Service Manual
Table Of Contents
- Vostro 3525 Service Manual
- Contents
- Working inside your computer
- Removing and installing components
- Recommended tools
- Screw list
- Major components of Vostro 3525
- Secure Digital (SD) Card
- Base cover
- Battery
- Memory modules
- M.2 solid-state drive
- Wireless card
- Fan
- Speakers
- Hard drive assembly
- I/O board
- I/O daughter board FFC
- Heat sink
- Power-button board
- Power button with fingerprint reader
- Display assembly
- Display bezel
- Display panel
- Hinge caps
- Hinges
- Camera module
- eDP cable
- Display cover and antenna assembly
- Touchpad
- Power-adapter port
- System board
- Palm-rest and keyboard assembly
- Drivers and downloads
- BIOS setup
- Troubleshooting
- Handling swollen Lithium-ion batteries
- Dell SupportAssist Pre-boot System Performance Check diagnostics
- Built-in self-test (BIST)
- System-diagnostic lights
- Recovering the operating system
- Real-Time Clock (RTC Reset)
- Backup media and recovery options
- WiFi power cycle
- Drain residual flea power (perform hard reset)
- Getting help and contacting Dell
Steps
1. Align the notch on the memory module with the tab on the memory-module slot on the system board.
2. Slide the memory module into the memory-module slot on the system board.
3. Press down on the memory module until the securing clips click, locking the memory module in place.
NOTE: Repeat steps 1 to 3 if there is a second memory module to be installed into your computer.
Next steps
1. Install the base cover.
2. Install the SD card.
3. Follow the procedure in After working inside your computer.
M.2 solid-state drive
Removing the M.2 2230 solid state drive
Prerequisites
1. Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
2. Remove the SD card.
3. Remove the base cover.
About this task
NOTE: This procedure applies only to computers shipped with an M.2 2230 solid state drive installed.
NOTE: The M.2 card installed on your computer depends on the configuration ordered. Supported card configurations on
the M.2 card slot:
● M.2 2230 solid state drive
● M.2 2280 solid state drive
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