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Inspiron 14 3000 Series Service Manual Computer Model: Inspiron 14–3443 Regulatory Model: P53G Regulatory Type: P53G001.
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 Memory Module(s).......................................... 20 Prerequisites .................................................................................................... 20 Procedure ................................................
Removing the Palm Rest.......................................................... 37 Prerequisites ..................................................................................................... 37 Procedure ......................................
Removing the Speakers............................................................ 53 Prerequisites ..................................................................................................... 53 Procedure .....................................
Removing the Heat-Sink Assembly........................................ 67 Prerequisites ..................................................................................................... 67 Procedure ...............................................
Removing the Display Panel.................................................... 79 Prerequisites ..................................................................................................... 79 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. NOTE: The images in this document may differ from your computer depending on the configuration you ordered.
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/ regulatory_compliance. WARNING: Disconnect all power sources before opening the computer cover or panels.
• Philips screwdriver • Plastic scribe 11.
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 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 .
4 Remove the screw that secures the optical-drive bracket to the optical- drive assembly and remove the optical-drive bracket. 1 optical-drive bezel 2 optical drive 3 optical-drive bracket 4 screw 16.
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 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 .
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 Memory Module(s) 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 .
2 Remove the memory module from the memory-module slot. 1 securing clips (2) 2 memory-module slot 3 memory module 21.
Replacing the Memory Module(s) 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 .
2 Slide the memory module firmly 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. 1 securing clips (2) 2 memory-module slot 3 memory module Post-requisites 1 Replace the base cover .
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 and remove the wireless card out of the wireless-card slot. 1 antenna cables (2) 2 wireless card 3 screw 25.
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 Slide the keyboard up to release it from the tabs on the palm rest. 1 plastic scribe 2 securing clips (5) 3 keyboard 4 tabs (5) 4 Turn the keyboard over and place it on the palm rest.
5 Lift the latch and disconnect the keyboard cable from the system board. 1 keyboard 2 keyboard cable 3 latch 6 Lift the keyboard off the palm rest. 29.
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 .
The cables on the keyboard are not folded when you receive a replacement keyboard. Follow these instructions to fold the cables on the replacement keyboard the same way they are folded on the old keyboard. 1 Place the keyboard on a flat and clean surface.
1 keyboard cable 2 keyboard 32.
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 Using the pull-tab, lift and slide the hard-drive assembly out of the tabs on the computer base. 1 screw 2 hard-drive 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.
6 Peel off the Mylar sheet from the hard drive. 1 hard-drive bracket 2 pull-tab 3 screws (2) 4 mylar sheet 35.
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 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 .
2 Remove the screws that secure the palm rest to the computer base. 1 screws (3) 3 Remove the tape covering the power-button cable. 38.
4 Lift the latches and, using the pull-tabs, disconnect the power-button cable and the touchpad cable from the system board. 1 power-button cable 2 touchpad cable 5 Close the display and turn the computer over.
6 Remove the screws that secure the palm rest to the computer base. 1 screws (8) 2 computer base 7 Using a plastic scribe, release the tabs on the palm rest from the slots on the computer base. 1 plastic scribe 2 palm rest 3 computer base 8 Turn the computer over and open the display as far as possible.
9 Lift the palm rest from the bottom edge and away from the computer base. 1 palm rest 10 Follow the procedure from step 2 to step 5 in “Removing the Power- Button Board ”. 11 Follow the procedure from step 2 to step 3 in “Removing the Touchpad ”.
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 .
5 Lift the power-button board along with the cable off the palm rest. 1 power-button board 2 tape 3 screw 4 power-button cable 44.
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 .
3 Slide and remove the touchpad out of its slot on the palm rest. 1 touchpad 2 screws (2) 47.
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 .
3 Replace the memory module(s) . 4 Replace the base cover . 5 Replace the keyboard . 6 Replace the battery . 49.
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 .
3 Lift the I/O board away from the computer base. 1 system board 2 I/O-board cable 3 I/O board 51.
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 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 speakers (2) 2 speaker cable 54.
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 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 system board 2 battery socket 3 coin-cell battery 4 plastic scribe 57.
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 Power-Adapter Port 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 power-adapter port, along with its cable, off the computer base. 1 power-adapter port cable 2 power-adapter port 60.
Replacing the Power-Adapter Port 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 Lift the latch and, using the pull-tab, disconnect the I/O-board cable from the connector on the system board. 5 Disconnect the power-adapter-port cable and speaker cable from the connector on the system board.
7 Lift the system board off the computer base. 1 system board 2 screws (2) 64.
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 .
6 Replace the keyboard . 7 Replace the optical drive . 8 Replace the battery . 66.
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 .
4 Lift the heat-sink assembly off the system board. 1 fan cable 2 system board 3 captive screws (5) 4 heat-sink assembly 68.
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 .
3 Lift the display assembly off the computer base. 1 display assembly 2 screws (4) 3 antenna cable 4 computer base 71.
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 .
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 .
2 Remove the display bezel off the display back-cover. 1 display bezel 2 display back-cover 74.
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 Display Hinges 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 .
2 Lift the display hinges off the display back-cover. 1 display back-cover 2 display hinges (2) 3 screws (8) 77.
Replacing the Display Hinges 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 .
2 Gently lift the display panel and turn it over. 1 display panel 2 screws (4) 3 Peel the tape adhered over the display cable. 80.
4 Disconnect the display cable from the display-panel cable connector. 1 display panel 2 display back-cover 3 display cable 5 Lift the display panel away from the display back-cover.
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 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 .
2 Lift the camera off the display back-cover. 1 camera 2 camera cable 84.
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 .
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 8.1 — 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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