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Glitching touchpads with erratic cursor movement, not being able to click with the touchpad, and the touchpad being unresponsive are signs that your current Dell XPS 15 9510 touchpad needs replacement.
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Remove eight 3 mm screws from the underside of the case using a T5 Torx screwdriver.
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Wedge the case apart with a nylon spudger.
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Slide spudger along each side of the laptop
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Lift the back panel of the laptop off and set it aside.
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Remove two 4.3 mm screws from the left fan and one 4.3 mm screw from the right fan using a JIS #000 screwdriver.
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Gently unplug the motherboard fan connector using a pair of tweezers.
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Unplug the motherboard connector on the other fan using a pair of tweezers.
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Gently slide and then lift the fans out of their positions.
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Repeat the previous step and remove the other fan.
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Using the small battery pull tab, disconnect the battery connector from the motherboard.
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Remove eight 2.5 mm from around the perimeter of the battery using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.
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Remove the old battery from the laptop.
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Remove the three 4.6 mm screws that secure the heat sink with a Phillips #00 screwdriver.
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Lift and remove the heat sink.
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Be sure to reapply thermal paste before replacing the heat sink.
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Remove the six 3 mm screws securing the touch pad with a Phillips #00 screw driver.
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Flip up the black ZIF locking flap that secures the touchpad ribbon cable.
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Disconnect the touch pad ribbon cable.
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Lift the touch pad up and out of the chassis.
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To reassemble your device, follow the above steps in reverse order.
Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.
Repair didn’t go as planned? Try some basic troubleshooting or ask our Answers community for help.
To reassemble your device, follow the above steps in reverse order.
Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.
Repair didn’t go as planned? Try some basic troubleshooting or ask our Answers community for help.
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This guide is incomplete. Step 13 shows removing the heatsink, then step 14 is removing the touchpad, but it's a missing a HUGE series of steps in between which is removing the motherboard to access the touchpad. As-is this guide is not usable.
