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

Replacing the hard drive

Enable Intel Optane after replacing the SATA storage. For more information about
enabling the Intel Optane, see
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
palm rest and keyboard assembly.
5 Replace the four screws (M2x3) that secure the hard-drive assembly to the
palm rest and keyboard assembly.
6 Connect the hard-drive cable to the system board and close the latch to secure
the cable.

Post-requisites

1 Replace the battery.
2 Replace the base
3 Replace the optical
Enabling Intel
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Optane.
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