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 Connect the interposer to the hard drive.

2 Align the screw holes on the hard-drive bracket with the screw holes on the

hard-drive assembly.

3 Replace the four screws (M3x3) that secure the hard-drive bracket to the hard-

drive assembly.

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

palm rest and keyboard assembly.

5 Replace the two screws (M2x3) that secure the hard-drive assembly to the

palm-rest assembly.

6 Slide the hard-drive cable into the connector on the system board and press

down the latch to secure the cable.

Post-requisites

1 Replace the base cover.

2 Replace the keyboard.

3 Replace the optical drive.

4 Replace the battery.