Dell Latitude D620 Display Replacement

ID: 2396

Description: Guide to separating the display from the body...

Steps:

1. Power down the laptop and remove the battery.
2. Open the laptop cover all of the way.

3. Locate the notch under the cover at the top of the keyboard
4. Using the spudger as a lever, lift the plastic covering
5. Carefully remove the rest of the covering from right to left

6. Unscrew the top portion of the keyboard using a #00 screwdriver

7. Hold keyboard from the top and gently pull towards the LCD screen to remove the keyboard from the case
8. Don't pull on the keyboard too forcefully because it is attached to the motherboard with a short, thin ribbon cable

9. Once keyboard is out of the case, lay it face-down on the track pad

10. Using a small spudger, pull back on the black bar to release the blue lever

11. Pull up on the metal bar connected to the socket to detach the ribbon cable

12. Detach cables that connect the display to the body of the laptop

13. Disconnect the black cable attached to the motherboard

14. Close the laptop lid
15. Turn the laptop over onto its backside
16. Unscrew the two screws shown in the picture using a #00 screwdriver

17. Face the laptop's back ports towards you
18. Unscrew the two screws labeled in the picture using a #00 screwdriver

19. Turn the laptop over again so it's right-side up
20. Open the display, and pull the display up and out of the laptop's body

21. Remove the circular rubber pads as outlined in the picture using a spudger

22. Unscrew the screws that were under the rubber circles using the #00 screwdriver

23. Carefully use a spudger to work around the edge of the screen to lift off the plastic cover
24. Be very careful while doing this as the plastic snaps easily

25. Remove the screws outlined in the picture

26. Carefully lift the LCD screen out of its casing