Service Manual

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Power-adapter port.......................................................................................................................................................... 42
Removing the power-adapter port..........................................................................................................................42
Installing the power-adapter port............................................................................................................................43
Touchpad.............................................................................................................................................................................44
Removing the touchpad.............................................................................................................................................44
Installing the touchpad............................................................................................................................................... 44
Fan........................................................................................................................................................................................ 46
Removing the fan........................................................................................................................................................ 46
Installing the fan.......................................................................................................................................................... 46
I/O board............................................................................................................................................................................. 47
Removing the I/O board............................................................................................................................................ 47
Installing the I/O board.............................................................................................................................................. 48
Power button with optional fingerprint reader.......................................................................................................... 50
Removing the power button with optional fingerprint reader ........................................................................ 50
Installing the power button with optional fingerprint reader ...........................................................................50
System board...................................................................................................................................................................... 51
Removing the system board......................................................................................................................................51
Installing the system board....................................................................................................................................... 54
Palm-rest and keyboard assembly................................................................................................................................ 58
Removing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly................................................................................................58
Installing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.................................................................................................. 59
Chapter 3: Device drivers.............................................................................................................61
Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility.....................................................................................................................61
Video drivers....................................................................................................................................................................... 61
Intel Serial IO driver........................................................................................................................................................... 61
Intel Trusted Execution Engine Interface.....................................................................................................................61
Intel Virtual Button driver.................................................................................................................................................61
Wireless and Bluetooth drivers....................................................................................................................................... 61
Chapter 4: System setup............................................................................................................. 62
BIOS overview................................................................................................................................................................... 62
Entering BIOS setup program........................................................................................................................................ 62
Navigation keys..................................................................................................................................................................62
Boot Sequence...................................................................................................................................................................62
One time boot menu.........................................................................................................................................................63
System setup options.......................................................................................................................................................63
System and setup password...........................................................................................................................................72
Assigning a system setup password....................................................................................................................... 72
Deleting or changing an existing system setup password................................................................................. 73
Clearing CMOS settings.............................................................................................................................................73
Clearing BIOS (System Setup) and System passwords.....................................................................................74
Chapter 5: Troubleshooting......................................................................................................... 75
SupportAssist diagnostics............................................................................................................................................... 75
Locate the Service Tag or Express Service Code of your Dell computer ..............................................75
System diagnostic lights.................................................................................................................................................. 75
Built-in self-test (BIST)................................................................................................................................................... 76
Recovering the operating system..................................................................................................................................77
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