Dell XPS 15 9560 Touchpad Replacement

ID: 149127

Description: How to replace a scratched, cracked, or unrespo...

Steps:

1. Before beginning, unplug the charger and any peripheries. If possible, discharge your battery below 25%.
2. Shut the laptop down.

3. Remove the ten 4.0 mm screws from the back panel of the laptop using a T5 Torx screwdriver.

4. Remove the two 5 mm screws underneath the XPS badge door using a Phillips screwdriver

5. Use a scribe to remove the bottom base cover from the backplate.

6. Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the remaining 4 mm screws that secure the battery.

7. Use your fingernails to gently "walk" the battery connector directly out of its socket.

8. Remove the battery.

9. Using a Phillips #0 screwdriver, remove four 4.0 mm screws of the hard drive bracket.
10. Unplug the hard drive cable.

11. Remove the hard drive bracket. Then, unplug and remove the hard drive.

12. Remove the two 5 mm mounting screws.

13. Use a screwdriver to remove the single 5 mm screw securing the silver plate.

14. Use a spudger, pushing on alternating sides of the connector, to get it out of the socket.
15. It may take a lot of alternating before the connector comes out. Be patient, and don't pull on the cables.
16. To reconnect the cable, align the connector and use a spudger.
17. Don't push on the cables themselves, or you may damage the connector.

18. Unplug the black cord.
19. Unplug the cord with a white plug.

20. Disconnect the white ribbon cables, and use a spudger or your fingernail to gently lift the looped tab away from the connector. It should pop up easily.
21. Next, use the spudger or your fingernail to push the plastic tab away from the socket. It should move slightly.
22. Now, pull the white ribbon cables out.

23. Lift the laptop as shown.
24. Separate the touchpad from the keyboard.