User Manual
Table Of Contents
- XPS 15 Service Manual
- Before working inside your computer
- After working inside your computer
- Removing the base cover
- Replacing the base cover
- Removing the battery (half-length)
- Replacing the battery (half-length)
- Removing the battery (full-length)
- Replacing the battery (full-length)
- Removing the hard drive
- Replacing the hard drive
- Removing the solid-state drive (half-length)
- Replacing the solid-state drive (half-length)
- Removing the solid-state drive (full-length)
- Replacing the solid-state drive (full-length)
- Removing the speakers
- Replacing the speakers
- Removing the wireless card
- Replacing the wireless card
- Removing the fans
- Replacing the fans
- Removing the heat-sink assembly
- Replacing the heat-sink assembly
- Removing the memory modules
- Replacing the memory modules
- Removing the system board
- Replacing the system board
- Removing the audio daughter-board
- Replacing the audio daughter-board
- Removing the coin-cell battery
- Replacing the coin-cell battery
- Removing the keyboard
- Replacing the keyboard
- Removing the display assembly
- Replacing the display assembly
- Removing the power-adapter port
- Replacing the power-adapter port
- Removing the antenna cover
- Replacing the antenna cover
- Removing the display hinges
- Replacing the display hinges
- Removing the antenna module
- Replacing the antenna module
- Removing the palm-rest assembly
- Replacing the palm-rest assembly
- BIOS overview
- Diagnostics
- Getting help and contacting Dell

System Configuration
Enable Camera Enable or disable the camera.
Enable Secure Digital (SD)
Card
Enable or disable the SD card.
Table 5. System setup options—Video menu
Video
LCD Brightness Set the panel brightness independently for Battery
and AC power.
Table 6. System setup options—Security menu
Security
Admin Password Set, change, or delete the administrator password.
System Password Set, change, or delete the system password.
Strong Password Enable or disable strong passwords.
Password Configuration Control the minimum and maximum number of
characters allowed for Admin and System
passwords.
Password Bypass Bypass the System (Boot) Password and the
internal HDD password prompts during a system
restart.
Password Change Enable or disable changes to the System and Hard
Disk passwords when an administrator password is
set.
Non-Admin Setup Changes Determines whether changes to the setup option
are permitted when an administrator password is
set.
UEFI Capsule Firmware
Updates
Enable or disable BIOS updates through UEFI
capsule update packages.
TPM 1.2 Security Enable or disable Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
visibility to the operating system.
Computrace(R) Enable or disable the BIOS module interface of the
optional Computrace(R) Service from Absolute
Software.
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