Removing the I/O board............................................................................................................................................ 37
Installing the I/O board.............................................................................................................................................. 38
Power button..................................................................................................................................................................... 39
Removing the power button.....................................................................................................................................39
Installing the power button....................................................................................................................................... 40
Power button with optional fingerprint reader........................................................................................................... 41
Removing the power button with fingerprint reader...........................................................................................41
Installing the power button with fingerprint reader............................................................................................ 42
Power-adapter port.......................................................................................................................................................... 44
Removing the power-adapter port..........................................................................................................................44
Installing the power-adapter port............................................................................................................................44
Display assembly................................................................................................................................................................45
Removing the display assembly............................................................................................................................... 45
Installing the display assembly..................................................................................................................................47
System board..................................................................................................................................................................... 49
Removing the system board..................................................................................................................................... 49
Installing the system board........................................................................................................................................ 51
Touchpad............................................................................................................................................................................ 55
Removing the touchpad............................................................................................................................................ 55
Installing the touchpad...............................................................................................................................................56
Palm-rest and keyboard assembly................................................................................................................................ 56
Removing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly................................................................................................56
Installing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.................................................................................................. 57
Chapter 3: Drivers and downloads............................................................................................... 59
Chapter 4: BIOS setup.................................................................................................................60
BIOS overview................................................................................................................................................................... 60
Entering BIOS setup program........................................................................................................................................ 60
Navigation keys................................................................................................................................................................. 60
One Time Boot menu........................................................................................................................................................ 61
System setup options....................................................................................................................................................... 61
Updating the BIOS............................................................................................................................................................65
Updating the BIOS in Windows................................................................................................................................65
Updating the BIOS in Linux and Ubuntu................................................................................................................66
Updating the BIOS using the USB drive in Windows..........................................................................................66
Updating the BIOS from the F12 One-Time boot menu.................................................................................... 66
System and setup password...........................................................................................................................................67
Assigning a system setup password....................................................................................................................... 67
Deleting or changing an existing system setup password.................................................................................68
Clearing CMOS settings.................................................................................................................................................. 68
Clearing BIOS (System Setup) and System passwords.......................................................................................... 69
Chapter 5: Troubleshooting......................................................................................................... 70
Handling swollen rechargeable Li-ion batteries..........................................................................................................70
Locate the Service Tag or Express Service Code of your Dell computer ..............................................70
System-diagnostic lights.................................................................................................................................................. 71
SupportAssist diagnostics............................................................................................................................................... 72
Recovering the operating system..................................................................................................................................72
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