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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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Notes, Cautions, and Warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of ...
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Contents Before Working Inside Your Computer...................................8 Before You Begin .............................................................................................. Safety ...
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Removing the Wireless Card...................................................20 Prerequisites.................................................................................................... Proced...
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Removing the Base Frame....................................................... Prerequisites.....................................................................................................38 Proc...
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Removing the I/O Board.......................................................... Prerequisites.....................................................................................................52 Pr...
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Removing the Power-Adapter Port........................................71 Prerequisites..................................................................................................... Procedure.....
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Before Working Inside Your Computer CAUTION: To avoid damaging the components and cards, handle them by their edges and avoid touching pins and contacts. NOTE: The images in this document may differ f...
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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/ regulato...
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Philips screwdriver Plastic scribe
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After Working Inside Your Computer CAUTION: Leaving stray or loose screws inside your computer may severely damage your computer. 1 Replace all screws and make sure that no stray screws remain inside ...
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Removing the Base Cover WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in Before Working Inside Your Computer. After wor...
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Replacing the Base Cover WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in Before Working Inside Your Computer. After wo...
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Removing the Battery WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in Before Working Inside Your Computer. After workin...
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Replacing the Battery WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in Before Working Inside Your Computer. After worki...
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Removing the Hard Drive WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in Before Working Inside Your Computer. After wor...
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2 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 3 Remove the screws that secure the hard-dri...
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4 Lift the hard-drive bracket off the hard drive. screws (4) hard-drive bracket hard drive
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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 Before Working Inside Your Computer. After wo...
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Removing the Wireless Card WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in Before Working Inside Your Computer. After ...
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3 Lift and slide the wireless card out of the wireless-card slot. antenna cables (2) screw wireless card wireless-card slot
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Replacing the Wireless Card WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in Before Working Inside Your Computer. After...
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Removing the Memory Module(s) WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in Before Working Inside Your Computer. Aft...
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2 Slide and remove the memory module from the memory-module slot. securing-clips (2) memory-module slot memory module
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Replacing the Memory Module(s) WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in Before Working Inside Your Computer. Af...
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2 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. ...
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Removing the Fan WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in Before Working Inside Your Computer. After working in...
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4 Note the display-cable routing and remove the cable from the routing guides. latch display cable I/O-board cable fan 5 Disconnect the fan cable from the system board. 6 Note the fan-cable routing an...
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8 Lift the fan off the palm rest. fan cable screws (2)
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Replacing the Fan WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in Before Working Inside Your Computer. After working i...
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Removing the Keyboard WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in Before Working Inside Your Computer. After worki...
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4 Turn the keyboard over and place it on the palm rest. plastic scribe keyboard
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5 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 ...
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Replacing the Keyboard WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in Before Working Inside Your Computer. After work...
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NOTE: Keyboard-backlight cable is present only on a backlit-keyboard. 1 Place the keyboard on a flat and clean surface. keyboard cable keyboard-backlight cable keyboard
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2 Lift the keyboard cable and gently fold the keyboard-backlight cable at the fold line. keyboard cable keyboard-backlight cable fold line
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3 Using the alignment line, gently fold the keyboard cable. keyboard cable keyboard-backlight cable alignment line keyboard keyboard cable keyboard-backlight cable
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Removing the Base Frame WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in Before Working Inside Your Computer. After wor...
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Procedure 1 Remove the screws that secure the base frame to the palm rest. screws (6) palm rest 2 Close the display and turn the computer over.
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3 Remove the screws that secure the base frame to the palm rest. screws (9) base frame 4 Using a plastic scribe, pry up the base frame. 5 Lift the base frame slightly from the top edge and slide it up...