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  • Page 1

    Alienware 18 Owner’s Manual Computer model: Alienware 18 Regulatory model: P19E Regulatory type: P19E001 Book.book Page 1 Friday , June 28, 2013 11:1 0 AM[...]

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    Notes, Cautions, and Warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. CAUTIO N: A CAUTION indicates potential damag e to hardware or loss of data if in structions are not followed. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. ____________________ Infor[...]

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    Contents | 3 Contents Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Turn Off Your Computer and Connected Devices . . . . . . 11 Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 After Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    4 | Contents Removing the Hard Drive(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Replacing the Hard Drive(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    Contents | 5 Removing the Palm Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Replacing the Pa lm Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    6 | Contents Removing the Macro Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Replacing the Macro Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    Contents | 7 Removing the Display Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Replacing the Display Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    8 | C o n t e n t s Removing the Sound Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Replacing the Sound Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    Contents | 9 Removing the S ystem Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Replacing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    10 | Contents Book.book Page 10 Friday, June 28, 2 013 11:10 AM[...]

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    Before You Begin | 11 Before You Begin Turn Off Your Computer and Connected Devices CAUTION: To avoid lo sing data, save and close all open files and exit all open programs before you turn off your computer. 1 Save and close all open files and exit all op en programs. 2 Follow the instructions to shut down your computer based on the operating syste[...]

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    12 | Before You Begin Safety Instructions Use the following safety guidelines to protec t your computer from potential damage and ensure your personal safety. WARNING: Disconnect all power sources before opening the computer cover or panels. Af ter you finish working i nside the computer, replace all cove rs, panels, and screws be fore connecting t[...]

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    After Working Inside Your Computer | 13 After Working Inside Your Computer After you complete the replacement procedures, ensure the following: • Replace all screws and ensure that no st ray screws remain inside your computer • Connect any external devices, cables, cards, and any other part(s) you removed before working on your computer • Con[...]

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    14 | Removing the Base Cover Removing the Base Cover WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepage at dell.com/regul atory_complian[...]

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    Replacing the Base Cover | 15 Replacing the Base Cover WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regul atory_comp[...]

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    16 | Removing the Battery Pack Removing the Battery Pack WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepage at dell.com/regul atory_comp[...]

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    Replacing the Battery Pack | 17 Replacing the Battery Pack WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regul atory_[...]

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    18 | Removing the Memory Module(s) Removing the Memory Module(s) WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regul [...]

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    Removing the Memory Module(s) | 19 Procedure 1 To remove memory module(s) from connectors DIMM3 and DIMM4, go to step 3. 2 To remove memory module(s) from connectors DIMM1 and DIMM2: Remove the palm rest. See "Removing the Palm Rest" on page 39. CAUTION: To prevent damage to the me mory-module conn ector, do not use tools to spread th e m[...]

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    20 | Replacing the Memory Module(s) Replacing the Memory Module(s) WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepage at dell.com/regul [...]

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    Replacing the Memory Module(s) | 21 3 If you have replaced memory module(s) in connectors DIMM3 and DIMM4, go to Postrequisites. 4 If you have replaced memory modu le(s) in connectors DIMM1 and DIMM2: Replace the palm rest. See "Replaci ng the Palm Rest" on page 42. Postrequisites 1 Replace the battery pack. See "Replaci ng the Batte[...]

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    22 | Removing the Optical Drive Removing the Optical Drive WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that sh ipped with you r computer and f ollow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additi onal safety best p ractices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepage at dell.com/regul atory_[...]

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    Removing the Optical Drive | 23 4 Remove the screws that secure the opti cal-drive bracket to the optical drive. 5 Lift the optical-drive brac ket off the optical drive. 6 Remove the interposer from the optical drive. 1 optical-drive bracket 2 interposer 3 screws (4) 3 2 1 Book.book Page 23 Friday, June 28, 2 013 11:10 AM[...]

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    24 | Replacing the Optical Drive Replacing the Optical Drive WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that sh ipped with you r computer and f ollow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additi onal safety best p ractices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regul ato[...]

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    Removing the Hard Drive(s) | 25 Removing the Hard Drive(s) WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that sh ipped with you r computer and f ollow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additi onal safety best p ractices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regul atory[...]

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    26 | Removing the Hard Drive(s) Procedure 1 Disconnect the hard-drive cable from its connector on the system board. 2 Loosen the captive screws tha t secure the hard-driv e assembly to the computer base. 3 Using the pull-tab, lift the hard-drive assembly out of the computer base. 1 hard-drive cable 2 captive screws (4) 3 pull tab 4 hard drive 1 3 2[...]

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    Removing the Hard Drive(s) | 27 4 Disconnect the interposer from the hard drives. NOTE: Your computer supports up to three drives. 5 Remove the screws that secure the hard drive(s) to the hard-drive bracket and slide the hard drive(s) out of the hard-drive bracket. 1 hard drive 2 interposer 3 screws (4) 1 2 3 Book.book Page 27 Friday, June 28, 2 01[...]

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    28 | Replacing the Hard Drive(s) Replacing the Hard Drive(s) WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that sh ipped with you r computer and f ollow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additi onal safety best p ractices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regul ato[...]

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    Removing the Fans Cover | 29 Removing the Fans Cover WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepage at dell.com/regul atory_complian[...]

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    30 | Replacing the Fans Cover Replacing the Fans Cover WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regul atory_comp[...]

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    Removing the Video-Card Heat-Sink Fan(s) | 31 Removing the Video-Card Heat-Sink Fan(s) WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepage[...]

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    32 | Removing the Video-Card Heat-Sink Fan(s) 3 Disconnect the secondary video-card heat-si nk fan cable from its connector on the system board. 4 Loosen the captive screws that secure the secondary video-card heat-sin k fan to the computer base. 5 Lift the video-card heat-sink fan(s) along with the cable away from the computer base. 1 captive scre[...]

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    Replacing the Video-Card Heat-Sink Fan(s) | 33 Replacing the Video-Card Heat-Sink Fan(s) WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homep[...]

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    34 | Removing the Processor Heat-Sink Fan Removing the Processor Heat-Sink Fan WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepage at dell[...]

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    Replacing the Processor Heat-Sink Fan | 35 Replacing the Processor Heat-Sink Fan WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at [...]

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    36 | Removing the Coin-Cell Battery Removing the Coin-Cell Battery WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regu[...]

  • Page 37

    Removing the Coin-Cell Battery | 37 Procedure 1 Disconnect the coin-cell battery cable fr om its connector on the system board. 2 Remove the coin-cell battery cable from t he routing guides on the computer base. 3 Pry up the coin-cell battery from the slot on the system board. 1 coin-cell battery cable co nnector 2 coin-cell battery 2 1 Book.book P[...]

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    38 | Replacing the Coin-Cell Battery Replacing the Coin-Cell Battery WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/re[...]

  • Page 39

    Removing the Palm Rest | 39 Removing the Palm Rest WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regul atory_complianc[...]

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    40 | Removing the Palm Rest Procedure 1 Lift the connector latches and pull the pull -tabs to disconnect the media-card reader cable and keyboard cable from the co nnectors on the palm-rest assembly. 2 Lift the connector latches an d pull the pull-tabs to disc onnect the macro-keyboard cable and macro-keyboard backlight cable from the connectors on[...]

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    Removing the Palm Rest | 41 4 Turn the computer over. 5 Carefully pry out the palm-rest assembl y from the two tabs along the rear edge of the computer, and then ease the palm-res t assembly from the computer base. CAUTION: Carefully separat e the palmrest from th e computer base to avoid damage to the palmrest. 6 Lift the palm-rest assembly off th[...]

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    42 | Replacing the Palm Rest Replacing the Palm Re st WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regul atory_compli[...]

  • Page 43

    Removing the mSATA Card | 43 Removing the mSATA Card WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepage at dell.com/regul atory_complian[...]

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    44 | Replacing the mSATA Card Replacing the mSATA Card WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regul atory_comp[...]

  • Page 45

    Removing the Power-Button Board | 45 Removing the Power-Button Board WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepage at dell.com/regu[...]

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    46 | Replacing the Power-Button Board Replacing the Power-Button Board WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/[...]

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    Removing the Status-Light Board | 47 Removing the Status-Light Board WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/re[...]

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    48 | Removing the Status-Light Board Procedure 1 Lift the connector latches and pull the pull-tabs to disconnect the power-button board cable and media-card reader cable from the connectors on the status-light board. 2 Remove the screws that secure the sta tus -light board to the palm-rest assembly. 3 Lift the status-light board off the palmrest. 1[...]

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    Replacing the Status-Light Board | 49 Replacing the Status-Light Board WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/[...]

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    50 | Removing the Keyboard Removing the Keyboard WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regul atory_compliance[...]

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    Removing the Keyboard | 51 Procedure 1 Remove the screws that secure the keyboard-bracket to the keyboard. CAUTION: The keycaps on the keyboard ar e fragil e, easily dislodged, and time-consuming to replace. Be careful when rem oving and handling the keyboard. CAUTION: Be extremely careful when removing and handlin g the keyboard. Failure to do so [...]

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    52 | Removing the Keyboard 3 Lift the connector latch and pu ll the pull -tab to disconne ct the keyboard cable from the respective connector. 4 Remove the screws that secure the keyb oard to the palm-rest assembly. 5 Lift the keyboard off the palm-rest assembly. 1 screws (2) 2 keyboard cable 2 1 Book.book Page 52 Friday, June 28, 2 013 11:10 AM[...]

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    Replacing the Keyboard | 53 Replacing the Keyboard WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regul atory_complian[...]

  • Page 54

    54 | Removing the Macro Keyboard Removing the Macro Keyboard WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepage at dell.com/regul atory_c[...]

  • Page 55

    Replacing the Macro Keyboard | 55 Replacing the Macro Keyboard WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practice s informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regul at[...]

  • Page 56

    56 | Removing the Display Assembly Removing the Display Assembly WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepage at dell.com/regul at[...]

  • Page 57

    Removing the Display Assembly | 57 3 Turn the computer over and open the display. 4 Disconnect the video-card co nnector cable from its connector on the system board. 5 Pull the pull-tab to disconnect the display cable from its connector on the system board. 6 Disconnect the LED-logo board cable fr om its connector on the system board. 1 display ca[...]

  • Page 58

    58 | Removing the Display Assembly 7 Disconnect the antenna cables from the co nnectors on the Mini-Card. See "Removing the Wireless Mini-Card" on page 105. 8 Note the routing of the antenna cables, and then remove the cables from the routing guides on the computer base. 9 Remove the screw that secures the routing g uides to the computer [...]

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    Removing the Display Assembly | 59 11 Remove the screws, on the display hinges, that secure the display assembly to the computer base. 12 Move the display to a perpendicular position to the computer base, and then lift the display assembly off the computer. 1 display assembly 2 screws (3) 1 2 Book.book Page 59 Friday, June 28, 2 013 11:10 AM[...]

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    60 | Replacing the Display Assembly Replacing the Display Assembly WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regu[...]

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    Removing the Camera Module | 61 Removing the Camera Module WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regul atory_[...]

  • Page 62

    62 | Removing the Camera Module Procedure 1 Remove the screw that secures the came ra module to the display back-cover. 2 Disconnect the camera cable fr om the camera-module connector. 3 Pry and lift the camera module off the display back-cover. 1 screw (1) 2 camera module 3 camera-cable connector 1 2 3 Book.book Page 62 Friday, June 28, 2 013 11:1[...]

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    Replacing the Camera Module | 63 Replacing the Camera Module WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regul ator[...]

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    64 | Removing the Display Bezel Removing the Display Bezel WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepage at dell.com/regul atory_co[...]

  • Page 65

    Replacing the Display Bezel | 65 Replacing the Display Bezel WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regul ator[...]

  • Page 66

    66 | Removing the Display Hinges Removing the Display Hinges WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepage at dell.com/regul atory_[...]

  • Page 67

    Replacing the Display Hinges | 67 Replacing the Display Hinges WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regul at[...]

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    68 | Removing the Display Panel Removing the Display Panel WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regul atory_[...]

  • Page 69

    Removing the Display Panel | 69 Procedure 1 Remove the screws that secure the di splay panel to the disp lay back-cover. 2 Lift the display panel off the display back-cover. 1 screws (8) 2 display panel 1 2 Book.book Page 69 Friday, June 28, 2 013 11:10 AM[...]

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    70 | Removing the Display Panel 3 Turn the display panel over an d place it on a clean surface. 4 Peel the tape that secures the displa y cable to the display-panel connector. 5 Lift the connector latch and disconnect the display cable from the display-panel connector. 6 Lift the display cable off the display panel. 1t a p e 2 d i s p l a y c a b l[...]

  • Page 71

    Removing the Display Panel | 71 7 Remove the screws that secure the di splay-panel brackets to the di splay panel. 8 Slide the display-panel brac kets off the display panel. 1 screws (6) 2 display-panel brackets 3d i s p l a y p a n e l 1 2 3 Book.book Page 71 Friday, June 28, 2 013 11:10 AM[...]

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    72 | Replacing the Display Panel Replacing the Display Panel WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regul ator[...]

  • Page 73

    Removing the Logo Board | 73 Removing the Logo Board WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regul atory_compli[...]

  • Page 74

    74 | Removing the Logo Board Procedure 1 Remove the screws that secure the logo board to the display back-cover. 2 Carefully rotate the logo board over and di sconnect the display-light board cables from the connectors on the logo board. 3 Lift the logo board off the display back-cover. 1 screws (2) 2 logo board 3 display-light board cables (4) 1 2[...]

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    Replacing the Logo Board | 75 Replacing the Logo Board WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regul atory_comp[...]

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    76 | Removing the Display-Light Boards Removing the Display-Light Boards WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.co[...]

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    Removing the Display-Light Boards | 77 Procedure 1 Remove the screws that secure the di spla y-light boards to the display back-cover. 2 Lift the display-light boards off the display back-cover. 1 screws (5) 2 display-light boards (3) 2 1 Book.book Page 77 Friday, June 28, 2 013 11:10 AM[...]

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    78 | Replacing the Display-Light Boards Replacing the Display-Light Boards WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.[...]

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    Removing the Speak ers | 79 Removing the Speakers WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regul atory_compliance[...]

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    80 | Removing the Speakers Procedure 1 Disconnect the speakers cable from its connector on the system board. 2 Note the speakers cable routing and remove the cable from the routing guides on the computer base. 3 Remove the screws that secure the speakers to the computer base. 4 Lift the speakers, along with the sp eaker cable, off the computer base[...]

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    Replacing the Speakers | 81 Replacing the Speakers WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regul atory_complianc[...]

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    82 | Removing the Subwoofer Removing the Subwoofer WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regul atory_complianc[...]

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    Removing the Subwoofer | 83 Procedure 1 Disconnect the subwoofer cable from its connector on the system board. 2 Note the subwoofer-cable routing and remove the cable from the routing guides on the computer base. 3 Loosen the captive screws that secure the subwoofer to the computer base. 4 Lift the subwoofer, along with the subw oofer cable, off th[...]

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    84 | Replacing the Subwoofer Replacing the Subwoofer WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regul atory_complia[...]

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    Removing the Sound Board | 85 Removing the Sound Board WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informat ion, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_com plia[...]

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    86 | Removing the Sound Board Procedure 1 Lift the connector latch and disconnect t he hall-effect sensor board cable from its connector on the sound board. 2 Remove the screws that secure the sound board to the computer base. 3 Gently lift the sound board out of the slots on the computer base. 1 sound board 2 screws (3) 3 hall-effect sensor board [...]

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    Replacing the Sound Board | 87 Replacing the Sound Board WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regul atory_com[...]

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    88 | Removing the Video-Card Heat-Sink(s) Removing the Video-Card Heat-Sink(s) WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in "Before You Begi n" on page 11. For additional safet y best practi ces informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at [...]

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    Removing the Video-Card Heat-Sink(s) | 89 Primary video-c ard heat-sink Secondary video- card heat-sink 1 primary video-card heat-sink 2 captive screws (4) 1 captive screws (4) 2 secondary video-card heat-sink 1 2 1 2 Book.book Page 89 Friday, June 28, 2 013 11:10 AM[...]

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    90 | Replacing the Video-Card Heat-Sink (s) Replacing the Video-Card Heat-Sink(s) WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at[...]

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    Removing the Video Card(s) | 91 Removing the Video Card(s) WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepage at dell.com/regul atory_com[...]

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    92 | Removing the Video Card(s) 3 Remove the screws that secure the video-card(s) to the system board. 4 Lift and slide the video-card(s) along with heat sink(s) out to disconnect it from the connectors on the system board. Primary Video Card Secondary Video Card 1 primary video card 2 screws (2) 1 secondary video card 2 screws (2) 2 1 1 2 Book.boo[...]

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    Replacing the Video Card(s) | 93 Replacing the Video Card(s) WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regul atory[...]

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    94 | Removing the Processor Heat-Sink Removing the Processor Heat-Sink WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepage at dell.com/re[...]

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    Replacing the Processor Heat-Sink | 95 Replacing the Processor Heat-Sink WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.co[...]

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    96 | Removing the Processor Module Removing the Processor Module WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regul a[...]

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    Removing the Processor Module | 97 Procedure 1 To loosen the ZIF socket, use a small, flat-blade screwdriver to rotate the ZIF-socket cam screw counterclockwise until it comes to the cam stop. CAUTION: To ensure maxi mum cooling fo r the processor module, do not touch th e heat-trans fer areas on t he processor t hermal cooling assembly. The oils i[...]

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    98 | Replacing the Processor Module Replacing the Processor Module WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepage at dell.com/regul a[...]

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    Replacing the Processor Module | 99 Postrequisites 1 Replace the processor heat-sink. See "Rep lacing the Processor Heat-Sink" on page 95. 2 Replace the display assembly. See "Replaci ng the Display Assembly" on pag e 60. 3 Follow the instructions from step 3 to step 6 in Repla cing the Palm Rest. 4 Replace the optical drive. Se[...]

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    100 | Removing the System Board Removing the System Board WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regul atory_co[...]

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    Removing the System Board | 101 Procedure 1 Disconnect the speaker cable and the subw oofer cable from the connectors on the system board. 2 Lift the connector latch and di sconnect the tron-light cables from the connectors on the system board. 1 tron-lights cable 1 2 tron-lights cable 2 3 tron-lights cable 3 4 subwoofer cable 5 speakers cable 1 2 [...]

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    102 | Removing the System Board 3 Remove the screws that secure the system board to the computer base. 4 Carefully ease the connectors on the system board out of the sl ots in the computer base and lift the system board off the computer base. 1 screws (8) 2 system board 1 2 Book.book Page 102 Friday, June 28, 2013 11:10 AM[...]

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    Replacing the System Board | 103 Replacing the System Board WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety best practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/regul atory_[...]

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    104 | Replacing the System Board 17 Replace the base cover. See "Replaci ng the Base Cover" on page 15. 18 Replace any card or blank that you removed from the Media-Card Reader. 19 Follow the instructions in "After Work ing Inside Your Computer" on page 13 Entering the Service Tag in the BIOS 1 Turn on the computer. 2 Press <[...]

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    Removing the Wireless Mini-Card | 105 Removing the Wireless Mini-Card WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.com/r[...]

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    106 | Removing the Wireless Mini-Card Procedure 1 Disconnect the antenna cables from t he connectors on the wireless Mini-Card. 2 Remove the screw that secures the wi reless Mini-Card to the system board. 3 Lift the wireless Mini-Card away from the system-board connector. 1 antenna cables (2) 2 wireless mini-card 3 screw 1 3 2 Book.book Page 106 Fr[...]

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    Replacing the Wireless Mini-Ca rd | 107 Replacing the Wireless Mini-Card WARNING: Before w orking inside your computer, read the safet y information that shipped with your compute r and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 11. For additional safety be st practices informatio n, see the Regulatory Co mpliance Homepa ge at dell.co[...]

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    108 | Replacing the Wireless Mini-Card Postrequisites 1 Follow the instructions from step 3 to step 6 in Repla cing the Palm Rest. 2 Replace the optical drive. See "Replacing the Optical Drive" on page 24. 3 Replace the hard drive(s). See “Replacing the Hard Driv e(s)” on page 28. 4 Replace the battery pack. See "Replaci ng the B[...]

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    System Setup | 109 System Setup Overview Use the system setup to: • Get information about the hardware instal led in your computer, such as the amount of RAM, the size of the hard drive, and so on • Change the system configuration information • Set or change a user-selectable option, such as the user password, type of hard drive installed, en[...]

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    110 | System Setup System Setup Screens The system setup screen disp lays current or changeabl e configuration information for your computer. Information on the scr een is divided into three areas: the setup item , active help screen , and key functions . System Setup Options NOTE: Depending on your computer and installe d devices, the items listed[...]

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    System Setup | 111 CPU Cache L1 Cache Displays the processo r’s L1 cache size. L2 Cache Displays the processor’s L2 cache size. L3 Cache Displays the processor’s L3 cache size. Integrated Graphics Displays the integrated graphics. Discrete Graphics 1 Displays the first discrete graphics installed on your computer. Fixed HDD Displays the type [...]

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    112 | System Setup USB Emulation Allows you to enable or disable the USB emulation feature. This feature defines how the BIOS, in the absence of a USB-aware operating system, handles USB devices. USB emulation is always enabled during POST. NOTE: You cannot boot any type of USB device (floppy, hard drive, or memory key) when this option is off. USB[...]

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    System Setup | 11 3 Touchpad Backlight Allows you to set the touchpad backlight to be on or in auto mode. Battery Health Displays the battery health. USB debug Allows you to enable or disable this port for Windows debugging. External USB Ports Allows you to disable or enable the external USB ports. Advanced Menu—Performance Options CPU Turbo Mode[...]

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    114 | System Setup Current Frequency Displays the current bus clock frequency. New Frequency in 10KHz inc rements Allows you to set the bus clock frequency in increments of 10KHz. Apply New Bus Clock Frequency Applies the new bus clock frequency immediately, temporaril y, or permanently. GT Overclocking Frequency Allows you to set the GT Overc lock[...]

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    System Setup | 115 Service Tag Displays the service tag of the computer when the service tag is present. Displays a field to input the service tag manually when the service tag is absent. Admin Password Allows you to set the administr ator password. The administrator password controls access to the system setup utility. System Password Allows you t[...]

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    116 | System Setup Boot Menu—LE GACY BOOT Diskette Drive (or Removable Drive) The computer attempts to boot from the floppy disk drive or an external drive. If no operating system is on the drive, the computer generates an error message. Hard Drive The computer attempts to boot from the primary hard-drive. If no operating system is on the drive, [...]

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    System Setup | 117 Boot Sequence This feature allows you to change the boot sequence for devices. Boot Options • Diskette Drive (or Rem ovable Drive) — The computer attempts to boot from the floppy drive or an external drive. If no operating system is on the drive, the computer generates an error message. • Hard Drive — The computer attempt[...]

  • Page 118

    118 | System Setup Changing Boot Sequence for the Current Boot You can use this feature to change the current boot sequence, for example, to b oot from the optical drive to run Dell Diagnostics from the Drivers and Utilities disc. The prev ious boot sequence is restored at the next boot. 1 If you are booting from a USB device, co nnect the USB devi[...]

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    Flashing the BIOS | 119 Flashing the BIOS The BIOS may require flashing when an update is available or when replacing the system board. To flash the BIOS: 1 Turn on the computer. 2 Go to dell.com/support/download . 3 Locate the BIOS update file for your computer: NOTE: The Service Tag for your computer is located on a label at the bottom of your co[...]