Introduction
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.
What you need
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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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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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Tool used on this step:Tweezers$4.99
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Gently unplug the motherboard fan connector using a pair of tweezers.
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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 three 4.6 mm screws that secure the heat sink with a Phillips #1 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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To reassemble your device, follow the above steps in reverse order.
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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.
