Service Manual

Replacing the hard drive

WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety

information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in 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

www.dell.com/

regulatory_compliance.

CAUTION: Hard drives are fragile. Exercise care when handling the hard

drive.

Procedure

1 Align the screw holes on the hard drive with the screw holes on the hard-drive

bracket.

2 Replace the screws that secure the hard-drive bracket to the hard drive.

3 Slide and connect the hard-drive assembly to the connector on the system

board.

4 Align the screw holes on the hard-drive assembly with the screw holes on the

palm rest and keyboard assembly.

5 Replace the screws that secure the hard-drive assembly to the palm rest and

keyboard assembly.

Post-requisites

1 Replace the battery.

2 Follow the procedure from step 2 to step 5 in “Replacing the base cover”.