Replacing The Hard Drive; Procedure; Post-Requisites - Dell Inspiron 17 5000 Service Manual

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Replacing the hard drive

WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety
information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in
working inside your
the instructions in
practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at
regulatory_compliance.
CAUTION: Hard drives are fragile. Exercise care when handling the hard
drive.
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Procedure

1 Connect the interposer to the hard drive.
2 Align the screw holes on the hard-drive bracket with the screw holes on the hard
drive.
3 Replace the screws that secure the hard-drive bracket to the hard drive.
4 Place the hard-drive assembly on the palm rest and keyboard assembly and align
the screw holes on the hard-drive assembly with the screw holes on the palm
rest and keyboard assembly.
5 Replace the screws that secure the hard-drive assembly to the palm rest and
keyboard assembly.
6 Slide the hard-drive cable into the connector on the system board and close the
latch to secure the cable.
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Post-requisites

1 Replace the battery.
2 Replace the base
3 Replace the optical
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