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Contents Before Working Inside Your Computer 8 Before You Begin 8 Safety Instructions 8 Recommended Tools 9 After Working Inside Your Computer 11 Removing the Base Cover 12 Procedure...12 Replacing the Base Cover 13 Procedure...13 Removing the Battery 14 Prerequisites...14 Procedure...14 Replacing the Battery 15 Procedure...15 Post-requisites 15 Removing the Hard Drive 16 Prerequisites...16 Procedure...16 Replacing the Hard Drive 19 Procedure...19 Post-requisites 19
Contents Before Working Inside Your Computer 8 Before You Begin 8 Safety Instructions 8 Recommended Tools 9 After Working Inside Your Computer 11 Removing the Base Cover 12 Procedure...12 Replacing the Base Cover 13 Procedure...13 Removing the Battery 14 Prerequisites...14 Procedure...14 Replacing the Battery 15 Procedure...15 Post-requisites 15 Removing the Hard Drive 16 Prerequisites...16 Procedure...16 Replacing the Hard Drive 19 Procedure...19 Post-requisites 19
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Removing the Base Frame 38 Prerequisites...38 Procedure...39 Replacing the Base Frame 42 Procedure...42 Post-requisites 42 Removing the Heat Sink 43 Prerequisites...43 Procedure...43 Replacing the Heat Sink 45 Procedure...45 Post-requisites 45 Removing the Coin-Cell Battery 46 Prerequisites...46 Procedure...46 Replacing the Coin-Cell Battery 48 Procedure...48 Post-requisites 48 Removing the Speakers 49 Prerequisites...49 Procedure...49 Replacing the Speakers 51 Procedure...51 Post-requisites 51
Removing the Base Frame 38 Prerequisites...38 Procedure...39 Replacing the Base Frame 42 Procedure...42 Post-requisites 42 Removing the Heat Sink 43 Prerequisites...43 Procedure...43 Replacing the Heat Sink 45 Procedure...45 Post-requisites 45 Removing the Coin-Cell Battery 46 Prerequisites...46 Procedure...46 Replacing the Coin-Cell Battery 48 Procedure...48 Post-requisites 48 Removing the Speakers 49 Prerequisites...49 Procedure...49 Replacing the Speakers 51 Procedure...51 Post-requisites 51
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...see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Removing the Battery WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that secure the battery to the base frame. 2 Lift the battery off the base frame. 1 screws (2) 2 battery 3 Turn the computer over, open the... display, and press the power button for five seconds to ground the system board. 14 After working inside your ...
...see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Removing the Battery WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that secure the battery to the base frame. 2 Lift the battery off the base frame. 1 screws (2) 2 battery 3 Turn the computer over, open the... display, and press the power button for five seconds to ground the system board. 14 After working inside your ...
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...in After Working Inside Your Computer. Post-requisites Replace the base cover. 15 Replacing the Battery WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that secure the battery to the battery connector. 2 Replace the screws that shipped with the screw holes on the base frame ...and press down on the battery to connect it to the base frame. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. After working inside your computer and follow the instructions in ...
...in After Working Inside Your Computer. Post-requisites Replace the base cover. 15 Replacing the Battery WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that secure the battery to the battery connector. 2 Replace the screws that shipped with the screw holes on the base frame ...and press down on the battery to connect it to the base frame. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. After working inside your computer and follow the instructions in ...
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... 1 Remove the base cover. 2 Remove the battery. Procedure 1 Remove the screws that shipped with your computer and follow the instructions in Sleep or On state. Exercise care when handling the hard drive. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Removing the Hard Drive WARNING...
... 1 Remove the base cover. 2 Remove the battery. Procedure 1 Remove the screws that shipped with your computer and follow the instructions in Sleep or On state. Exercise care when handling the hard drive. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Removing the Hard Drive WARNING...
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... the hard-drive assembly to the hard drive. 5 Place the hard-drive assembly in After Working Inside Your Computer. Post-requisites 1 Replace the battery. 2 Replace the base cover. 19 Procedure 1 Place the hard-drive bracket on the hard drive. 2 Align the screw holes on the hard... drive. 4 Connect the hard-drive cable to the base frame. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Exercise care when handling the hard drive. CAUTION: Hard drives are fragile. Replacing the Hard Drive WARNING: Before working inside your...
... the hard-drive assembly to the hard drive. 5 Place the hard-drive assembly in After Working Inside Your Computer. Post-requisites 1 Replace the battery. 2 Replace the base cover. 19 Procedure 1 Place the hard-drive bracket on the hard drive. 2 Align the screw holes on the hard... drive. 4 Connect the hard-drive cable to the base frame. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Exercise care when handling the hard drive. CAUTION: Hard drives are fragile. Replacing the Hard Drive WARNING: Before working inside your...
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... the safety information that secures the wireless card to the system board. 20 For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites 1 Remove the base cover. 2 Remove the battery. After working inside your computer, follow the steps in After Working Inside Your Computer.
... the safety information that secures the wireless card to the system board. 20 For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites 1 Remove the base cover. 2 Remove the battery. After working inside your computer, follow the steps in After Working Inside Your Computer.
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...CAUTION: To avoid damage to the wireless card. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. The following table provides the antenna-cable color scheme for the wireless card supported by your computer, read ...with the screw hole on the wireless card Main (white triangle) Antenna-cable color white Auxiliary (black triangle) black Post-requisites 1 Replace the battery. 2 Replace the base cover. 22 Replacing the Wireless Card WARNING: Before working inside your computer. After working inside your computer, follow the...
...CAUTION: To avoid damage to the wireless card. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. The following table provides the antenna-cable color scheme for the wireless card supported by your computer, read ...with the screw hole on the wireless card Main (white triangle) Antenna-cable color white Auxiliary (black triangle) black Post-requisites 1 Replace the battery. 2 Replace the base cover. 22 Replacing the Wireless Card WARNING: Before working inside your computer. After working inside your computer, follow the...
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Prerequisites 1 Remove the base cover. 2 Remove the battery. Removing the Memory Module(s) WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer, follow the steps in After Working ... inside your computer and follow the instructions in Before Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure 1 Use your fingertips to carefully spread apart the securing-clips on each end of the memory-module slot until the memory module...
Prerequisites 1 Remove the base cover. 2 Remove the battery. Removing the Memory Module(s) WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer, follow the steps in After Working ... inside your computer and follow the instructions in Before Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure 1 Use your fingertips to carefully spread apart the securing-clips on each end of the memory-module slot until the memory module...
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NOTE: If you do not hear the click, remove the memory module and reinstall it clicks into place. 2 Slide the memory module firmly into the slot at an angle, and press the memory module down until it . 1 memory-module slot 3 memory module Post-requisites 1 Replace the battery. 2 Replace the base cover. 2 tab 26
NOTE: If you do not hear the click, remove the memory module and reinstall it clicks into place. 2 Slide the memory module firmly into the slot at an angle, and press the memory module down until it . 1 memory-module slot 3 memory module Post-requisites 1 Replace the battery. 2 Replace the base cover. 2 tab 26
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For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites 1 Remove the base cover. 2 Remove the battery. Procedure 1 Lift the latch and using the pull tab, disconnect the I/O-board cable from the system board. 2 Peel off the I/O-board cable from the fan. 3 ...
For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites 1 Remove the base cover. 2 Remove the battery. Procedure 1 Lift the latch and using the pull tab, disconnect the I/O-board cable from the system board. 2 Peel off the I/O-board cable from the fan. 3 ...
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Post-requisites 1 Replace the battery. 2 Replace the base cover. 30 Procedure 1 Place the fan on the palm rest and align the screw holes on the latch to secure the cable. ... with your computer and follow the instructions in After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. After working inside your computer, follow the steps in Before Working Inside Your Computer.
Post-requisites 1 Replace the battery. 2 Replace the base cover. 30 Procedure 1 Place the fan on the palm rest and align the screw holes on the latch to secure the cable. ... with your computer and follow the instructions in After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. After working inside your computer, follow the steps in Before Working Inside Your Computer.
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For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites 1 Remove the base cover. 2 Remove the battery. Procedure 1 Turn the computer over and open the display. 2 Using a plastic scribe, pry out the keyboard from its top edge. 3 Slide the keyboard toward the ...
For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites 1 Remove the base cover. 2 Remove the battery. Procedure 1 Turn the computer over and open the display. 2 Using a plastic scribe, pry out the keyboard from its top edge. 3 Slide the keyboard toward the ...
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Post-requisites 1 Replace the battery. 2 Replace the base cover. The cables on the old keyboard. Folding the Keyboard Cables CAUTION: Do not apply excess pressure while folding the cables. Follow ... the palm rest and snap the keyboard into the slots on the old keyboard. 34 For more information, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Replacing the Keyboard WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer, follow the steps in Before...
Post-requisites 1 Replace the battery. 2 Replace the base cover. The cables on the old keyboard. Folding the Keyboard Cables CAUTION: Do not apply excess pressure while folding the cables. Follow ... the palm rest and snap the keyboard into the slots on the old keyboard. 34 For more information, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Replacing the Keyboard WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer, follow the steps in Before...
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Removing the Base Frame WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer, follow the steps in After Working Inside Your Computer. Prerequisites 1 Remove the base cover. 2 Remove the battery. 3 Remove the hard drive. 4 Remove the fan. 5 Remove the keyboard. 38 For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. After working inside your computer and follow the instructions in Before Working Inside Your Computer.
Removing the Base Frame WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer, follow the steps in After Working Inside Your Computer. Prerequisites 1 Remove the base cover. 2 Remove the battery. 3 Remove the hard drive. 4 Remove the fan. 5 Remove the keyboard. 38 For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. After working inside your computer and follow the instructions in Before Working Inside Your Computer.
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Post-requisites 1 Replace the keyboard. 2 Replace the fan. 3 Replace the hard drive. 4 Replace the battery. 5 Replace the base cover. 42 For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure 1 Route the display cable and I/O-board cable through the slots on the base frame. 2 Slide the base...
Post-requisites 1 Replace the keyboard. 2 Replace the fan. 3 Replace the hard drive. 4 Replace the battery. 5 Replace the base cover. 42 For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure 1 Route the display cable and I/O-board cable through the slots on the base frame. 2 Slide the base...
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... with discrete graphics card. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. WARNING: The heat sink may become hot during normal operation. Prerequisites 1 Remove the base cover. 2 Remove the battery. 3 Remove the hard drive. 4 Remove the fan. 5 Remove the keyboard. 6 Remove the base frame. Procedure...
... with discrete graphics card. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. WARNING: The heat sink may become hot during normal operation. Prerequisites 1 Remove the base cover. 2 Remove the battery. 3 Remove the hard drive. 4 Remove the fan. 5 Remove the keyboard. 6 Remove the base frame. Procedure...
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...to the system board. Post-requisites 1 Replace the base frame. 2 Replace the keyboard. 3 Replace the fan. 4 Replace the hard drive. 5 Replace the battery. 6 Replace the base cover. 45 CAUTION: Incorrect alignment of the heat sink can be reused if the original system board and fan are reinstalled together...computer, read the safety information that thermal conductivity is achieved. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. After working inside your computer, follow the steps in Before Working Inside Your Computer.
...to the system board. Post-requisites 1 Replace the base frame. 2 Replace the keyboard. 3 Replace the fan. 4 Replace the hard drive. 5 Replace the battery. 6 Replace the base cover. 45 CAUTION: Incorrect alignment of the heat sink can be reused if the original system board and fan are reinstalled together...computer, read the safety information that thermal conductivity is achieved. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. After working inside your computer, follow the steps in Before Working Inside Your Computer.
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...best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. It is recommended that shipped with your computer, follow the steps in After Working Inside Your Computer. Removing the Coin-Cell Battery WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety...information that you note the BIOS settings before removing the coin-cell battery. After working inside your computer and follow the instructions in Before Working Inside Your Computer. Prerequisites 1 Remove the base cover. 2 Remove the battery. 3 Remove the hard drive. 4 Remove the fan. 5 ...
...best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. It is recommended that shipped with your computer, follow the steps in After Working Inside Your Computer. Removing the Coin-Cell Battery WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety...information that you note the BIOS settings before removing the coin-cell battery. After working inside your computer and follow the instructions in Before Working Inside Your Computer. Prerequisites 1 Remove the base cover. 2 Remove the battery. 3 Remove the hard drive. 4 Remove the fan. 5 ...
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2 Peel off the coin-cell battery from the system board. 1 coin-cell battery 2 coin-cell battery cable 47
2 Peel off the coin-cell battery from the system board. 1 coin-cell battery 2 coin-cell battery cable 47