Replacing The Hard Drive; Procedure; Post-Requisites - Dell Inspiron 15 5000 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
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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
palm rest and keyboard assembly.
5 Replace the screws three (M2x3) that secure the hard-drive assembly to the
palm rest and keyboard assembly.
6 Route the hard-drive cable through the routing guides on the palm rest and
keyboard assembly.
7 Connect the hard-drive cable to the system board.
8 Adhere the tape that secures the hard-drive cable to the palm rest and keyboard
assembly.

Post-requisites

1 Replace the battery.
2 Replace the base
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