver carefully pry plastic cover

it helps to open the laptop all the way

be careful not to break these clips

The clips found under here were specially tricky

Step 4

  • remove screws X 2
  • carefully lift keyboard, being careful not to damage the flat cable.
  • lift up tab to release flat cable and remove keyboard

remove screws X 2

carefully lift keyboard, being careful not to damage the flat cable.

lift up tab to release flat cable and remove keyboard

Step 5

  • disconnect the three wires
  • disconnect video connector
  • remove ground screw
  • remove 3 screws
  • remove last screw, note this screw is longer then the other three
  • remove screen

disconnect the three wires

disconnect video connector

remove ground screw

remove 3 screws

remove last screw, note this screw is longer then the other three

remove screen

Step 6

  • Remove these 15 screws, they are all the same size
  • remove screw and cover
  • flip the laptop over
  • remove touchpad flat cable by gently pulling up.
  • remove 4 screws marked with the letter P

Remove these 15 screws, they are all the same size

remove screw and cover

flip the laptop over

remove touchpad flat cable by gently pulling up.

remove 4 screws marked with the letter P

Step 7

  • remove top cover being careful not to break any clips

remove top cover being careful not to break any clips

Step 8

  • remove 3 screws
  • carefully remove small metal piece that was being help down by the three screws

carefully remove small metal piece that was being help down by the three screws

Step 9

  • remove 4 screws
  • remove 1 screw
  • being careful not to break any clips, separate bottom plastic cover from the mother board carriage.

remove 4 screws

remove 1 screw

being careful not to break any clips, separate bottom plastic cover from the mother board carriage.

Step 10

  • The middle part of my power connector had sheared away from its solder points on the motherboard.
  • I had to use a bit of flux, but I managed to re-tin all three contact point on the motherboard, as well as the pins in the connector.
  • I re-soldered the whole thing and used my trusty hot glue gun to encase the whole connector to prevent it from happening again anytime soon.

The middle part of my power connector had sheared away from its solder points on the motherboard.

I had to use a bit of flux, but I managed to re-tin all three contact point on the motherboard, as well as the pins in the connector.

I re-soldered the whole thing and used my trusty hot glue gun to encase the whole connector to prevent it from happening again anytime soon.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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