Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7430 - Page 5

Power-button board.........................................................................................................................................................69
Removing the power-button board........................................................................................................................ 69
Installing the power-button board...........................................................................................................................70
Power button with optional fingerprint reader........................................................................................................... 71
Removing the power button with optional fingerprint reader...........................................................................71
Installing the power button with optional fingerprint reader............................................................................ 72
System board......................................................................................................................................................................73
Removing the system board..................................................................................................................................... 73
Installing the system board....................................................................................................................................... 76
Touchpad.............................................................................................................................................................................80
Removing the touchpad.............................................................................................................................................80
Installing the touchpad................................................................................................................................................81
Palm-rest and keyboard assembly.................................................................................................................................82
Removing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly................................................................................................82
Installing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.................................................................................................. 84
Chapter 7: Software.................................................................................................................... 87
Operating system.............................................................................................................................................................. 87
Drivers and downloads..................................................................................................................................................... 87
Chapter 8: BIOS setup.................................................................................................................88
Entering BIOS setup program........................................................................................................................................ 88
Navigation keys..................................................................................................................................................................88
One time boot menu.........................................................................................................................................................88
System setup options.......................................................................................................................................................89
Updating the BIOS............................................................................................................................................................ 92
Updating the BIOS in Windows................................................................................................................................92
Updating the BIOS using the USB drive in Windows..........................................................................................93
Updating the BIOS from the F12 One Time Boot menu.....................................................................................93
System and setup password...........................................................................................................................................94
Assigning a system setup password....................................................................................................................... 94
Deleting or changing an existing system setup password.................................................................................95
Clearing BIOS (System Setup) and System passwords.......................................................................................... 95
Chapter 9: Troubleshooting.........................................................................................................96
Handling swollen Lithium-ion batteries........................................................................................................................ 96
Locate the Service Tag or Express Service Code of your Dell computer ............................................. 96
Dell SupportAssist Pre-boot System Performance Check diagnostics................................................................97
Running the SupportAssist Pre-Boot System Performance Check................................................................97
Built-in self-test (BIST)................................................................................................................................................... 97
M-BIST........................................................................................................................................................................... 97
LCD Power rail test (L-BIST)................................................................................................................................... 98
LCD Built-in Self Test (BIST)................................................................................................................................... 98
System-diagnostic lights................................................................................................................................................. 99
Recovering the operating system................................................................................................................................100
Real-Time Clock (RTC Reset).......................................................................................................................................101
Backup media and recovery options............................................................................................................................101
Wi-Fi power cycle.............................................................................................................................................................101
Drain residual flea power (perform hard reset)........................................................................................................ 101
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