Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Latitude 5520 Service Manual
- Contents
- Working inside your computer
- Major components of your computer
- Removing and installing components
- Recommended tools
- Screw list
- Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card
- Micro Secure Digital (SD) Card
- Base cover
- WLAN card
- WWAN card
- Solid-state drive
- Memory modules
- Battery
- Battery cable
- Assembly inner frame
- LED board
- System fan
- Heat sink
- Removing the heat sink (for computers shipped with integrated graphics card)
- Installing the heat sink (for computers shipped with integrated graphics card)
- Removing the heat sink (for computers shipped with discrete graphics card)
- Installing the heat sink (for computers shipped with discrete graphics card)
- Speakers
- System board
- Power-button board
- Smart card reader
- Keyboard assembly
- Keyboard bracket
- Display assembly
- Display bezel
- Display panel
- Camera/microphone module
- eDP/display cable
- Sensor board
- Display hinges
- Display back cover
- Dummy SIM-card slot filler
- Palm-rest assembly
- Software
- BIOS setup
- Troubleshooting
- Getting help and contacting Dell
Perform the following steps to perform the BIOS update flash process from the F12 menu:
CAUTION: Do not turn off the computer during the BIOS update process. The computer may not boot if you turn
off your computer.
Steps
1. From a turn off state, insert the USB drive where you copied the flash into a USB port of the computer.
2. Turn on the computer and press F12 to access the One-Time Boot Menu, select BIOS Update using the mouse or arrow keys
then press Enter.
The flash BIOS menu is displayed.
3. Click Flash from file.
4. Select external USB device.
5. Select the file and double-click the flash target file, and then click Submit.
6. Click Update BIOS. The computer restarts to flash the BIOS.
7. The computer will restart after the BIOS update is completed.
System and setup password
Table 21. System and setup password
Password type Description
System password Password that you must enter to log in to your system.
Setup password Password that you must enter to access and make changes to
the BIOS settings of your computer.
You can create a system password and a setup password to secure your computer.
CAUTION: The password features provide a basic level of security for the data on your computer.
CAUTION: Anyone can access the data that is stored on your computer if it is not locked and left unattended.
NOTE: System and setup password feature is disabled.
Assigning a system setup password
Prerequisites
You can assign a new System or Admin Password only when the status is in Not Set.
About this task
To enter the system setup, press F12 immediately after a power-on or reboot.
Steps
1. In the System BIOS or System Setup screen, select Security and press Enter.
The Security screen is displayed.
2. Select System/Admin Password and create a password in the Enter the new password field.
Use the following guidelines to assign the system password:
● A password can have up to 32 characters.
● The password can contain the numbers 0 through 9.
● Only lower case letters are valid, upper case letters are not valid.
● Only the following special characters are valid: Space, (”), (+), (,), (-), (.), (/), (;), ([), (\), (]), (`).
3. Type the system password that you entered earlier in the Confirm new password field and click OK.
4. Press Esc and a message prompt's you to save the changes.
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