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Installing the heat sink .............................................................................................................................................. 68
I/O board.............................................................................................................................................................................69
Removing the I/O board............................................................................................................................................69
Installing the I/O board.............................................................................................................................................. 70
I/O-board cable ................................................................................................................................................................. 71
Removing the I/O-board cable................................................................................................................................. 71
Installing the I/O-board cable...................................................................................................................................72
Power button......................................................................................................................................................................73
Removing the power button .................................................................................................................................... 73
Installing the power button....................................................................................................................................... 75
Power-adapter port.......................................................................................................................................................... 76
Removing the power-adapter port..........................................................................................................................76
Installing the power-adapter port............................................................................................................................ 77
System board......................................................................................................................................................................78
Removing the system board..................................................................................................................................... 78
Installing the system board........................................................................................................................................ 81
Touchpad.............................................................................................................................................................................85
Removing the touchpad.............................................................................................................................................85
Installing the touchpad...............................................................................................................................................86
Palm-rest and keyboard assembly................................................................................................................................ 88
Removing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly................................................................................................ 88
Installing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.................................................................................................. 89
Chapter 7: Software.................................................................................................................... 92
Operating system.............................................................................................................................................................. 92
Drivers and downloads..................................................................................................................................................... 92
Chapter 8: BIOS Setup................................................................................................................ 93
Entering BIOS setup program........................................................................................................................................ 93
Navigation keys..................................................................................................................................................................93
F12 One Time Boot menu................................................................................................................................................ 93
System setup options.......................................................................................................................................................94
Updating the BIOS.......................................................................................................................................................... 103
Updating the BIOS in Windows.............................................................................................................................. 103
Updating the BIOS using the USB drive in Windows........................................................................................ 103
Updating the BIOS from the F12 One Time Boot menu................................................................................... 104
System and setup password......................................................................................................................................... 104
Assigning a System Setup password.................................................................................................................... 105
Deleting or changing an existing system setup password............................................................................... 105
Clearing CMOS settings................................................................................................................................................ 106
Clearing BIOS (System Setup) and System passwords.........................................................................................106
Chapter 9: Troubleshooting....................................................................................................... 107
Handling swollen rechargeable Li-ion batteries........................................................................................................ 107
Locate the Service Tag or Express Service Code of your Dell computer ........................................................ 107
Dell SupportAssist Pre-boot System Performance Check diagnostics.............................................................. 108
Running the SupportAssist Pre-Boot System Performance Check.............................................................. 108
Built-in self-test (BIST)..................................................................................................................................................108
M-BIST......................................................................................................................................................................... 108
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