Removing the I/O board............................................................................................................................................ 42
Installing the I/O board.............................................................................................................................................. 44
Speakers.............................................................................................................................................................................. 45
Removing the speakers (woofers)..........................................................................................................................45
Installing the speakers (woofers)............................................................................................................................ 46
Removing the speakers (tweeters)........................................................................................................................ 48
Installing the speakers (tweeters)...........................................................................................................................48
Touchpad.............................................................................................................................................................................49
Removing the touchpad.............................................................................................................................................49
Installing the touchpad...............................................................................................................................................50
Power-button board..........................................................................................................................................................51
Removing the power-button board......................................................................................................................... 51
Installing the power-button board...........................................................................................................................52
Power button with optional fingerprint reader.......................................................................................................... 53
Removing the power button with optional fingerprint reader..........................................................................53
Installing the power button with optional fingerprint reader............................................................................55
System board..................................................................................................................................................................... 56
Removing the system board..................................................................................................................................... 56
Installing the system board....................................................................................................................................... 58
Palm-rest and keyboard assembly................................................................................................................................ 60
Removing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly................................................................................................60
Installing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly................................................................................................... 61
Chapter 3: Drivers and downloads............................................................................................... 63
Chapter 4: System setup............................................................................................................. 64
BIOS overview................................................................................................................................................................... 64
Entering BIOS setup program........................................................................................................................................ 64
Navigation keys..................................................................................................................................................................64
Boot Sequence.................................................................................................................................................................. 65
System setup options.......................................................................................................................................................65
System and setup password...........................................................................................................................................69
Assigning a system setup password....................................................................................................................... 69
Deleting or changing an existing system setup password.................................................................................70
Clearing CMOS settings............................................................................................................................................ 70
Clearing BIOS (System Setup) and System passwords......................................................................................71
Updating the BIOS............................................................................................................................................................. 71
Updating the BIOS in Windows.................................................................................................................................71
Updating the BIOS using the USB drive in Windows...........................................................................................71
Updating the BIOS in Linux and Ubuntu................................................................................................................. 71
Updating the BIOS from the F12 One-Time boot menu.....................................................................................72
Chapter 5: Troubleshooting......................................................................................................... 73
Handling swollen Lithium-ion batteries........................................................................................................................ 73
Locate the Service Tag or Express Service Code of your Dell computer ..............................................73
System-diagnostic lights..................................................................................................................................................74
SupportAssist diagnostics............................................................................................................................................... 75
Built-in self-test (BIST)................................................................................................................................................... 75
M-BIST........................................................................................................................................................................... 75
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