Contents Before Working Inside Your Computer........8 ....................8 Before You Begin ..................... 8 Safety Instructions ..................9 Recommended Tools After Working Inside Your Computer........11 Technical Overview..............12 ................ 12 Inside View of Your Computer ................13 System Board Components ....................13 Back View ....................14 Front View...
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Replacing the Battery............... 26 ......................26 Procedure ................... 27 Post-requisites Removing the Control-Buttons Board........28 ....................28 Prerequisites ......................28 Procedure Replacing the Control-Buttons Board........30 ......................30 Procedure ....................30 Post-requisites Removing the Wireless Card........... 31 ..................... 31 Prerequisites ......................31 Procedure Replacing the Wireless Card............33 ......................33...
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Replacing the Speakers............39 ....................... 39 Procedure ....................39 Post-requisites Removing the System Board...........40 ....................40 Prerequisites ....................... 40 Procedure Replacing the System Board........... 45 ......................45 Procedure ....................46 Post-requisites ..............46 Entering the Service Tag in the BIOS Removing the Coin-Cell Battery..........47 .....................47 Prerequisites ......................47...
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Replacing the Heat Sink............56 ......................56 Procedure ....................56 Post-requisites Removing the Antenna............. 57 .....................57 Prerequisites ......................57 Procedure Replacing the Antenna............. 61 ......................61 Procedure ....................61 Post-requisites Removing the Camera..............62 .....................62 Prerequisites ......................62 Procedure Replacing the Camera.............. 64 ......................
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Replacing the Display Bezel............ 73 ......................73 Procedure ....................73 Post-requisites Flashing the BIOS..............74 Getting Help and Contacting Dell..........75 ..................75 Self-Help Resources ....................75 Contacting Dell...
Before Working Inside Your Computer CAUTION: To avoid damaging the components and cards, handle them by their edges and avoid touching pins and contacts. 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.
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. WARNING: Disconnect all power sources before opening the computer cover or panels. After you finish working inside the computer, replace all covers, panels, and screws before connecting to the power source.
After Working Inside Your Computer CAUTION: Leaving stray or loose screws inside your computer may severely damage your computer. Replace all screws and make sure that no stray screws remain inside your computer. Connect any external devices, peripherals, and cables you removed before working on your computer.
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 dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Inside View of Your Computer back cover hard-drive assembly display panel...
After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at 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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Lift and slide the hard-drive assembly out of the slot on the back cover. hard-drive assembly screws (4) pull tab hard-drive cable interposer board Turn the hard-drive assembly over. Peel off the tape that secures the interposer board to the hard-drive assembly.
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Turn the hard-drive assembly over. Pull the interposer board to disconnect it from the hard-drive assembly. Remove the screws that secure the hard-drive bracket to the hard drive. 10 Lift the hard-drive bracket off the hard drive. interposer board screws (4) hard drive hard-drive bracket...
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 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.
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 dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 5 in “Removing the Hard Drive”.
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Using a plastic scribe, pry the back cover from the display bezel starting from the notch at the bottom of the back cover. CAUTION: To avoid damaging the rubber foot, do not use the plastic scribe under the rubber-foot area. back cover rubber foot (2) plastic scribe...
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Carefully lift the back cover and turn it over. back cover display bezel Disconnect the battery cable from the system board. system board battery cable Carefully turn the back cover over and align the tabs on the back cover with the slots on the display bezel.
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Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds to ground the system board. power button back cover Carefully lift the back cover and turn it over. back cover display bezel...
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Remove the hard-drive cable from the slot on the back cover. back cover hard-drive cable Remove the control-buttons board. 10 Place the back cover in a secure location. back cover...
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 dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure Replace the control-buttons board. Slide the hard-drive cable into the slot on the back cover.
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 dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Follow the instructions from step 1 to step 5 in “Removing the Back Cover”.
After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure NOTE: If replacing with a new battery, peel off the tape on the battery base before proceeding to replace the battery.
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 dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Follow the instructions from step 1 to step 7 in “Removing the Back Cover”.
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Lift the control-buttons board off the back cover. screws (3) control-buttons board control-buttons board tape cable...
After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure Align the screw holes on the control-buttons board with the screw holes on the back cover.
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 dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Follow the instructions from step 1 to step 8 in “Removing the Back Cover”.
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Remove the wireless card from the wireless-card slot. wireless-card slot wireless card antenna cables (2) notch screw...
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 dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure CAUTION: To avoid damaging the wireless card, do not place any cables under it.
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 dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Follow the instructions from step 1 to step 7 in “Removing the Back Cover”.
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Lift the power status-light board off the display bezel. power status-light cable screws (2) power status-light board connector latch tape...
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 dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure Slide the power status-light board into the alignment post on the display bezel.
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 dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Follow the instructions from step 1 to step 7 in “Removing the Back Cover”.
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Lift the tape that secures the speaker cable to the display bezel. Remove the screws that secure the speakers to the display bezel. Lift the speakers along with the cable off the display bezel. speaker cable screws (4) speakers (2) tape...
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 dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure Align the screw holes on the speakers with the screw holes on the display bezel.
After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at 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.
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Using the pull tab, disconnect the hard-drive cable and display cable from the system board. For more information, see “System Board Components”. hard-drive cable display-backlight cable display cable speaker cable power-status light cable connector latch Remove the screws that secure the system-board bracket to the display bezel.
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Carefully lift the system-board bracket and turn it over. tape (2) screws (3) system-board bracket Note the display-board cable routing and disconnect the display-board cable on the display board.
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Lift the tape and disconnect the camera and control-buttons board cable from the system board. camera and control- system board buttons board cable system-board bracket display-board cable Remove the screws that secure the system-board to the system-board bracket.
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10 Lift the system board at an angle and release the ports on the system board from the slots on the system-board bracket. coin-cell battery coin-cell battery cable screws (6) system board system-board bracket 11 Turn the system board over and place it on a clean and flat surface. 12 Remove the memory module.
After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at 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.
Turn on the computer. Enter System Setup: – during POST, when the DELL logo is displayed, watch for the F2 prompt to appear, press F2 key on your keyboard immediately. – press the power and volume-down button simultaneously to enter System Setup.
After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. CAUTION: Removing the coin-cell battery resets the BIOS settings to default. It is recommended that you note the BIOS settings before removing the coin-cell battery.
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Pry the coin-cell battery off the system board. coin-cell battery cable system board coin-cell battery...
After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure Adhere the coin-cell battery to the system board. Connect the coin-cell battery cable to the system board.
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 dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Follow the instructions from step 1 to step 7 in “Removing the Back Cover”.
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Remove the memory module from the memory-module slot on the system board. memory-module slot memory module securing clips (2)
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 dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure Align the notch on the memory module with the tab on the memory- module slot.
Post-requisites Follow the instructions from step 3 to step 15 in “Replacing the System Board”. Replace the wireless card. Follow the instructions from step 3 to step 6 in “Replacing the Back Cover”.
After Working Inside Your Computer. 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. Allow sufficient time for the heat sink to cool before you touch it.
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Lift the heat sink off the system board. captive screws (2) heat sink system board...
After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. CAUTION: Incorrect alignment of the heat sink can cause damage to the system board and processor. NOTE: The original thermal grease can be reused if the original system board and heat sink are reinstalled together.
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 dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Follow the instructions from step 1 to step 8 in “Removing the Back Cover”.
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Peel the tape and lift the aluminium foil that secures the antenna cable and camera and control-buttons board cable to the display panel. aluminium foil tape tape control-buttons board tape cable aluminium foil antenna cable camera cable...
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Lift the connector latches and disconnect the flex cables from the display board. flex cables (3) connector latches (3) display board Note the antenna-cables routing and remove the antenna cables from the routing guides on the display bezel. Peel the aluminium foil tapes that secure the antenna modules to the display bezel.
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Lift the antenna modules off the display bezel. aluminium foil antenna modules (2) aluminium foil tapes (2) antenna cables...
After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure Adhere the antenna modules to the display bezel and secure the antenna modules with the Aluminium foil tapes.
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 dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Follow the instructions from step 1 to step 8 in “Removing the Back Cover”.
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Disconnect the camera cable from the camera module. screws (2) camera module plastic scribe camera cable camera...
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 dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure Connect the camera cable to the camera module. Turn the camera module over.
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 dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Follow the instructions from step 1 to step 8 in “Removing the Back Cover”.
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Peel the tapes and lift the display-backlight cable and display cable off the display panel. connector latches (2) display cable tape display-backlight cable Remove the screws that secure the display panel to the display bezel.
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Lift the display panel off the display bezel. screws (8) display panel display bezel Pry the display panel off the display bezel and place it on a flat and clean surface.
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Remove the screws that secure the display-panel brackets to the display panel. screws (4) display panel display-panel brackets (2)
After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure Place the display panel on a flat and clean surface. Align the screw holes on the display-panel brackets with the screw holes on the display panel.
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Follow the instructions from step 2 to step 6 in “Replacing the Back Cover”.
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 dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Follow the instructions from step 1 to step 8 in “Removing the Back Cover”.
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 dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure Place the display bezel on a flat and clean 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 the computer. Go to dell.com/support. If you have your computer's Service Tag, type your computer's Service Tag and click Submit.
Getting Help and Contacting Dell Self-Help Resources You can get information and help on Dell products and services using these online self-help resources: Self-Help Information Self-Help Options Windows 8.1 — Open the Search Accessing Windows Help charm, type Help and Support in the search box and press Enter.
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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.