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Dell Inspiron 14 5000 Series Owner's Manual

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Inspiron 14
5000 Series
Owner's Manual
Computer Model: Inspiron 5447
Regulatory Model: P49G
Regulatory Type: P49G001

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  • Page 1 Inspiron 14 5000 Series Owner's Manual Computer Model: Inspiron 5447 Regulatory Model: P49G Regulatory Type: P49G001...
  • Page 2 WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. Copyright © 2014 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. This product is protected by U.S. and international copyright and intellectual property laws. Dell and the Dell logo are trademarks ™...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Before Working Inside Your Computer........8 ....................8 Before You Begin ..................... 8 Safety Instructions ..................9 Recommended Tools After Working Inside Your Computer........10 Removing the Base Cover............11 ......................11 Procedure Replacing the Base Cover............12 ......................12 Procedure Removing the Battery..............
  • Page 4 Removing the Wireless Card............19 ..................... 19 Prerequisites ......................19 Procedure Replacing the Wireless Card............21 ......................21 Procedure ....................21 Post-requisites Removing the Memory Module(s)..........22 .....................22 Prerequisites ......................23 Procedure Replacing the Memory Module(s)..........24 ......................25 Procedure ....................25 Post-requisites Removing the Fan................ 26 .....................26 Prerequisites ......................
  • Page 5 Removing the Base Frame............37 .....................37 Prerequisites ......................38 Procedure Replacing the Base Frame............41 ......................41 Procedure ....................41 Post-requisites Removing the Heat Sink............. 42 .....................42 Prerequisites ......................43 Procedure Replacing the Heat Sink............. 44 ......................44 Procedure ....................44 Post-requisites Removing the Coin-Cell Battery..........45 .....................45 Prerequisites ......................
  • Page 6 Removing the I/O Board............. 51 ..................... 51 Prerequisites ......................52 Procedure Replacing the I/O Board............. 53 ......................53 Procedure ....................53 Post-requisites Removing the Status-Light Board..........54 .....................54 Prerequisites ......................54 Procedure Replacing the Status-Light Board..........58 ......................58 Procedure ....................58 Post-requisites Removing the System Board............. 59 .....................59 Prerequisites ......................
  • Page 7 Removing the Power-Adapter Port.........68 ....................68 Prerequisites ......................68 Procedure Replacing the Power-Adapter Port......... 70 ......................70 Procedure ....................70 Post-requisites Removing the Palm Rest............. 71 ..................... 71 Prerequisites ......................71 Procedure Replacing the Palm Rest............. 73 ......................73 Procedure ....................73 Post-requisites Flashing the BIOS.................

  • Page 8: Before Working Inside Your Computer

    Use the following safety guidelines to protect your computer from potential damage and ensure your personal safety. WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/ regulatory_compliance.

  • Page 9: Recommended Tools

    WARNING: Disconnect all power sources before opening the computer cover or panels. After you finish working inside the computer, replace all covers, panels, and screws before connecting to the power source. CAUTION: To avoid damaging the computer, make sure that the work surface is flat and clean.

  • Page 10: After Working Inside Your Computer

    After Working Inside Your Computer CAUTION: Leaving stray or loose screws inside your computer may severely damage your computer. Replace all screws and make sure that no stray screws remain inside your computer. Connect any external devices, peripherals, and cables you removed before working on your computer.

  • Page 11: Removing The Base Cover

    After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure Close the display and turn the computer over. Remove the screws that secure the base cover to the base frame.

  • Page 12: Replacing The Base Cover

    After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure Slide the tabs on the base cover into the slots on the base frame. Press down on the base cover to snap it in place.

  • Page 13: Removing The Battery

    Before Working Inside Your Computer. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Remove the base cover. Procedure Remove the screws that secure the battery to the base frame.

  • Page 14: Replacing The Battery

    After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure Align the screw holes on the battery with the screw holes on the base frame and press down on the battery to connect it to the battery connector.

  • Page 15: Removing The Hard Drive

    After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. CAUTION: Hard drives are fragile. Exercise care when handling the hard drive. CAUTION: To avoid data loss, do not remove the hard drive while the computer is in Sleep or On state.

  • Page 16: Procedure

    Procedure Remove the screws that secure the hard-drive assembly to the base frame. Gently lift the hard-drive assembly out of the base frame and disconnect the hard-drive cable from the hard drive. screws (3) hard drive hard-drive cable Remove the screws that secure the hard-drive bracket to the hard drive.
  • Page 17 Lift the hard-drive bracket off the hard drive. screws (4) hard-drive bracket hard drive...

  • Page 18: Replacing The Hard Drive

    Computer. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. CAUTION: Hard drives are fragile. Exercise care when handling the hard drive. Procedure Place the hard-drive bracket on the hard drive.

  • Page 19: Removing The Wireless Card

    Before Working Inside Your Computer. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Remove the base cover. Remove the battery.
  • Page 20 Lift and slide the wireless card out of the wireless-card slot. antenna cables (2) screw wireless card wireless-card slot...

  • Page 21: Replacing The Wireless Card

    Computer. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure CAUTION: To avoid damage to the wireless card, do not place any cables under it.

  • Page 22: Removing The Memory Module(S)

    Before Working Inside Your Computer. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Remove the base cover. Remove the battery.

  • Page 23: Procedure

    Procedure Use your fingertips to carefully spread apart the securing-clips on each end of the memory-module slot until the memory module pops up. Slide and remove the memory module from the memory-module slot. securing-clips (2) memory-module slot memory module...

  • Page 24: Replacing The Memory Module(S)

    Before Working Inside Your Computer. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance.

  • Page 25: Procedure

    Procedure Align the notch on the memory module with the tab on the memory- module slot. Slide the memory module firmly into the slot at an angle, and press the memory module down until it clicks into place. NOTE: If you do not hear the click, remove the memory module and reinstall it.

  • Page 26: Removing The Fan

    Before Working Inside Your Computer. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Remove the base cover. Remove the battery.
  • Page 27 Note the display-cable routing and remove the cable from the routing guides. latch display cable I/O-board cable Disconnect the fan cable from the system board. Note the fan-cable routing and remove the cable from the routing guides. Remove the screws that secure the fan to the base frame.
  • Page 28 Lift the fan off the palm rest. fan cable screws (2)

  • Page 29: Replacing The Fan

    After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure Place the fan on the palm rest and align the screw holes on the fan with the screw holes on the base frame.

  • Page 30: Removing The Keyboard

    Before Working Inside Your Computer. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Remove the base cover. Remove the battery.
  • Page 31 Turn the keyboard over and place it on the palm rest. plastic scribe keyboard tabs...
  • Page 32 Lift the latches and, using the pull tabs, disconnect the keyboard cable and keyboard-backlight cable from the system board. NOTE: The keyboard-backlight cable is present only if the laptop shipped with a backlit-keyboard. keyboard cable keyboard-backlight cable keyboard...

  • Page 33: Replacing The Keyboard

    After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure NOTE: If you are installing a new keyboard, fold the cables the same way they are folded on the old keyboard. For more information, see “Folding...
  • Page 34 NOTE: Keyboard-backlight cable is present only on a backlit-keyboard. Place the keyboard on a flat and clean surface. keyboard cable keyboard-backlight cable keyboard Lift the keyboard cable and gently fold the keyboard-backlight cable at the fold line.
  • Page 35 keyboard cable keyboard-backlight cable fold line...
  • Page 36 Using the alignment line, gently fold the keyboard cable. keyboard cable keyboard-backlight cable alignment line keyboard keyboard cable keyboard-backlight cable...

  • Page 37: Removing The Base Frame

    Before Working Inside Your Computer. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Remove the base cover. Remove the battery.

  • Page 38: Procedure

    Procedure Remove the screws that secure the base frame to the palm rest. screws (6) palm rest Close the display and turn the computer over.
  • Page 39 Remove the screws that secure the base frame to the palm rest. screws (9) base frame Using a plastic scribe, pry up the base frame. Lift the base frame slightly from the top edge and slide it upward to release it from the tabs of the palm rest.
  • Page 40 Lift the base frame off the palm rest and slide the display cable and I/O- board cable through the base frame. display cable plastic scribe I/O-board cable base frame tabs...

  • Page 41: Replacing The Base Frame

    Computer. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure Route the display cable and I/O-board cable through the slots on the base frame.

  • Page 42: Removing The Heat Sink

    After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. WARNING: The heat sink may become hot during normal operation. Allow sufficient time for the heat sink to cool before you touch it.

  • Page 43: Procedure

    Procedure NOTE: The image shows a heat sink on a laptop shipped with discrete graphics card. The heat sink shipped on a laptop with integrated graphics card has only four screws. In sequential order (as indicated on the heat sink), remove the screws that secure the heat sink to the system board.

  • Page 44: Replacing The Heat Sink

    After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. CAUTION: Incorrect alignment of the heat sink can cause damage to the system board and processor. NOTE: The original thermal grease can be reused if the original system board and fan are reinstalled together.

  • Page 45: Removing The Coin-Cell Battery

    After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. CAUTION: Removing the coin-cell battery resets the BIOS settings to default. It is recommended that you note the BIOS settings before removing the coin-cell battery.

  • Page 46: Procedure

    Procedure Disconnect the coin-cell battery cable from the system board. Peel off the coin-cell battery from the system board. coin-cell battery coin-cell battery cable...

  • Page 47: Replacing The Coin-Cell Battery

    After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure Adhere the coin-cell battery to the system board. Connect the coin-cell battery cable to the system board.

  • Page 48: Removing The Speakers

    Before Working Inside Your Computer. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Remove the base cover. Remove the battery.
  • Page 49 Release the speakers from the alignment posts and lift the speakers, along with the speaker cable, off the palm rest. speaker cable speakers (2) alignment posts (4)

  • Page 50: Replacing The Speakers

    After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure Using the alignment posts, place the speakers on the palm rest. Route the speaker cable through the routing guides on the palm rest.

  • Page 51: Removing The I/O Board

    Before Working Inside Your Computer. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Remove the base cover. Remove the battery.

  • Page 52: Procedure

    Procedure Remove the screw that secures the I/O board to the palm rest. Lift the I/O board off the palm rest. screw I/O board I/O-board cable...

  • Page 53: Replacing The I/O Board

    After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure Align the screw hole on the I/O board with the screw hole on the palm rest.

  • Page 54: Removing The Status-Light Board

    Before Working Inside Your Computer. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Remove the base cover. Remove the battery.
  • Page 55 Slide the status-light board cable out through the slot on the palm rest. latch status-light board cable Close the display and turn the computer over.
  • Page 56 Lift the left speaker and move it away from the status-light board. left speaker Remove the screw that secures the status-light board to the palm rest.
  • Page 57 Lift the status-light board and peel off the status-light board cable from the palm rest. status-light board cable screw status-light board...

  • Page 58: Replacing The Status-Light Board

    After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure Align the screw hole on the status-light board with the screw hole on the palm rest.

  • Page 59: Removing The System Board

    After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. NOTE: Your computer’s Service Tag is stored in the system board. You must enter the Service Tag in the system setup after you replace the system board.

  • Page 60: Procedure

    Procedure Turn the computer over and open the display. Lift the latches and disconnect the status-light board cable and touchpad cable from the system board. status-light board cable touchpad cable Close the display panel and turn the computer over.
  • Page 61 Disconnect the speaker cable, hard-drive cable, and power-adapter port cable from the system board. speaker cable hard-drive cable power-adapter port cable Remove the screws that secure the system board to the palm rest.
  • Page 62 Carefully lift the system board from the inner edge and release the ports from the slots on the palm rest. ports screws (2) system board...

  • Page 63: Replacing The System Board

    After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. NOTE: Your computer’s Service Tag is stored in the system board. You must enter the Service Tag in the system setup after you replace the system board.

  • Page 64: Removing The Display Assembly

    Before Working Inside Your Computer. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Remove the base cover. Remove the battery.

  • Page 65: Procedure

    Procedure Disconnect the antenna cables from the wireless card. antenna cables (2) wireless card Open the display to an angle of 90 degrees. Place the computer on the edge of the table so that the palm rest is on the table and the display assembly extends past the table edge with the display hinges facing up.
  • Page 66 Lift the display assembly off the palm rest. palm-rest assembly screws (4) display hinges (2) display assembly...

  • Page 67: Replacing The Display Assembly

    After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure Place the palm rest at the edge of the table with the speakers facing away from the edge.

  • Page 68: Removing The Power-Adapter Port

    Before Working Inside Your Computer. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Remove the base cover. Remove the battery.
  • Page 69 Lift the power-adapter port, along with its cable, off the palm rest. power-adapter port power-adapter port cable...

  • Page 70: Replacing The Power-Adapter Port

    After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure Slide the power-adapter port into the socket on the palm rest. Route the power-adapter port cable through the routing guides on the palm rest.

  • Page 71: Removing The Palm Rest

    Before Working Inside Your Computer. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Prerequisites Remove the base cover. Remove the battery.
  • Page 72 Lift the power-adapter port, along with its cable, off the palm rest. power-adapter port power-adapter port cable screws (2) system board palm rest...

  • Page 73: Replacing The Palm Rest

    After Working Inside Your Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Procedure Slide the power-adapter port into the socket on the palm rest. Connect the power-adapter port cable to the system board.

  • Page 74: Flashing The Bios

    You may need to flash (update) the BIOS when an update is available or when you replace the system board. To flash the BIOS: Turn on the computer. Go to dell.com/support. If you have your computer's Service Tag, type your computer's Service Tag and click Submit.

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