Installing the power-supply unit...............................................................................................................................35
Hard drive............................................................................................................................................................................37
Removing the hard drive............................................................................................................................................37
Installing the hard drive..............................................................................................................................................38
Optical drive....................................................................................................................................................................... 40
Removing the optical drive....................................................................................................................................... 40
Installing the optical drive.......................................................................................................................................... 41
Optical-drive bezel............................................................................................................................................................ 42
Removing the optical-drive bezel............................................................................................................................ 42
Installing the optical drive..........................................................................................................................................43
Media-card reader.............................................................................................................................................................43
Removing the media-card reader............................................................................................................................ 43
Installing the media-card reader.............................................................................................................................. 44
Fan and heat-sink assembly............................................................................................................................................45
Removing the fan and heat-sink assembly............................................................................................................45
Installing the fan and heat-sink assembly..............................................................................................................46
Processor.............................................................................................................................................................................47
Removing the processor............................................................................................................................................ 47
Installing the processor..............................................................................................................................................49
System board..................................................................................................................................................................... 50
Removing the system board.....................................................................................................................................50
Installing the system board....................................................................................................................................... 53
Chapter 3: Drivers and downloads............................................................................................... 57
Chapter 4: System setup.............................................................................................................58
Entering BIOS setup program........................................................................................................................................ 58
Navigation keys..................................................................................................................................................................58
Boot Sequence...................................................................................................................................................................58
System setup options.......................................................................................................................................................59
System and setup password...........................................................................................................................................68
Assigning a system setup password....................................................................................................................... 69
Deleting or changing an existing system setup password.................................................................................69
Updating the BIOS............................................................................................................................................................ 69
Updating the BIOS in Windows................................................................................................................................69
Updating the BIOS using the USB drive in Windows..........................................................................................70
Updating the BIOS in Linux and Ubuntu................................................................................................................ 70
Updating the BIOS from the F12 One-Time boot menu.....................................................................................70
Chapter 5: Troubleshooting......................................................................................................... 72
System diagnostic lights.................................................................................................................................................. 72
Recovering the operating system..................................................................................................................................72
WiFi power cycle................................................................................................................................................................73
Real-Time Clock (RTC Reset)........................................................................................................................................ 73
Diagnostic error messages.............................................................................................................................................. 73
System error messages....................................................................................................................................................76
Chapter 6: Getting help and contacting Dell................................................................................ 77
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