Installing the touchpad...............................................................................................................................................66
Speaker board.................................................................................................................................................................... 68
Removing the speaker board....................................................................................................................................68
Installing the speaker board...................................................................................................................................... 68
Display assembly................................................................................................................................................................69
Removing the display assembly............................................................................................................................... 69
Installing the display assembly...................................................................................................................................71
System board......................................................................................................................................................................72
Removing the system board..................................................................................................................................... 72
Installing the system board....................................................................................................................................... 75
Palm-rest and keyboard assembly.................................................................................................................................77
Removing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly................................................................................................ 77
Installing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.................................................................................................. 78
Chapter 7: Software.................................................................................................................... 80
Operating system.............................................................................................................................................................. 80
Drivers and downloads.....................................................................................................................................................80
Chapter 8: System setup............................................................................................................. 81
Entering BIOS setup program......................................................................................................................................... 81
Navigation keys.................................................................................................................................................................. 81
One time boot menu..........................................................................................................................................................81
System setup options.......................................................................................................................................................82
Updating the BIOS............................................................................................................................................................ 86
Updating the BIOS in Windows................................................................................................................................86
Updating the BIOS using the USB drive in Windows..........................................................................................86
Updating the BIOS from the F12 One-Time boot menu.....................................................................................87
System and setup password...........................................................................................................................................87
Assigning a system setup password....................................................................................................................... 88
Deleting or changing an existing system setup password.................................................................................88
Clearing CMOS settings.................................................................................................................................................. 89
Clearing BIOS (System Setup) and System passwords.......................................................................................... 89
Chapter 9: Troubleshooting.........................................................................................................90
Handling swollen Lithium-ion batteries........................................................................................................................ 90
Locate the Service Tag or Express Service Code of your Dell computer ............................................. 90
Dell SupportAssist Pre-boot System Performance Check diagnostics................................................................ 91
Running the SupportAssist Pre-Boot System Performance Check.................................................................91
Built-in self-test (BIST).................................................................................................................................................... 91
M-BIST............................................................................................................................................................................91
LCD Power rail test (L-BIST)................................................................................................................................... 92
LCD Built-in Self Test (BIST)................................................................................................................................... 92
System-diagnostic lights................................................................................................................................................. 93
Recovering the operating system................................................................................................................................. 95
Real-Time Clock (RTC Reset)........................................................................................................................................95
Backup media and recovery options.............................................................................................................................95
WiFi power cycle............................................................................................................................................................... 96
Drain residual flea power (perform hard reset)......................................................................................................... 96
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