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. Place the touchpad into its slot on the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
2. Align the screw holes on the touchpad to the screw holes on the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
3. Replace the two (M2x2) screws that secure the touchpad to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
4. Connect the touchpad Flexible Flat cable to the connector on the system board and close the latch.
5. Place the touchpad bracket on the touchpad.
6. Align the screw holes on the touchpad bracket to the screw holes on the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
7. Replace the three (M2x2) screws that secure the touchpad bracket to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
8. Connect the hard drive cable to the connector on the system board.
Next steps
1. Install the 3-cell battery or 4-cell battery (whichever applicable).
2. Install the base cover.
3. Install the SD card.
4. Follow the procedure in After working inside your computer.
Power-adapter port
Removing the power-adapter port
Prerequisites
1. Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
2. Remove the SD card.
3. Remove the base cover.
4. Remove the display assembly.
About this task
The following images indicate the location of the power-adapter port and provide a visual representation of the removal
procedure.
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Removing and installing components