Antenna............................................................................................................................................................................... 40
Removing the antenna............................................................................................................................................... 40
Installing the antenna.................................................................................................................................................. 41
Palm-rest and keyboard assembly.................................................................................................................................43
Palm-rest and keyboard assembly...........................................................................................................................43
Chapter 3: Drivers and downloads............................................................................................... 45
Chapter 4: System setup............................................................................................................. 46
Entering BIOS setup program........................................................................................................................................ 46
Navigation keys..................................................................................................................................................................46
Boot Sequence...................................................................................................................................................................46
One time boot menu......................................................................................................................................................... 47
System setup options....................................................................................................................................................... 47
System and setup password.......................................................................................................................................... 60
Assigning a system setup password....................................................................................................................... 60
Deleting or changing an existing system setup password.................................................................................60
Clearing BIOS (System Setup) and System passwords..................................................................................... 61
Updating the BIOS.............................................................................................................................................................61
Updating the BIOS in Windows.................................................................................................................................61
Updating the BIOS using the USB drive in Windows.......................................................................................... 61
Updating the BIOS from the F12 One-Time boot menu.....................................................................................62
Clearing CMOS settings.................................................................................................................................................. 62
Chapter 5: Troubleshooting.........................................................................................................63
Handling swollen Lithium-ion batteries........................................................................................................................ 63
Locate the Service Tag or Express Service Code of your Dell computer ..............................................63
SupportAssist diagnostics............................................................................................................................................... 64
Built-in self-test (BIST)................................................................................................................................................... 64
M-BIST...........................................................................................................................................................................64
LCD Built-in Self Test (BIST)................................................................................................................................... 64
System diagnostic lights..................................................................................................................................................65
Recovering the operating system................................................................................................................................. 66
Wi-Fi power cycle............................................................................................................................................................. 66
Drain residual flea power (perform hard reset)......................................................................................................... 67
Real-Time Clock (RTC Reset)........................................................................................................................................67
Chapter 6: Getting help and contacting Dell................................................................................ 68
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