Owners Manual
Installing the processor.................................................................................................................................................99
Installing the heat sink..................................................................................................................................................101
Power supply unit.............................................................................................................................................................. 102
Removing a cabled power supply unit.......................................................................................................................103
Installing a cabled power supply unit......................................................................................................................... 104
System battery ..................................................................................................................................................................104
Replacing the system battery.....................................................................................................................................105
Hard drive backplane.........................................................................................................................................................106
Removing the hard drive backplane.......................................................................................................................... 106
Installing the hard drive backplane.............................................................................................................................108
Control panel assembly...................................................................................................................................................... 110
Removing the LCD control panel assembly...............................................................................................................110
Installing the LCD control panel assembly.................................................................................................................. 111
Removing the LED control panel assembly............................................................................................................... 113
Installing the LED control panel assembly..................................................................................................................114
System board...................................................................................................................................................................... 116
Removing the system board........................................................................................................................................116
Installing the system board..........................................................................................................................................118
Trusted Platform Module..................................................................................................................................................120
Installing the Trusted Platform Module......................................................................................................................121
Initializing the TPM for BitLocker users.....................................................................................................................121
Initializing the TPM for TXT users..............................................................................................................................122
7 Using system diagnostics...........................................................................................................123
Dell Embedded System Diagnostics................................................................................................................................ 123
When to use the Embedded System Diagnostics....................................................................................................123
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics from Boot Manager........................................................................ 123
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics from the Dell Lifecycle Controller................................................. 123
System diagnostics controls.......................................................................................................................................124
8 Jumpers and connectors............................................................................................................125
System board jumpers and connectors.......................................................................................................................... 125
System board jumper settings..........................................................................................................................................126
Disabling a forgotten password........................................................................................................................................126
9 Troubleshooting your system..................................................................................................... 128
Troubleshooting system startup failure...........................................................................................................................128
Troubleshooting external connections............................................................................................................................ 128
Troubleshooting the video subsystem............................................................................................................................ 129
Troubleshooting a USB device.........................................................................................................................................129
Troubleshooting a serial input and output device.......................................................................................................... 129
Troubleshooting a NIC.......................................................................................................................................................130
Troubleshooting a wet system.........................................................................................................................................130
Troubleshooting a damaged system.................................................................................................................................131
Troubleshooting the system battery............................................................................................................................... 132
Troubleshooting power supply units................................................................................................................................132
Troubleshooting power source problems..................................................................................................................132
Power supply unit problems........................................................................................................................................133
Troubleshooting cooling problems................................................................................................................................... 133
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