Contents Notes, Cautions, and Warnings....................0 1 Working on Your Computer.......................5 ........................5 Before Working Inside Your Computer ............................6 Turning Off Your Computer ........................6 After Working Inside Your Computer 2 Removing and Installing Components..................7 ..............................7 Recommended Tools ..............................7 System Overview ........................9 Removing the Secure Digital (SD) Card ........................9 Installing the Secure Digital (SD) Card...
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...........................21 Removing the Display Bezel .............................22 Installing the Display Bezel ...........................22 Removing the Display Panel ............................23 Installing the Display Panel ..........................24 Removing the Power LED Board ..........................24 Installing the Power LED Board .............................24 Removing the Camera ..............................25 Installing the Camera ............................25 Removing the Speakers ............................26...
Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that came with the product.
CAUTION: To connect a network cable, first plug the cable into the network device and then plug it into the computer. Connect any telephone or network cables to your computer. Connect your computer and all attached devices to their electrical outlets. Turn on your computer. If required, verify that the computer works correctly by running the Dell Diagnostics.
Removing and Installing Components This section provides detailed information on how to remove or install the components from your computer. Recommended Tools The procedures in this document may require the following tools: • Small flat-blade screwdriver • Phillips screwdriver • Small plastic scribe System Overview Figure 1.
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Figure 2. Inside view — back 1. wireless local area network (WLAN) card 7. mSATA SSD card 2. system fan 8. subscriber identification module (SIM) card slot 3. thermal module 9. SD card slot 4. memory 10. wireless wide area network (WWAN) card 5.
Figure 3. Inside view — front 1. sniffer board 2. hall sensor 3. smart card board 4. system board 5. coin-cell battery Removing the Secure Digital (SD) Card Before Working Inside Your Computer . Follow the procedures in Press in on the SD card to release it from the computer. Slide the SD card out of the computer.
Removing the Battery Before Working Inside Your Computer . Follow the procedures in Slide the release latch to unlock the battery, and slide to remove the battery from the computer. Installing the Battery Slide the battery into its slot until it clicks into place. Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer.
Installing the Base Cover Place the base cover to align with the screw holes on the computer. Tighten the screws to secure the base cover to the computer. Install: a) SD card b) battery Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer . Removing the mSATA SSD Card Before Working Inside Your Computer .
Installing the mSATA SSD Card Place the mSATA SSD card in its slot in the computer. Tighten the screw to secure the mSATA SSD card to the computer. Install: a) base cover b) SD card c) battery After Working Inside Your Computer . Follow the procedures in Removing the Memory Follow the procedures in...
Installing the WLAN Card Insert the WLAN card into its connector at a 45–degree angle into its slot. Press the WLAN card down and tighten the screw to secure the WLAN card to the computer. Connect the antenna cables to their respective connectors marked on the WLAN card. Install: a) base cover b) SD card...
c) battery After Working Inside Your Computer . Follow the procedures in Removing the TAA Board Before Working Inside Your Computer . Follow the procedures in Remove: a) battery b) SD card c) base cover Remove the screw that secures the TAA board to the computer. Remove the TAA board from its slot on the system board.
Installing the System Fan Place the system fan in its slot on the computer. Tighten the screws that secure the system fan to the computer. Connect the system fan cable. Install: a) base cover b) SD card c) battery After Working Inside Your Computer . Follow the procedures in Removing the Keyboard Follow the procedures in...
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Remove the screws that secure the keyboard to the computer. Using a flat screwdriver, release the snaps.
Flip the computer and remove the keyboard from the computer. Installing the Keyboard Slide the keyboard into its compartment and ensure that it clicks into place. Flip the computer and tighten the screws to secure the keyboard. Connect the keyboard cable, keyboard-backlight cable and trackstick cable. Install: a) base cover b) SD card...
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Disconnect the media-board cable, power-switch cable, touchpad cable, fingerprint-scanner cable and speaker cable. Remove the screws that secure the palmrest assembly to the computer.
Flip the computer and remove the screws that secure the palmrest assembly to the base of the computer and flip open the lower assembly. Press against the sections to release the palmrest assembly and remove it from the computer. Installing the Palmrest Assembly Align the palmrest assembly to its original position in the computer until it snaps into place.
e) media-board cable Install: a) keyboard b) base cover c) SD card d) battery Removing the Power-Switch Board Before Working Inside Your Computer . Follow the procedures in Remove: a) battery b) SD card c) base cover d) keyboard e) palmrest assembly Remove the screws that secure the power-switch board to the computer and remove it from the computer.
e) palmrest assembly Un-route the fingerprint-scanner cable. Remove the screw that secures the fingerprint-scanner bracket to the computer and remove the fingerprint-scanner bracket. Remove the fingerpint-scanner board from the computer Installing the Fingerprint-Scanner Board Place the fingerprint-scanner in its slot on the computer. Place the fingerprint-scanner bracket on it and tighten the screw to secure the fingerprint-scanner bracket to the computer.
Installing the Display Bezel Place the display bezel on the display assembly. Starting from the top corner, press on the display bezel and work around the entire bezel until it clicks onto the display assembly. Install the battery. After Working Inside Your Computer . Follow the procedures in Removing the Display Panel Follow the procedures in...
Peel off the LVDS cable connector tape and disconnect the LVDS cable from the display panel. Remove the display panel from the display assembly. Installing the Display Panel Place the display panel on the display assembly. Connect the LVDS cable and affix the LVDS cable connector tape to the display panel and flip the display panel over.
Removing the Power LED Board Before Working Inside Your Computer . Follow the procedures in Remove: a) battery b) display bezel c) display panel Remove the screws that secure the power LED board to the computer and flip the power LED board over. Disconnect the power LED cable from the power LED board.
Installing the Camera Connect the LVDS and camera cable. Place the camera module in its slot in the computer. Tighten the screw to secure the camera module. Install: a) display bezel b) battery Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer . Removing the Speakers Before Working Inside Your Computer .
Installing the Speakers Align the speakers in the original position in the computer. Route the speaker cables through the routing channels. Tighten the screws that secure the speakers to the computer. Install: a) palmrest assembly b) keyboard c) base cover d) SD card e) battery After Working Inside Your Computer .
Installing the Coin-Cell Battery Place the coin-cell battery in its slot. Connect the coin-cell battery cable. Install: a) palmrest assembly b) keyboard c) base cover d) SD card e) battery After Working Inside Your Computer . Follow the procedures in Removing the Smart-Card Board Before Working Inside Your Computer .
Installing the Smart-Card Board Route the smart-card cable and place the smart-card board in its slot in the computer. Tighten the screws to secure the smart-card board to the computer. Connect the smart-card cables to the computer. Install: a) palmrest assembly b) keyboard c) base cover d) SD card...
Remove the screws that secure the smart-card cage to the computer and remove it. Installing the Smart-Card Cage Place the smart-card cage in its slot on the computer. Tighten the screws to secure the smart-card cage to the computer. Connect the smart-card cable. Install: a) palmrest assembly b) keyboard...
c) base cover d) keyboard e) palmrest assembly Disconnect the hall-sensor cable and remove it from the routing channel. Remove the screw that secures the hall sensor to the computer and remove it. Installing the Hall Sensor Place the hall sensor in its place on the computer. Tighten the screw to secure the hall sensor to the computer.
Installing the Sniffer Board Place the sniffer board in its slot on the computer. Tighten the screw that secures the sniffer board to the computer. Connect the sniffer-board cable. Remove: a) palmrest assembly b) keyboard c) base cover d) SD card e) battery After Working Inside Your Computer .
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Disconnect the antenna cables from the wireless solution. Remove the screws that secure the display assembly to the base of the computer and slide the antenna cables through the holes on the back of the computer. Remove the screws that secure the display assembly to the computer, and lift the display assembly from the computer.
Installing the Display Assembly Insert the LVDS and wireless antenna cables through the holes on the base chassis and connect them. Place the display assembly onto the computer. Tighten the screws on both sides to secure the display assembly. Route the antenna and the LVDS cables through the routing channel. Connect the LVDS and camera cable to the computer.
f) display assembly g) system board Disconnect the power-connector cable from the computer. Installing the Power Connector Connect the power-connector cable to the computer. Install: a) system board b) display assembly c) palmrest assembly d) keyboard e) base cover f) SD card g) battery After Working Inside Your Computer .
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Disconnect the smart-card cable, hall-sensor cable and coin-cell battery cable. Remove the screws that secure the power-connector bracket to the computer and remove the power-connector bracket from the computer. Remove the screws that secure the system board to the computer and remove it.
Installing the System Board Place the system board on the chassis. Tighten the screws to secure the system board to the computer. Place the power-connector bracket on the system board. Tighten the screws to secure the power-connector bracket to the computer. Connect the following cables to the system board: a) coin-cell battery b) hall-sensor cable...
b) SD card c) base cover d) keyboard e) palmrest f) display assembly g) power connector h) system board Remove the screws that secure the thermal module to the system board and lift it from the system board. Installing the Thermal Module Place the thermal module on the system board.
Boot Sequence allows you to bypass the System Setup‐defined boot device order and boot directly to a specific device (for example: optical drive or hard drive). During the Power-on Self Test (POST), when the Dell logo appears, you can: •...
Automatically detect my Service Tag for me b) Choose from My Products and Services List c) Choose from a list of all Dell products On the application and drivers screen, under the Operating System drop-down list, select BIOS. Identify the latest BIOS file and click Download File.
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Table 2. General Option Description System Information This section lists the primary hardware features of your computer. • System Information: Displays BIOS Version, Service Tag, Asset Tag, Ownership Tag, Ownership Date, Manufacture Date, and the Express Service Code. • Memory Information: Displays Memory Installed, Memory Available, Memory Speed, Memory Channels Mode, Memory Technology, DIMM ASize, DIMM B Size, •...
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Option Description • RAID On: This option is enabled by default. Drives Allows you to configure the SATA drives on board. All drives are enabled by default. The options are: • SATA-0 • SATA-4 SMART Reporting This field controls whether hard drive errors for integrated drives are reported during system startup.
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Option Description • Enable Media Card • Disable Media Card NOTE: All devices are enabled by default. You can also enable or disable Media Card. Video Table 4. Video Option Description LCD Brightness Allows you to set the display brightness depending up on the power source (On Battery and On AC).
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Option Description • Reboot bypass Default Setting: Disabled Password Change Allows you to enable the disable permission to the System and Hard Drive passwords when the admin password is set. Default Setting: Allow Non-Admin Password Changes is selected Non-Admin Setup Changes Allows you to determine whether changes to the setup options are allowed when an Administrator Password is set.
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Option Description The Custom Mode Key Management options are: • • • • Performance Table 7. Performance Option Description Multi Core Support This field specifies whether the process will have one or all cores enabled. The performance of some applications will improve with the additional cores. This option is enabled by default.Allows you to enable or disable multi-core support for the processor.
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Option Description • Disabled • Every Day • Weekdays • Select Days Default Setting: Disabled USB Wake Support Allows you to enable USB devices to wake the system from Standby. NOTE: This feature is only functional when the AC power adapter is connected.
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Table 9. POST Behavior Option Description Adapter Warnings Allows you to enable or disable the system setup (BIOS) warning messages when you use certain power adapters. Default Setting: Enable Adapter Warnings Keypad (Embedded) Allows you to choose one of two methods to enable the keypad that is embedded in the internal keyboard.
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Option Description • Bluetooth All the options are enabled by default. Wireless Device Enable Allows you to enable or disable the internal wireless devices. • WWAN • WLAN • Bluetooth All the options are enabled by default. Maintenance Table 12. Maintenance Option Description Service Tag...
Power-on the computer. As the computer boots, press the <F12> key as the Dell logo appears. On the boot menu screen, select the Diagnostics option. The Enhanced Pre-boot System Assessment window is displayed, listing all devices detected in the computer. The diagnostics starts running the tests on all the detected devices.
Table 15. Battery Status Lights Alternately blinking amber light and blue light An unauthenticated or unsupported non-Dell AC adapter is attached to your laptop. Alternately blinking amber light with steady blue light Temporary battery failure with AC adapter present. Constantly blinking amber light Fatal battery failure with AC adapter present.
Code Cause and Troubleshooting Steps Video BIOS test failure Video card failure CPU - cache test failure Processor failure Display Display failure LED Error Codes Diagnostic LED codes are communicated via the Power Button LED. The Power Button LED blinks the corresponding LED codes for the corresponding fault condition.
Specifications System Setup Option General Table 17. General Option Description System Information This section lists the primary hardware features of your computer. • System Information: Displays BIOS Version, Service Tag, Asset Tag, Ownership Tag, Ownership Date, Manufacture Date, and the Express Service Code.
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Option Description • Enabled w/PXE: This option is enabled by default. SATA Operation Allows you to configure the internal SATA hard-drive controller. The options are: • Disabled • • AHCI • RAID On: This option is enabled by default. Drives Allows you to configure the SATA drives on board.
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Option Description Unobtrusive Mode This allows you to turn off all light and sound emissions including system fan. This option is disabled by default. • Enable Unobtrusive Mode Miscellaneous Devices Allows you to enable or disable the following devices: • Enable Microphone •...
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Option Description NOTE: If Strong Password is enabled, Admin and System passwords must contain at least one uppercase character, one lowercase character and be at least 8 characters long. Password Configuration Allows you to determine the minimum and maximum length of Administrator and System passwords.
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Table 21. Secure Boot Option Description Secure Boot Enable Allows you to enable or disable the Secure Boot Feature. For Secure Boot to the enables, the system needs to be in UEFI boot mode and the Enable Legacy Option ROMs Option needs to be turned off. The option is disabled by default. Expert Key Management Allows you to enable the Expert Key Management to manipulate the databases.
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Table 23. Power Management Option Description AC Behavior Allows you to enable or disable the computer from turning on automatically when an AC adapter is connected. Default Setting: Wake on AC is not selected. Auto On Time Allows you to set the time at which the computer must turn on automatically. The options are: •...
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Option Description NOTE: All charging mode may not be available for all the batteries. Intel Smart Connect Technology Allows you to periodically sense nearby wireless connections while the system is asleep. The option is disabled by default. POST Behaviour Table 24. POST Behavior Option Description Adapter Warnings...
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Wireless Table 26. Wireless Option Description Wireless Switch Allows to set the wireless devices that can be controlled by the wireless switch. The options are: • WWAN • WLAN • Bluetooth All the options are enabled by default. Wireless Device Enable Allows you to enable or disable the internal wireless devices.
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