Replacing The Hard Drive; Procedure; Post-Requisites - Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming Service Manual

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.

Procedure

1 Align the screw holes on the hard-drive bracket with the screw holes on the hard
drive.
2 Replace the four screws (M3x3) that secure the hard-drive bracket to the hard
drive.
3 Connect the interposer to the hard-drive assembly.
4 Align the screw holes on the hard-drive assembly with the screw holes on the
computer base.
5 Replace the four screws (M2.5x3) that secure the hard-drive assembly to the
computer base.
6 Adhere the hard-drive cable to the computer base.
7 Slide the hard-drive cable into the connector on the system board and close the
latch to secure the hard-drive cable.

Post-requisites

1 Replace the battery.
2 Replace the base
computer. After working inside your computer, follow
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