Contents Before working inside your computer......10 ..................10 Before you begin ...................10 Safety instructions .................11 Recommended tools After working inside your computer......13 Removing the battery...........14 ....................14 Procedure Replacing the battery........... 16 ....................16 Procedure Removing the base cover..........17 ....................
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Removing the memory modules........24 ................... 24 Prerequisites ....................24 Procedure Replacing the memory modules........26 ....................26 Procedure ..................27 Post-requisites Removing the wireless card......... 28 ................... 28 Prerequisites ....................28 Procedure Replacing the wireless card......... 30 ....................30 Procedure ..................30 Post-requisites...
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Replacing the optical drive...........38 ................... 38 Prerequisites ....................39 Procedure Removing the optical drive.......... 42 ....................42 Procedure ..................42 Post-requisites Removing the computer base........43 ................... 43 Prerequisites ....................43 Procedure Replacing the computer base........48 ....................48 Procedure ..................48 Post-requisites Removing the speakers..........49 ...................
Before working inside your computer NOTE: The images in this document may differ from your computer depending on the configuration you ordered. Before you begin Save and close all open files and exit all open applications. Shut down your computer. The shut-down instruction varies depending on the operating system installed on your computer.
CAUTION: You should only perform troubleshooting and repairs as authorized or directed by the Dell technical assistance team. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. See the safety instructions that shipped with the product or at www.dell.com/...
After working inside your computer CAUTION: Leaving stray or loose screws inside your computer may severely damage your computer. Replace all screws and ensure that no stray screws remain inside your computer. Connect any external devices, peripherals, or cables you removed before working on your computer.
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Procedure Close the display and turn the computer over. Slide the battery-release latch to the unlocked position.
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Lift the battery off the computer base. battery battery-release latch computer base Turn the computer over, open the display, and press the power button for five seconds to ground the system board.
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Procedure Place the battery in the battery bay and snap the battery into place.
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Remove the battery. Procedure Close the display and turn the computer over.
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Using a plastic scribe, pry up the base cover starting from the inner edge, and lift it off the computer base. computer base screws (2) base cover plastic scribe...
After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Procedure Slide the tabs on the base cover into the slots on the computer base and snap the base cover into place.
After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. CAUTION: Hard drives are fragile. Exercise care when handling the hard drive. CAUTION: To avoid data loss, do not remove the hard drive while the computer is in sleep or on state.
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Using the pull tab, lift the hard-drive assembly out of the computer base. screws (4) pull tab hard-drive assembly hard-drive cable latch...
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Disconnect the interposer from the hard drive. hard-drive assembly interposer Remove the screws that secure the hard-drive bracket to the hard drive. Lift the hard-drive bracket off the hard drive. screws (4) hard drive hard-drive bracket...
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. CAUTION: Hard drives are fragile. Exercise care when handling the hard drive. Procedure Align the screw holes on the hard-drive bracket with the screw holes on the hard drive.
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Remove the battery. Remove the base cover.
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Slide and remove the memory module from the memory-module slot. securing clips (2) memory module...
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Procedure Align the notch on the memory module with the tab on the memory-module slot.
Slide the memory module firmly into the slot at an angle and press the memory module down until it clicks into place. NOTE: If you do not hear the click, remove the memory module and reinstall it. memory module memory-module slot notch Post-requisites Replace the...
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Remove the battery. Remove the base cover.
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Slide and remove the wireless card from the system board. antenna cables (2) wireless-card bracket screw wireless-card slot wireless card...
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Procedure CAUTION: To avoid damage to the wireless card, do not place any cables under it.
After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. CAUTION: Removing the coin-cell battery resets the BIOS setup program’s settings to default. It is recommended that you note the BIOS setup program’s settings before removing the coin-cell battery.
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Procedure With the positive-side facing up, slide and snap the coin-cell battery into the coin-cell battery socket.
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Remove the battery. Procedure Turn the computer over and open the display as far as possible.
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Using a plastic scribe, gently release the tabs that secure the keyboard to the palm-rest assembly. plastic scribe keyboard palm-rest assembly Carefully turn the keyboard over and place it on the palm-rest assembly.
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Lift the latches and disconnect the keyboard cable and keyboard-backlight cable (optional) from the system board. NOTE: The keyboard-backlight cable is present only if the laptop shipped with a backlit keyboard. keyboard-backlight cable latch keyboard cable keyboard Lift the keyboard, along with the cables, off the palm-rest assembly.
After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Procedure Slide the keyboard cable and the keyboard-backlight cable (optional) into the respective connectors and press down the latches to secure the cables.
Before working inside your computer. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Remove the battery. Remove the keyboard.
Procedure Remove the screw that secures the optical-drive assembly to the computer base. optical-drive assembly screw Turn the computer over and open the display. Using a plastic scribe, push the optical-drive assembly out of the optical-drive bay.
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Pull the optical-drive assembly out of the optical-drive bay. optical-drive assembly palm rest plastic scribe Carefully pry the optical-drive bezel off the optical drive.
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Remove the screws that secure the optical-drive bracket to the optical drive. NOTE: Note the orientation of the optical-drive bracket so that you can replace it correctly. optical-drive bezel optical drive optical-drive bracket screws (2)
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Procedure Align the screw holes on the optical-drive bracket with the screw holes on the optical drive.
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Remove the battery. Remove the base cover.
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Remove the screws that secure the computer base to the palm-rest assembly. screws (4) connector latch optical-drive cable Close the display and turn the computer over. Disconnect the speaker cable from the system board. Remove the antenna cables from the routing guides on the computer base.
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Remove the screws that secure the computer base to the palm-rest assembly. screws (15) computer base speaker cable antenna cables (2)
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Using your fingertips, starting from the rear, pry the computer base off the palm-rest assembly. NOTE: Ensure the antenna cables are completely removed from the routing guides on the computer base. computer base Turn the computer base over. Remove the optical-drive interposer.
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Procedure Replace the optical-drive interposer. Replace the speakers.
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Remove the battery. Remove the base cover.
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Lift the speakers, along with the cable, off the computer base. computer base routing guides speaker cable speakers (2)
After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Procedure Using the alignment posts, align and place the speakers on the computer base. Route the speaker cable through the routing guides on the computer base.
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Remove the battery. Remove the base cover.
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computer base tabs (2) optical-drive interposer...
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Procedure Align the optical-drive interposer with the tabs on the computer base and snap it into place.
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Remove the battery. Remove the base cover.
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Lift the latch and disconnect the I/O-board cable from the I/O board. I/O board I/O-board cable latch screw...
After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Procedure Slide the I/O-board cable into the I/O-board cable connector and press down the latch to secure the cable.
After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. WARNING: The heat sink may become hot during normal operation. Allow sufficient time for the heat sink to cool before you touch it.
Lift the heat-sink assembly off the system board. screws (3) fan cable heat-sink assembly captive screws (3) Procedure (integrated graphics card) Disconnect the fan cable from the system board. In sequential order, as indicated on the heat-sink assembly, loosen the captive screws that secure the heat-sink assembly to the system board.
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Lift the heat-sink assembly off the system board. fan cable heat-sink assembly captive screws (3)
After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. CAUTION: Incorrect alignment of the heat sink can damage the system board and processor. NOTE: The original thermal grease can be reused if the original system board and fan are reinstalled together.
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Follow the procedure from step 4 to step 6 in “Replacing the hard drive”. Replace the base cover. Replace the battery.
After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. NOTE: Your computer’s Service Tag is stored in the system board. You must enter the Service Tag in the BIOS setup program after you replace the system board.
Procedure Turn the computer over and open the display as far as possible. Lift the connector latches and disconnect the power-button board cable and the touchpad cable from the system board. power-button board cable touchpad cable Close the display and turn the computer over. Lift the latch and disconnect the display cable from the system board.
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Peel the I/O board cable off the palm-rest assembly. I/O board cable system board screw connector latch display cable Carefully lift the system board from the inner edge to release the system board from the system-board connector on the palm-rest assembly.
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Turn the system board over. system board palm-rest assembly Disconnect the power-adapter port cable from the system board.
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10 Lift the latch and disconnect the I/O-board cable from the system board. system board power-adapter port cable I/O-board cable Lift the system board off the computer base.
After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. NOTE: Your computer’s Service Tag is stored in the system board. You must enter the Service Tag in the BIOS setup program after you replace the system board.
Post-requisites Replace the heat-sink assembly. Replace the board. Follow the procedure from step 3 to step 8 in “Replacing the computer base”. Follow the procedure from step 4 to step 7 in “Replacing the optical drive”. Replace the keyboard. Replace the coin-cell battery.
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Remove the battery. Remove the base cover.
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Lift the battery-connector board off the palm-rest assembly. palm-rest assembly screws (2) battery-connector board antenna cable tapes (2)
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Procedure Align the screw holes on the battery-connector board with the screw holes on the palm-rest assembly.
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Remove the battery. Remove the base cover.
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Lift the power-adapter port, along with its cable, off the palm-rest assembly. screw power-adapter port power-adapter port cable routing guide tape...
After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Procedure Slide the power-adapter port into the slot on the palm-rest assembly. Replace the screw that secures the power-adapter port to the palm-rest assembly.
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Remove the battery. Remove the base cover.
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Peel off the tapes that secure the antenna cables to the palm-rest assembly. antenna cables (2) routing guide tapes (5) Open the display at an angle of 90 degrees. Place the computer on the edge of a table so that the palm-rest assembly is on the table and the display assembly extends past the table edge with the display hinges facing up.
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Lift the display assembly off the palm-rest assembly. palm-rest assembly screws (7) display hinges (2) display assembly...
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Procedure Place the palm-rest assembly at the edge of a table with the display hinges facing up.
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Remove the battery. Remove the base cover.
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Lift the power-button board, along with its cable, off the palm-rest assembly. tape screw power-button board...
After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Procedure Slide the power-button board under the tabs on the palm rest and align the screw hole on the power-button board with the screw hole on the palm-rest assembly.
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Follow the procedure from step 4 to step 6 in “Replacing the hard drive”. Replace the base cover. Replace the battery.
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Remove the battery. Remove the base cover.
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Procedure Place the palm-rest assembly on a flat surface. Post-requisites Replace the power-button board.
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites NOTE: These instructions are only applicable for laptop with non- touchscreen display.
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Remove the display bezel off the display back-cover. display bezel display back-cover...
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Procedure NOTE: These instructions are only applicable for laptops with non- touchscreen display.
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites NOTE: These instructions are applicable only for laptops with a non-touch screen display.
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Gently lift the display panel and turn it over. screws (10) display panel display back-cover...
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Gently peel the display cable, then lift the latch and disconnect the display cable from the display-cable connector. display panel latch display cable tape display back-cover Lift the display panel off the display back-cover.
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Remove the display hinges. display panel...
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Procedure NOTE: These instructions are only applicable for laptop with non- touchscreen display.
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Replace the wireless card. Follow the procedure from step 4 to step 6 in “Replacing the hard drive”. Replace the base cover. Replace the battery.
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites NOTE: These instructions are applicable only for laptops with a non- touchscreen display.
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Lift the display hinges off the display panel. screws (6) display hinges (2) display panel...
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Procedure NOTE: These instructions are only applicable for laptop with non- touchscreen display.
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites NOTE: These instructions are applicable only for laptops with a non- touchscreen display.
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Using a plastic scribe, gently pry the camera off the display back-cover. plastic scribe camera cable camera display back-cover...
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Procedure NOTE: These instructions are only applicable for laptop with non- touchscreen display.
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites NOTE: This chapter is applicable only for laptops with a non-touchscreen display.
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Note the display cable routing and remove the display cable from the routing guides on the display back-cover. Note the camera cable routing and remove the camera cable from the display back-cover. display cable routing guides display back-cover tape camera cable...
After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Procedure Route the display cable through the routing guides on the display back-cover. Adhere the tapes that secure the display cable to the display back-cover.
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites NOTE: These instruction are applicable only for laptops with a non- touchscreen display.
Procedure After performing all the prerequisites, we are left with the display back-cover and antenna assembly. display back-cover and antenna assembly...
After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After working inside your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. Procedure Place the display back-cover and antenna assembly on a flat surface. Post-requisites...
You may need to flash (update) the BIOS when an update is available or when you replace the system board. To flash the BIOS: Turn on your computer. Go to www.dell.com/support. Click Product support, enter the Service Tag of your computer, and then click Submit.
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Contacting Dell To contact Dell for sales, technical support, or customer service issues, see www.dell.com/contactdell. NOTE: Availability varies by country and product, and some services may not be available in your country. NOTE: If you do not have an active internet connection, you can find contact information on your purchase invoice, packing slip, bill, or Dell product catalog.