Dell Inspiron 15r 7520 AC/DC Power Jack Plug Socket Replacement

Flip the laptop over with the bottom facing up.

Pull the latches away from each other to release the battery.

Remove the battery.

Remove the 4 screws in the battery compartment using a 2.0mm magnetic phillips head screwdriver.

Loosen the 3 screws on the access door using the 2.0mm phillips head screwdriver.

Remove the access door.

Remove the disk drive screw using the 2.0mm phillips head screwdriver.

Remove the disk drive from the laptop.

Remove the 2 screws under the disk drive with the 2.0mm phillips head screwdriver.

Remove the 4 hard drive screws using the 2.0mm phillips head screwdriver.

Pull the tab to remove the hard drive from the computer.

Remove the 5 bottom base screws using the 2.0mm phillips head screwdriver.

Depress the keyboard latches to release the keyboard with the 2.0mm flat head screwdriver.

Lift the keyboard up carefully.

Release the two ribbon cables underneath the keyboard.

Remove the 6 palm rest screws using the 2.0mm phillips head screwdriver.

Unplug the 3 ribbon cables.

Separate the palm rest from the bottom base using the 2.0mm flat head screwdriver as a lever.

Unplug the ribbon cable underneath the palm rest.

Remove the 2 DC jack bracket screws with the 2.0mm phillips head screwdriver and remove the bracket.

Unplug and remove the old DC jack.