Dell Inspiron 15 3000 Series, Service Manual

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Replacing the hard drive
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety
information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in
Before
working inside your computer . After working inside your computer, follow
the instructions in After working inside your computer . For more safety best
practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at www.dell.com/
regulatory_compliance .
CAUTION: Hard drives are fragile. Exercise care when handling the hard
drive.
Procedure
1 Align the screw holes on the hard-drive bracket with the screw holes on the
hard drive.
2 Replace the four screws (M3x3) that secure the hard-drive bracket to the hard
drive.
3 Connect the interposer to the hard drive.
4 Place the hard-drive assembly in the palm-rest assembly and align the screw
holes on the hard-drive assembly with the screw holes on the palm-rest
assembly.
5 Replace the four screws (M2x3) that secure the hard-drive assembly to the
palm-rest assembly.
6 Slide the hard-drive cable into its connector on the system board and close the
latch to secure the cable.
Post-requisites
1 Follow the procedure from step 2 to step 8 in “ Replacing the base cover ”.
2 Replace the keyboard .
3 Follow the procedure from step 4 to step 5 in “ Replacing the optical drive ”.
4 Replace the battery .
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