Service Manual

Installing the I/O board.............................................................................................................................................. 37
Display assembly................................................................................................................................................................38
Removing the display assembly............................................................................................................................... 38
Installing the display assembly..................................................................................................................................40
System board..................................................................................................................................................................... 43
Removing the system board..................................................................................................................................... 43
Installing the system board....................................................................................................................................... 46
Antenna................................................................................................................................................................................49
Removing the antenna............................................................................................................................................... 49
Installing the antenna................................................................................................................................................. 50
Palm-rest and keyboard assembly................................................................................................................................ 52
Removing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly................................................................................................ 52
Installing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.................................................................................................. 53
Chapter 3: Drivers and downloads............................................................................................... 55
Chapter 4: System setup............................................................................................................. 56
Entering BIOS setup program........................................................................................................................................ 56
Navigation keys................................................................................................................................................................. 56
Boot Sequence.................................................................................................................................................................. 56
One time boot menu......................................................................................................................................................... 57
System setup options.......................................................................................................................................................57
Clearing CMOS settings.................................................................................................................................................. 68
Clearing BIOS (System Setup) and System passwords.......................................................................................... 68
Chapter 5: Troubleshooting.........................................................................................................69
SupportAssist diagnostics............................................................................................................................................... 69
Locate the Service Tag or Express Service Code of your Dell computer ............................................. 69
System diagnostic lights..................................................................................................................................................69
System board built-in self-test (M-BIST)................................................................................................................... 70
Recovering the operating system................................................................................................................................. 70
Flashing the BIOS...............................................................................................................................................................71
Flashing BIOS (USB key)..................................................................................................................................................71
Backup media and recovery options............................................................................................................................. 72
WiFi power cycle................................................................................................................................................................72
Flea power release............................................................................................................................................................ 72
Chapter 6: Getting help and contacting Dell................................................................................ 73
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