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Dell Venue 8 7840 Power and Volume Button Replacement

Introduction

Use this guide if the power and volume buttons on your Dell Venue 8 7840 aren't working.

What you need

  1. Dell Venue 8 7840 Power and Volume Button Replacement, Screen: step 1, image 1 of 1

    • Make sure your device is turned off. Leaving it turned on may cause an electric shock.

    • Face the device with the screen towards you.

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  2. Dell Venue 8 7840 Power and Volume Button Replacement: step 2, image 1 of 1

    • With a plastic opening tool, pry open the bottom left corner of the screen.

    • The screen is tightly attached to the tablet, so you may have to use a metal spudger to pry it open if the plastic spudger does not do the task.

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  3. Dell Venue 8 7840 Power and Volume Button Replacement: step 3, image 1 of 1

    • Next, pry open the top left corner of the screen.

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    • Then, pry open the top right corner of the screen.

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    • Lastly, pry open the bottom right corner of the screen.

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    • Once you have pried open all the corners of the tablet, carefully open the screen from the right side of the tablet.

    • Do not try and open the screen from the left side of the tablet, because the screen is attached on the left side of the tablet; doing this can damage the tablet.

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  8. Dell Venue 8 7840 Power and Volume Button Replacement: step 7, image 1 of 1

    • Once the tablet is opened, locate the connector.

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    • Disconnect the connector from the tablet.

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  10. Dell Venue 8 7840 Power and Volume Button Replacement, Battery: step 9, image 1 of 1

    • Unscrew the eight 7 mm Philips #1 screws.

    • After the screws are unscrewed, you can take off the silver cover.

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  11. Dell Venue 8 7840 Power and Volume Button Replacement: step 10, image 1 of 1

    • Using tweezers, disconnect the battery from the tablet.

    • After disconnecting the battery, you can remove the battery from the tablet.

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    • Using a plastic opening tool, pry open the left side of the tablet.

    • Locate the power and volume buttons.

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  13. Dell Venue 8 7840 Power and Volume Button Replacement: step 12, image 1 of 1

    • Using a plastic opening tool, push out the volume button from the left side of the tablet.

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  14. Dell Venue 8 7840 Power and Volume Button Replacement: step 13, image 1 of 1

    • Make sure that you hold the left side of the tablet open with a plastic opening tool so that you will be able to take out the volume button.

    • With tweezers, pull out the volume button.

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  15. Dell Venue 8 7840 Power and Volume Button Replacement: step 14, image 1 of 1

    • With a plastic opening tool, push out the power button from the left side of the tablet.

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  16. Dell Venue 8 7840 Power and Volume Button Replacement: step 15, image 1 of 1

    • Just like the volume button, you want to make sure that you hold the left side of the tablet open with a plastic opening tool so that you will be able to take out the power button.

    • With tweezers, pull out the power button.

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Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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