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This laptop has a strange engineering design. To change the Hard Disk drive you must fully disassemble it. There is not an HDD cover like on other laptops. In this manual we will show you how to do this.
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Switch off the laptop and remove the battery.
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The keyboard is held by 4x locking clips.
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By using cutter, carefully lift up the one side of the keyboard and start opening the locking clips.
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Unscrew 4x M 2.5x5.0 screws and disconnect the 3x flex cables:
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Power on flex cable
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Mouse pad flex cable
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Hot keys flex cable
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By using a plastic tool remove the upper case.
Unscrew 4x M 2.5x5.0 screws beneath and then By using a plastic tool remove the upper case.
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5x M 2,5x5.0 screws hold the motherboard to the down bezel.
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Be careful with these two connectors:
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between motherboard and the additional charging port board,
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between motherboard and the additional WiFi card slot, USB connectors board.
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Start removing the motherboard from right side, near to the DVD drive connector.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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My model seemed to be slightly different and I couldn't get the upper case off from the side. I started from the top left near the power button.
My model was also just a little different. There were two screws holding a bracket to the MB located on the upper edge of the hard drive in your final picture. I had to remove these two screws and then there were 4 screws mounting this bracket to the HD. Also there was some adhesive strips on the under side of the hard drive that stuck the HD to the MB. I had to slowly pull the hard drive from the SATA connector.
Well I think I will leave it to the experts
Well I think I will leave it to the experts
Does this support Seagate barracuda 1. TB 7200 rpm drive?
Thank you for the guide. One thing you might want to mention is that the flex connectors (with the exception of the LCD connector) attachment is flipped UP to unlock it. Take an edge and gently pry upwards to loosen the hinge, then use tweezers to gently pull the flex cable free.
i replaced the hard drive and put the unit back together. but now it won't power up. i tried to retrace the steps related to powering the laptop; it all looks ok. any suggestions why the laptop won't power up? thanks!
I have been getting under the hood of PCs, whether desktop or laptop for over 20 years, and I have to say, this Dell model is the most poorly designed laptop in the history of laptops! Talk about risking RUINING your entire computer, JUST to replace a wiggy HDD ! ! ! I have never, in DECADES, ever saw this electronic mess! You have to remove the MOTHERBOARD and flip it over to get to the HDD??? Come on!
will this support a ssd ?
Yes it will, i just installed a Sandisk 240GB SSD in one last week. It's a real pain to get to, just be patient and you'll get there.
It now boots in 12.5 seconds to a fully usable Windows 10 desktop.
Given that you need to take apart the entire machine to get to the HDD, I would highly recommend cleaning and applying new thermal compound while you have the motherboard out.
It will only take an extra 10 minutes, but will make it run much cooler/quieter. Will no doubt keep the fan/processor going for longer.
Thank you, it is pretty helpful.
Why it is so complicated to accomplish the HDD Replacement, a question to the designer????????????????????????????????????????????
Thank you for the guide man, much appreciated!
Hi, I followed the guide to replace my HDD by a SSD (Samsung 850 EVO 500GB) but the laptop does not boot: fans spins for 1s and then shutdown. If I put back the original HDD everything is working fine. Any idea on what to fix? The SSD works in another computer. Thanks
Thank you! just has to google when your hand got in the way of a few procedures.
