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How Do You Change A Hard Drive In A Vostro 1540
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User Manual - Page 1
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display
4.
camera 3. speakers (2) 5. Vostro 1440/1450
Figure 1. camera status light 2. Front And Back - optical drive
Regulatory Model P22G,P18F Regulatory Type
P22G001,P22G003,P18F001,P18F002 2011 - 05 USB 2.0 connectors (2) 6. Front View
1. Dell Vostro 1440/1540/1450/1550
Setup And Features Information
About Warnings
WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property ...
User Manual - Page 3
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camera 3. display 4. speakers (2) 5. USB 2.0 connectors (2)
8. touchpad 9. camera status light 2. memory card reader 12. device status lights 13. Front View
1. microphone 11. touchpad buttons (2) 10. keyboard 14. optical drive 6. power button
3 optical drive eject button 7. Front And Back - Vostro 1540/1550
Figure 3.
User Manual - Page 6
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... your computer at least once before you turn on system board integrated video
• Intel HD Graphics 2000 • Intel HD Graphics 3000
Discrete:
Vostro 1440/Vostro 1540
Vostro 1440 Vostro 1450
Intel HD graphics
AMD Radeon HD6450M AMD Radeon HD6470M
Memory Memory connector
two SODIMM slots
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NOTE: It is recommended that you install any...
User Manual - Page 7
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... 95 °F) -40 °C to 65 °C (-40 °F to 149 °F) 3 V CR2032 lithium ion
AC Adapter Type:
Vostro 1440 / Vostro 1450 / Vostro 1540 / Vostro 1550 with integrated video card Vostro 1440 with discrete video card Vostro 1450 with discrete video card Input voltage Input current (maximum) Input frequency Output current: 65 W
65 W
65 W 90 W 100...
User Manual - Page 8
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AC Adapter 90 W
Rated output voltage Dimensions:
Height Width Depth Temperature range: Operating Non Operating
Physical Vostro 1440 / Vostro 1450:
Height (with a WLED panel) Width Depth Weight (Minimum) Vostro 1540 / Vostro 1550:
Height (with a WLED panel) Width Depth Weight (Minimum)
Environmental Temperature:
Operating Storage Relative humidity (maximum): Operating
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4.62 A 19.50 VDC (+/ 1.0 ...
Owners Manual - Page 4
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9 Removing The Power Button Board 27
Installing The Power Button Board 28
10 Removing The Hard Drive 29
Installing The Hard Drive 30
11 Removing The Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) Card...........31
Installing The Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) Card 32
12 Removing The Coin-Cell ...
Owners Manual - Page 29
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Remove the keyboard. 4. Remove the screws that secure the hard drive bracket and detach it out of the computer.
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6. Removing The Hard Drive
1. Remove the battery. 3. Follow the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer. 2. Remove the palm rest. 5. Slide the hard drive and lift it from the hard drive.
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Owners Manual - Page 30
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... rest. 5. Install the battery. 7. Follow the procedures in its compartment and slide it towards the SATA
connector to secure it to the hard drive. 2. Install the keyboard. 6. Install the hard drive bracket to the system board. 4. Tighten the screws that secure the hard drive bracket. 3. Place the hard drive in After Working Inside Your Computer.
30 Installing The...
Owners Manual - Page 43
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... the heatsink. 11. Disconnect the display cable (1), DC-in Before Working On Your Computer. 2. Remove the SD memory card. 4. Remove the memory module. 7. Remove the hard drive. 9. Remove the keyboard. 5. Remove the screws that secure the system board.
43 Follow the procedures in cable (2), USB board cable (3),
speaker cable (4), audio board cable...
Owners Manual - Page 45
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... the screws that secure the system board in cable, USB board cable, audio board cable,
coin-cell battery cable, and the speaker cable. 4. Install the hard drive. 8. Install the memory module. 10. Install the optical drive. 11. Install the SD memory card. 13.
Owners Manual - Page 47
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... Remove the system board. 12. Remove the keyboard. 5. Release the speaker cable from the routing channel.
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13. Remove the hard drive. 9. Remove the palm rest. 8. Press the securing latches and lift up the left speaker. 47 Remove the battery. 3. Remove... Remove the SD memory card. 4. Follow the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer. 2. Remove the optical drive. 6.
Owners Manual - Page 49
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...Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer.
49 Install the processor. 5. Install the hard drive. 8. Install the memory module. 10. Install the SD memory card. 13. Install the battery... CPU fan assembly and the heatsink . 6. Install the keyboard. 12. Install the optical drive. 11. Install the WLAN card. 7. Install the palm rest. 9. Installing The Speakers 1. Insert...
Owners Manual - Page 71
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... on top of hard drive installed.
Press < Left Arrow >
71 Then, shut down the System Setup screen information for the F2 prompt to work incorrectly.
Certain changes can appear very quickly...computer. 2. Entering System Setup
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1. Turn on your computer.
• set or change the system configuration information after you must watch for future reference. When the blue DELL...
Owners Manual - Page 73
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Displays the speed of the hard drive. Displays the processor L3 cache size. Enable or disable the Intel Default: Enabled Virtualization ... Displays the asset tag of your computer (if available). Displays the memory speed. Displays the type of the optical drive. Enable or disable the power Default: Enabled supply to the on the computer. Displays the model number and capacity ...
Owners Manual - Page 74
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...: Enabled emulation feature.
Enable or disable the Computrace feature on the computer's internal hard drive (HDD). Enables or disables adapter Default: Enabled warnings.
Allows you to bypass the...standby. Default: Enabled
These fields let you to change or delete the administrator password. Allows USB devices to enter it. Change the SATA controller Default: AHCI mode to an ...
Owners Manual - Page 75
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... through . Specifies which network device the computer can boot through . Boot Boot Priority Order
Hard Disk Drives USB Storage Device CD/DVD ROM Drives Network
Specifies the order of different devices in which the computer will boot through . Specifies which...discard, and load default settings before exiting from System Setup.
75 Specifies which hard drive the computer can boot through.
Owners Manual - Page 79
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System Information Chipset
Vostro 1450/Vostro 1550 Vostro 1440/Vostro 1540 DRAM bus width Flash EPROM
Intel HM67 Intel HM57 64-bit SPI 32 Mbits
Processor Types
L2 cache External bus frequency
• Intel Celeron • ...
Owners Manual - Page 81
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...)
Ports and Connectors Audio
Video
Network adapter USB Media card reader
one 3-in-1 (SD/MMC/MS)
Display Type Size
Vostro 1440/Vostro 1450 Vostro 1540/Vostro 1550 Dimensions: Vostro 1440/Vostro 1450 Height Width Diagonal Active area (X/Y)
Dimensions: Vostro 1540/Vostro 1550 Height Width
HD WLED TrueLife; HD WLED AG
14.0" 15.0"
192.50 mm (7.58 inches) 324.00 mm...
Owners Manual - Page 83
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... 95 °F) -40 °C to 65 °C (-40 °F to 149 °F) 3 V CR2032 lithium coin cell
AC Adapter Type:
Vostro 1440 / Vostro 1450 / Vostro 1540 / Vostro 1550 with integrated video card Vostro 1440 with discrete video card Vostro 1450 with discrete video card Input voltage Input current (maximum) Input frequency Output power Output current 65 W 90 W Rated...
Owners Manual - Page 84
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AC Adapter Operating Non-Operating
Physical Vostro 1440 / Vostro 1450:
Height (with a WLED panel)
Width Depth Weight (Minimum) Vostro 1540 / Vostro 1550: Height (with a WLED panel)
Width Depth Weight (Minimum)
Environmental Temperature:
Operating Storage Relative humidity (maximum): Operating Storage Altitude (maximum): Operating Non-Operating Airborne contaminant ...
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