Removing the fan........................................................................................................................................................ 37
Installing the fan.......................................................................................................................................................... 38
I/O board.............................................................................................................................................................................38
Removing the I/O board............................................................................................................................................ 38
Installing the I/O board.............................................................................................................................................. 39
Power-button.....................................................................................................................................................................40
Removing the power-button.................................................................................................................................... 40
Installing the power-button ...................................................................................................................................... 41
Removing the power-button with fingerprint reader ........................................................................................ 42
Installing the power-button with fingerprint reader .......................................................................................... 43
System board..................................................................................................................................................................... 44
Removing the system board..................................................................................................................................... 44
Installing the system board....................................................................................................................................... 47
Palm-rest and keyboard assembly................................................................................................................................ 49
Removing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly................................................................................................49
Installing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.................................................................................................. 50
Chapter 3: Drivers and downloads............................................................................................... 52
Chapter 4: System setup............................................................................................................. 53
Entering BIOS setup program........................................................................................................................................ 53
Navigation keys..................................................................................................................................................................53
One time boot menu.........................................................................................................................................................53
System setup options.......................................................................................................................................................54
System and setup password...........................................................................................................................................57
Assigning a system setup password....................................................................................................................... 57
Deleting or changing an existing system setup password.................................................................................58
Clearing BIOS (System Setup) and System passwords.................................................................................... 58
Clearing CMOS settings............................................................................................................................................ 58
Updating the BIOS............................................................................................................................................................59
Updating the BIOS in Windows................................................................................................................................59
Updating the BIOS using the USB drive in Windows......................................................................................... 59
Updating the BIOS from the F12 One-Time boot menu.................................................................................... 59
Chapter 5: Troubleshooting......................................................................................................... 61
Handling swollen Lithium-ion batteries.........................................................................................................................61
Locate the Service Tag or Express Service Code of your Dell computer .............................................. 61
System diagnostic lights..................................................................................................................................................62
SupportAssist diagnostics............................................................................................................................................... 63
Built-in self-test (BIST)................................................................................................................................................... 63
Recovering the operating system................................................................................................................................. 63
WiFi power cycle............................................................................................................................................................... 64
Backup media and recovery options.............................................................................................................................64
Drain residual flea power (perform hard reset)......................................................................................................... 64
Chapter 6: Getting help and contacting Dell................................................................................ 66
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