Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 17-5748 Dell
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Inspiron 17 5000 Series Owner's Manual Computer Model: Inspiron 17–5748 Regulatory Model: P26E Regulatory Type: P26E001.
Notes, Cautions, and Warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death.
Contents Before Working Inside Your Computer .................................... 9 Before You Begin .............................................................................................. 9 Safety Instructions .................................
Removing the Hard Drive ........................................................... 20 Prerequisites .................................................................................................... 20 Procedure ....................................
Removing the Palm Rest ............................................................ 38 Prerequisites .....................................................................................................38 Procedure ....................................
Removing the I/O Board ............................................................. 53 Prerequisites ..................................................................................................... 53 Procedure ..................................
Removing the System Board ..................................................... 65 Prerequisites .....................................................................................................65 Procedure ........................................
Removing the Camera ................................................................. 81 Prerequisites ..................................................................................................... 81 Procedure .................................
Before Working Inside Your Computer CAUTION: To avoid damaging the components and cards, handle them by their edges and avoid touching pins and contacts. Before You Begin 1 Save and close all open files and exit all open applications. 2 Shut down your computer.
WARNING: Disconnect all power sources before opening the computer cover or panels. After you finish working inside the computer, replace all covers, panels, and screws before connecting to the power source. CAUTION: To avoid damaging the computer, make sure that the work surface is flat and clean.
After Working Inside Your Computer CAUTION: Leaving stray or loose screws inside your computer may severely damage your computer. 1 Replace all screws and make sure that no stray screws remain inside your computer. 2 Connect any external devices, peripherals, and cables you removed before working on your computer.
Removing the Battery 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 .
Replacing the Battery 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 .
Removing the Base Cover 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 .
Procedure 1 Remove the screws that secure the base cover to the computer base. 1 computer base 2 base cover 3 screws (2) 2 Using your fingertips, pry the base cover and lift it off the computer base.
Replacing the Base Cover 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 .
Removing the Optical 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 .
5 Carefully pull the optical-drive bezel and remove it from the optical drive. 1 screw 2 optical-drive bracket 3 optical drive 4 optical-drive bezel 18.
Replacing the Optical 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 .
Removing 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 .
3 Lift the hard-drive assembly off the computer base. 1 screw 2 pull-tab 3 hard-drive assembly 4 Remove the screws that secure the hard-drive bracket to the hard drive.
5 Using the pull-tab, lift the hard-drive bracket off the hard drive. 1 screws (2) 2 pull-tab 3 hard-drive bracket 4 hard drive 22.
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 .
Removing the Memory Module 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 .
Procedure 1 Using your fingertips, spread apart the securing clips on each end of the memory-module slot until the memory module pops up. 1 securing clips (2) 2 memory module 3 memory-module slot 2 Slide the memory module away from the memory-module slot.
Replacing the Memory Module 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 .
Procedure 1 Align the notch on the memory module with the tab on the memory- module slot. 2 Slide the memory module into the slot at an angle, and press the memory module down until it clicks into place. NOTE: If you do not hear the click, remove the memory module and reinstall it.
Removing the Wireless Card 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 .
3 Slide the wireless card out of the wireless-card slot. 1 antenna cables (2) 2 securing tab 3 wireless card 29.
Replacing the Wireless Card 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 .
Removing the Keyboard 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 .
3 Carefully turn the keyboard over and place it on the palm rest assembly. 1 plastic scribe 2 keyboard 3 palm-rest assembly 4 Lift the latches and disconnect the keyboard cable and keyboard- backlight cable from the system board. NOTE: The backlight-keyboard is optional.
5 Lift the keyboard along with the cables, off the palm-rest assembly. 1 keyboard-backlight cable 2 latches (2) 3 keyboard cable 4 keyboard 33.
Replacing the Keyboard 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 .
NOTE: The cables on the keyboard are not folded when you receive a new keyboard. 1 Place the keyboard on a flat and clean surface. 1 keyboard cable 2 keyboard-backlight cable 3 keyboard CAUTION: Do not apply excess pressure while folding the cables. 2 Lift the keyboard cable and gently fold the keyboard-backlight cable at the fold line.
1 keyboard cable 2 keyboard 3 keyboard-backlight cable 4 fold line 36.
3 Using the alignment line, gently fold the keyboard cable. 1 keyboard cable 2 alignment line 1 keyboard-backlight cable 2 keyboard cable 3 keyboard Post-requisites Replace the battery .
Removing the Palm Rest 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 .
Procedure 1 Remove the screws that secure the palm rest to the system board. 1 screws (5) 2 palm rest 2 Close the display and turn the computer over. 39.
3 Remove the screws that secure the palm rest to the computer base. 1 screws (10) 2 computer base 4 Turn the computer over and open the display as far as possible.
5 Lift the connector latches and disconnect the power-button board cable and the touchpad cable from the system board. 1 power-button board cable 2 connector latches (2) 3 touchpad cable 41.
6 Using a plastic scribe, gently lift and release the tabs on the palm rest from the slots on the computer base. 1 plastic scribe 2 palm rest 7 Lift the palm rest away from the display assembly.
Replacing the Palm Rest 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 .
Removing the Power-Button Board 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 .
6 Lift the power-button board at an angle and remove it from the palm rest. 1 power-button board 2 screw 3 power-button board cable 4 palm rest 45.
Replacing the Power-Button Board 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 .
Removing the Touchpad 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 .
Procedure 1 Lift the connector latch and disconnect the touchpad cable from the touchpad. 2 Remove the screws that secure the touchpad to the palm rest.
Replacing the Touchpad 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 .
Removing the Battery- Connector Board 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 .
Procedure 1 Remove the screws that secure the battery-connector board to the computer base. 1 screws (2) 2 connector latch 3 battery-connector board 4 computer base 2 Carefully lift the battery-connector board to disconnect it from the system board.
Replacing the Battery- Connector Board 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 .
Removing the I/O Board 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 .
4 Lift the I/O board away from the computer base. 1 I/O board 2 I/O-board cable 3 connector latch 4 screw 54.
Replacing the I/O Board 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 .
Removing the Optical-Drive Connector Board 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 .
Procedure 1 Remove the screw that secures the optical-drive connector board to the computer base. 1 screw 2 optical-drive connector board 2 Slide and lift the optical-drive connector board away from the computer base.
Replacing the Optical-Drive Connector Board 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 .
Removing the Coin-Cell Battery 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 .
1 plastic scribe 2 coin-cell battery 3 battery socket 60.
Replacing the Coin-Cell Battery 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 .
Removing the Speakers 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 .
3 Lift the speakers, along with the speaker cable, off the computer base. 1 speaker cable 2 system board 3 speakers (2) 4 computer base 63.
Replacing the Speakers 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 .
Removing the System Board 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 .
4 Turn the computer over and open the display as far as possible. 5 Peel off the tape that secures the display cable to the system-board assembly. 6 Lift the connector latches and disconnect the display cable and I/O- board cable from the system board.
10 Lift the system-board assembly off the computer base. 1 screws (3) 2 system-board assembly 3 computer base 11 Remove the heatsink-sink assembly . 67.
Replacing the System Board 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 .
7 Follow the procedure from step 3 to step 5 in replacing the hard drive . 8 Replace the memory module . 9 Replace the base cover . 10 Replace the battery .
Removing the Heat-Sink Assembly 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 .
Procedure 1 Turn the system-board assembly over and place it on a flat and clean surface. 2 In sequential order (indicated on the heat sink), loosen the captive screws that secure the heat-sink assembly to the system board. NOTE: The appearance of the heat sink and the number of screws will vary depending on the configuration you ordered.
Replacing the Heat-Sink Assembly 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 .
Removing the Display Assembly 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 .
7 Lift the connector latch and disconnect the display cable from the system board. 1 display cable 2 tape 3 connector latch 8 Peel off the display cable from the fan. 9 Remove the screws that secure the display assembly to the computer base. 10 Note the antenna cable routing and remove the cable from the routing guides on the computer base.
11 Lift the display assembly off the computer base. 1 display assembly 2 screws (3) 3 computer base 75.
Replacing the Display Assembly 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 .
6 Replace the battery . 77.
Removing the Display Bezel 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 .
1 display bezel 2 display panel 79.
Replacing the Display Bezel 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 .
Removing the Camera 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 .
Procedure 1 Carefully lift and peel off the camera from the display back-cover. 2 Disconnect the camera cable from the camera. 1 camera cable 2 camera 3 display back-cover 82.
Replacing the Camera 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 .
Removing the Display Panel 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 .
Procedure 1 Note the cable routing and remove the display cable from the routing guides on the display-back cover. 2 Remove the screws that secure the display panel to the display back- cover. 1 display back-cover 2 display panel 3 screws (8) 3 Gently lift the display panel and turn it over.
5 Lift the connector latch and disconnect the display cable from the display panel. 1 connector latch 2 tape 3 display cable 86.
Replacing the Display Panel 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 .
Removing the Display Back- Cover and Antenna Assembly 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 .
3 Lift the antenna cables away from the display back-cover. 1 tape 2 antenna cables 3 display back-cover and antenna assembly 89.
Replacing the Display Back- Cover and Antenna Assembly 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 .
Flashing the BIOS You may need to flash (update) the BIOS when an update is available or when you replace the system board. To flash the BIOS: 1 Turn on the computer. 2 Go to dell.com/support . 3 If you have your computer's Service Tag, type your computer's Service Tag and click Submit .
Getting Help and Contacting Dell Self-Help Resources You can get information and help on Dell products and services using these online self-help resources: Self-Help Information Self-Help Options Accessing Windows Help Windows 8 — Open the Search charm, type Help and Support in the search box and press <Enter> .
NOTE: If you do not have an active internet connection, you can find contact information on your purchase invoice, packing slip, bill, or Dell product catalog.
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