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    Difficulty getting the "palm rest assembly" off the Samsung 350V5C

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by ralphzak, Apr 26, 2020.

  1. ralphzak

    ralphzak Notebook Consultant

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    I'm having difficulty getting the "palm rest assembly" off the Samsung NP350V5C

    I'm at 7:13 in this video "Samsung 350V NP350V5C disassembly and fan cleaning" https://www dot youtube.com/watch?v=mQI3MdFimsM Or 8:35 in this video "Samsung NP355V5C Disassembly Guide" https://www dot youtube.com/watch?v=tSGw2XLbX7I

    This is how my laptop looks at the stage of disassembly I am at.

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    I think i've removed all the screws. (I have 12 screws out from there).

    I've disconnected all the 4 things connecting the palm rest assembly to the motherboard, as shown here

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    And I can pry all the edges.

    And I can get my fingers under the left, right, bottom, and to an extent, the top

    (The right)

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    The bottom
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    The left

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    At the top I can only only a bit of fingers in.

    There's something around the centre that seems to be holding it to the motherboard.

    As you can see I can get them in so I pryed it but I can hardly get them in much. You can see some stress in the metal where it is stuck and not lifting off.

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    I've tried shifting teh palm rest assembly and it moves a bit as if around a pivot, where it is stuck somehow, but it won't come off!

    I have taken some pictures of inside I don't know if they give any clues as to where it is stuck..

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    Any ideas where it is stuck and what I can do to get it off?

    Thanks!

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  2. senso

    senso Notebook Deity

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    You must have missed some screw on the bottom side, flip it and search for any screw in that area, if there are stickers, peel/remove them.
     
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  3. ralphzak

    ralphzak Notebook Consultant

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    you're right, thanks

    I can now continue trying to disassemble thins thing!