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Page 1: ...Dell Latitude E6520 Owner s Manual Regulatory Model P15G Regulatory Type P15G001 ...

Page 2: ...ks of Intel Corporation in the U S and other countries AMD is a registered trademark and AMD Opteron AMD Phenom AMD Sempron AMD Athlon ATI Radeon and ATI FirePro are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc Microsoft Windows MS DOS Windows Vista the Windows Vista start button and Office Outlook are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or othe...

Page 3: ...alling The Secure Digital SD Card 13 3 ExpressCard 15 Removing the ExpressCard 15 Installing the ExpressCard 15 4 Modem Connector Plug 17 Removing The Modem Connector Plug 17 Installing The Modem Connector Plug 17 5 Battery 19 Removing The Battery 19 Installing The Battery 19 6 Subscriber Identity Module SIM Card 21 Removing The Subscriber Identity Module SIM Card 21 Installing The Subscriber Iden...

Page 4: ...emoving Bluetooth Card 33 Installing The Bluetooth Card 34 12 Coin Cell Battery 35 Removing The Coin Cell Battery 35 Installing The Coin Cell Battery 35 13 Modem Card 37 Removing The Modem Card 37 Installing The Modem Card 38 14 Modem Connector 39 Removing The Modem Connector 39 Installing The Modem Connector 41 15 Wireless Local Area Network WLAN Card 43 Removing The Wireless Local Area Network W...

Page 5: ...nstalling The Heat Sink 50 19 Processor 51 Removing The Processor 51 Installing The Processor 52 20 Keyboard Trim 53 Removing The Keyboard Trim 53 Installing The Keyboard Trim 54 21 Keyboard 55 Removing The Keyboard 55 Installing The Keyboard 57 22 Palm Rest 59 Removing The Palm Rest Assembly 59 Installing The Palm Rest Assembly 60 23 Smart Card Reader 63 Removing the Smart Card Reader 63 Installi...

Page 6: ...ers 75 Installing The Speakers 77 28 Input Output Panel 79 Removing The Input Output I O Panel 79 Installing The Input Output I O Panel 81 29 Display Assembly 83 Removing The Display Assembly 83 Installing The Display Assembly 86 30 Display Bezel 87 Removing The Display Bezel 87 Installing The Display Bezel 87 31 Display Panel 89 Removing The Display Panel 89 Installing The Display Panel 90 32 Cam...

Page 7: ...ations 93 34 System Setup 99 System Setup Overview 99 Entering System Setup 99 System Setup Menu Options 99 35 Diagnostics 113 Device Status Lights 113 Battery Status Lights 113 LED Error Codes 113 36 Contacting Dell 117 Contacting Dell 117 ...

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Page 9: ...uthorized in your product documentation or as directed by the online or telephone service and support team Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty Read and follow the safety instructions that came with the product CAUTION To avoid electrostatic discharge ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by periodically touching an unpainted metal su...

Page 10: ...al outlets 6 Close the display and turn the computer upside down on a flat work surface NOTE To avoid damaging the system board you must remove the main battery before you service the computer 7 Remove the main battery see Battery 8 Turn the computer top side up 9 Open the display 10 Press the power button to ground the system board CAUTION To guard against electrical shock always unplug your comp...

Page 11: ...at the computer and all attached devices are turned off If your computer and attached devices did not automatically turn off when you shut down your operating system press and hold the power button for about 4 seconds to turn them off After Working Inside Your Computer After you complete any replacement procedure ensure you connect any external devices cards and cables before turning on your compu...

Page 12: ...a network cable first plug the cable into the network device and then plug it into the computer 3 Replace the battery 4 Connect your computer and all attached devices to their electrical outlets 5 Turn on your computer 12 ...

Page 13: ...On Your Computer 2 Press in on the SD card to release the it from the computer 3 Grasp the SD card and pull out to release from the computer Installing The Secure Digital SD Card 1 Slide the SD card into its slot until it clicks into place 2 Follow the procedures in After working inside your computer 13 ...

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Page 15: ...g On Your Computer 2 Press in on the ExpressCard to release it from the computer 3 Slide the ExpressCard out of the computer Installing the ExpressCard 1 Slide the ExpressCard into its slot until it clicks into place 2 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 15 ...

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Page 17: ...ures in Before Working On Your Computer 2 Insert a paper clip into the hole to pop out the modem connector plug Installing The Modem Connector Plug 1 Insert and push in the modem connector plug into the modem port 2 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 17 ...

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Page 19: ...omputer 2 Slide the release latches to unlock the battery 3 Rotate the outer edge of the battery upward and remove it from the computer Installing The Battery 1 Slide the battery into its slot until it clicks into place 2 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 19 ...

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Page 21: ...our Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Press in on the SIM card to release it from the computer 4 Grasp the SIM card and pull out to release from the computer Installing The Subscriber Identity Module SIM Card 1 Slide the SIM card into its compartment 2 Replace the battery 3 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 21 ...

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Page 23: ...On Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the screws that secure the hard drive to the computer 4 Slide the hard drive out of the computer 5 Remove the screw that secures the hard drive caddy to the hard drive 6 Pull and remove the hard drive caddy away from the hard drive 23 ...

Page 24: ...e 2 Tighten the screws to secure the hard drive caddy to the hard drive 3 Slide the hard drive into the computer 4 Replace and tighten the screws to secure the hard drive to the computer 5 Install the battery 6 Follow the procedures in After working inside your computer 24 ...

Page 25: ...l Drive 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Press and release the optical drive latch 4 Pull the optical drive out of the computer 5 Pull the optical drive door from one side to release it 25 ...

Page 26: ...r to release it completely from the optical drive 7 Remove the screw that secures the drive latch to the optical drive 8 Remove the drive latch from the optical drive 9 Remove the screws that secures the drive latch bracket to the optical drive 26 ...

Page 27: ...ve latch on the optical drive 4 Replace the screw to secure the drive latch to the optical drive 5 Push in the left side of the optical drive door till it clicks in place in the optical drive 6 Push in the right side of the optical drive door 7 Insert the optical drive into the computer 8 Push in the eject handle on the optical drive till it clicks in place 9 Install the battery 10 Follow the proc...

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Page 29: ...ocedures in Before Working On Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the screws that secure the base cover to the computer 4 Lift from the back of the computer and slide towards the front of the computer 5 Remove the base cover from the computer 29 ...

Page 30: ...r 1 Place the base cover to align the screw holes correctly with the computer 2 Tighten the screws to secure the base cover to the computer 3 Install the battery 4 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 30 ...

Page 31: ...llow the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the secure digital SD Card 4 Remove the base cover 5 Pry the retention clips away from the memory module until it pops up 6 Remove the memory module 31 ...

Page 32: ...ry into the memory socket 2 Press the clips to secure the memory module to the system board 3 Install the base cover 4 Install the secure digital SD Card 5 Install the battery 6 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 32 ...

Page 33: ...s in Before Working on Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the base cover 4 Disconnect the Bluetooth cable from the system board 5 Remove the screw that secures the Bluetooth card to the system board 6 Lift and remove the Bluetooth card from the computer 33 ...

Page 34: ...tooth card 2 Connect the other end of the bluetooth cable to the system board 3 Place the Bluetooth card in its location in the computer 4 Replace and tighten the screw to secure the Bluetooth card to the system board 5 Install the base cover 6 Install the battery 7 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 34 ...

Page 35: ...coin cell battery cable from the system board 5 Release and remove the coin cell battery from the computer Installing The Coin Cell Battery 1 Attach the coin cell battery cable to its connector on the system board 2 Attach the coin cell battery to its compartment 3 Install the base cover 4 Install the battery 5 Follow the procedures in After working inside your computer 35 ...

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Page 37: ...s in Before Working On Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the base cover 4 Disconnect the connector that secures the modem card to the system board 5 Remove the screw securing the modem to the system 6 Lift and remove the modem card from the computer 37 ...

Page 38: ...he modem into its compartment and press on the module to connect it to the system board 3 Connect the modem cable to the system board 4 Tighten the screw to secure the modem card to the computer 5 Install the base cover 6 Install the battery 7 Follow the procedures in After working inside your computer 38 ...

Page 39: ...he procedures in Before Working On Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the secure digital SD Card 4 Remove the base cover 5 Remove the modem card 6 Disconnect the antenna cables 7 Unthread the antenna cables from the route 8 Unthread the modem cable 39 ...

Page 40: ...9 Remove the screw that secures the modem connector bracket 10 Remove the modem connector bracket 11 Remove the modem connector 40 ...

Page 41: ...s original position 3 Tighten the screw to secure the modem bracket 4 Route and connect the modem cable 5 Route and connect the antenna cables 6 Install the modem card 7 Install the base cover 8 Install the secure digital SD Card 9 Install the battery 10 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 41 ...

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Page 43: ...LAN Card 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the base cover 4 Disconnect the antenna cables from the WLAN card 5 Remove the screw that secures the WLAN card to the computer 6 Remove the WLAN card from its slot on the system board 43 ...

Page 44: ...a 45 degree angle into its slot 2 Connect the antenna cables to their respective connectors marked on the WLAN card 3 Replace and tighten the screw to secure the WLAN card to the computer 4 Install the base cover 5 Install the battery 6 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 44 ...

Page 45: ...twork WWAN Card 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the base cover 4 Disconnect the antenna cables from the WWAN card 5 Remove the screw that secures the WWAN card to the computer 6 Remove the WWAN card from the computer 45 ...

Page 46: ...a 45 degree angle into its slot 2 Connect the antenna cables to their respective connectors marked on the WWAN card 3 Replace and tighten the screw to secure the WWAN card to the computer 4 Install the base cover 5 Install the battery 6 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 46 ...

Page 47: ...n Before Working on Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the base cover 4 Disconnect and remove the power connector cable from the route 5 Remove the screw that secures the power connector bracket to the computer 6 Remove the power connector port from the computer 47 ...

Page 48: ...ctor trim to the computer 3 Insert the power connector in its compartment 4 Install the power connector bracket in its place and tighten the screw to secure its position 5 Connect the power connector to the system board 6 Connect and route the power connector cable 7 Remove the base cover 8 Remove the battery 9 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 48 ...

Page 49: ...r 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the base cover 4 Disconnect the heat sink cable from the system board 5 Remove the screws that secure the heat sink assembly to the system board 6 Lift up to raise the right side of the heat sink and slide the heat sink sideways to remove from the system board 49 ...

Page 50: ... position in the system board 2 Tighten the screws to secure the heat sink assembly to the system board 3 Connect the heat sink cable to the system board 4 Install the base cover 5 Install the battery 6 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 50 ...

Page 51: ...w the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the base cover 4 Remove the heat sink 5 Rotate the processor cam lock in a counter clockwise direction 6 Lift up and remove the processor from the system board 51 ...

Page 52: ...rocessor and the socket 2 Slide the processor into the socket 3 Rotate the processor cam lock in a clockwise direction 4 Install the heat sink 5 Install the base cover 6 Install the battery 7 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 52 ...

Page 53: ... Before Working On Your Computer 2 Using a plastic scribe pry under the keyboard trim to release it from the computer 3 Lift the keyboard trim to release the tabs 4 Pry up the keyboard trim from the bottom center 5 Lift up to remove the keyboard trim from the computer 53 ...

Page 54: ...talling The Keyboard Trim 1 Align the keyboard trim to its compartment 2 Press along the sides of the keyboard trim until it snaps in place 3 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 54 ...

Page 55: ...ing On Your Computer 2 Remove the keyboard trim 3 Remove the battery 4 Remove the base cover 5 Remove the screws that secure the keyboard to the palm rest assembly 6 Flip the keyboard over 7 Lift the clip to release the keyboard cable and disconnect it from the computer 55 ...

Page 56: ...8 Remove the keyboard from the system board 9 Remove the tape that secures the keyboard cable from the keyboard 10 Disconnect and remove the keyboard data cable from the keyboard 56 ...

Page 57: ...ir positions 3 Press down on the keyboard to the left and right side ensuring that all the snaps are fully engaged with the computer 4 Fasten the keyboard cable clip 5 Replace and tighten the screws to secure the keyboard to the palm rest 6 Install the base cover 7 Install the battery 8 Install the keyboard trim 9 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 57 ...

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Page 59: ...the display assembly 5 Remove the optical drive 6 Remove the hard drive 7 Remove the bluetooth 8 Remove the keyboard trim 9 Remove the keyboard 10 Remove the screws that secure the palm rest assembly to the computer 11 Flip the computer and remove the screws from the system board 12 Disconnect the following cables from the system board fingerprint sensor 59 ...

Page 60: ...at a 45 degree angle and remove it Installing The Palm Rest Assembly 1 Align the palm rest assembly to its original position in the computer and snap it into place 2 Connect the following cables to the system board fingerprint sensor Radio Frequency Identification RFID sensor touch Pad 60 ...

Page 61: ...he computer 4 Install the keyboard 5 Install the keyboard trim 6 Install the Bluetooth 7 Install the hard drive 8 Install the optical drive 9 Install the display assembly 10 Install the base cover 11 Install the battery 12 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 61 ...

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Page 63: ...r 4 Remove the display assembly 5 Remove the optical drive 6 Remove the hard drive 7 Remove the bluetooth module 8 Remove the keyboard trim 9 Remove the keyboard 10 Remove the palm rest assembly 11 Disconnect the smart card reader cable from the system board 12 Remove screws from the smart card reader 13 Remove the smart card reader from the computer 63 ...

Page 64: ...the smart card reader cable to the system board 4 Install the palm rest assembly 5 Install the keyboard 6 Install the keyboard trim 7 Install the bluetooth module 8 Install the hard drive 9 Install the optical drive 10 Install the display assembly 11 Install the base cover 12 Install the battery 13 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 64 ...

Page 65: ...ressCard 4 Remove the optical drive 5 Remove the base cover 6 Remove the hard drive 7 Remove the bluetooth 8 Remove the keyboard trim 9 Remove the keyboard 10 Remove the palm rest assembly 11 Remove the display assembly 12 Remove the screws securing the ExpressCard cage to the computer 13 Lift and remove the ExpressCard cage from the computer 65 ...

Page 66: ...ge to the computer 3 Install the display assembly 4 Install the palm rest assembly 5 Install the keyboard 6 Install the keyboard trim 7 Install the Bluetooth 8 Install the hard drive 9 Install the base cover 10 Install the optical drive 11 Install the ExpressCard 12 Install the battery 13 Follow the procedures in After working inside your computer 66 ...

Page 67: ... base cover 4 Remove the display assembly 5 Remove the optical drive 6 Remove the hard drive 7 Remove the Bluetooth 8 Remove the keyboard trim 9 Remove the keyboard 10 Remove the palm rest assembly 11 Remove the wireless switch cable from the system board 12 Remove the screw from the system board 13 Remove the wireless switch board from the computer 67 ...

Page 68: ...connect the wireless switch cable in the system board 4 Install the palm rest assembly 5 Install the keyboard 6 Install the keyboard trim 7 Install the bluetooth 8 Install the hard drive 9 Install the optical drive 10 Install the display assembly 11 Install the base cover 12 Install the battery 13 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 68 ...

Page 69: ... 8 Remove the hard drive 9 Remove the wireless local area network WLAN card 10 Remove the wireless wide area network WWAN card 11 Remove the heat sink 12 Remove the processor 13 Remove the memory 14 Remove the Bluetooth 15 Remove the modem card 16 Remove the keyboard trim 17 Remove the keyboard 18 Remove the palm rest assembly 19 Remove the ExpressCard cage 20 Disconnect and release coin cell batt...

Page 70: ...21 Remove the two screws securing the LVDS bracket 22 Remove the LVDS bracket 23 Disconnect the following cables from the system board LVDS camera microphone touch screen if applicable 70 ...

Page 71: ... disconnect the following cables from the system board wireless switch board smart card reader speaker 25 Remove the screws from the system board 26 Detach the top left edge of the system board from the I O board connector 71 ...

Page 72: ...m board into its original position on the computer 2 Replace and tighten the screws to secure the system board to the computer 3 Route and connect the following cables the system board LVDS camera microphone touchscreen if applicable speaker wireless switch board smart card reader coin cell battery 72 ...

Page 73: ...tooth 11 Install the memory 12 Install the processor 13 Install the heat sink 14 Install the wireless wide area network WWAN card 15 Install the wireless local area network WLAN card 16 Install the hard drive 17 Install the optical drive 18 Install the display assembly 19 Install the base cover 20 Install the battery 21 Install the ExpressCard 22 Install the secure digital SD Card 23 Follow the pr...

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Page 75: ...ove the hard drive 9 Remove the wireless local area network WLAN card 10 Remove the wireless wide area network WWAN card 11 Remove the heat sink 12 Remove the processor 13 Remove the memory 14 Remove the bluetooth 15 Remove the modem card 16 Remove the keyboard trim 17 Remove the keyboard 18 Remove the palm rest assembly 19 Remove the ExpressCard cage 20 Remove the system board 21 Remove the screw...

Page 76: ...22 Slide and remove the hard drive support plate 23 Remove the screws that secures the speakers 24 Unthread the speaker cables and remove the speakers 76 ...

Page 77: ...est assembly 8 Install the keyboard 9 Install the keyboard trim 10 Install the modem card 11 Install the Bluetooth 12 Install the memory 13 Install the processor 14 Install the heat sink 15 Install the wireless wide area network WWAN card 16 Install the wireless local area network WLAN card 17 Install the hard drive 18 Install the optical drive 19 Install the display assembly 20 Remove the base co...

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Page 79: ...d drive 9 Remove the wireless local area network WLAN card 10 Remove the wireless wide area network WWAN card 11 Remove the heat sink 12 Remove the processor 13 Remove the memory 14 Remove the Bluetooth 15 Remove the modem card 16 Remove the modem connector 17 Remove the keyboard trim 18 Remove the keyboard 19 Remove the palm rest assembly 20 Remove the smart card reader 21 Remove the ExpressCard ...

Page 80: ...24 Lift the I O panel at a 45 degree angle and remove it from the computer 80 ...

Page 81: ... the keyboard trim 9 Install the modem connector 10 Install the modem card 11 Install the bluetooth 12 Install the memory 13 Install the processor 14 Install the heatsink 15 Install the wireless wide area network WWAN card 16 Install the wireless local area network WLAN card 17 Install the hard drive 18 Install the optical drive 19 Install the display assembly 20 Install the base cover 21 Install ...

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Page 83: ...res in Before Working On Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the base cover 4 Release the antenna cables from the computer 5 Remove the screws that secures the low voltage differential signaling LVDS support bracket 6 Lift up and remove the LVDS support bracket 83 ...

Page 84: ...7 Disconnect the following cables from the system board LVDS camera touch screen 8 Unthread the cables 9 Remove the screws that secures the display assembly to the computer 84 ...

Page 85: ...10 Lift up the computer base from the display assembly to release the LVDS cable and antenna cables from the computer 11 Remove the computer by disengaging it from the system assembly 85 ...

Page 86: ...y assembly to the computer 4 Route the LVDS cable along its compartment and connect the connector to the system board 5 Install the LVDS bracket 6 Tighten the screws to secure the bracket in place 7 Route the Wireless Local Area Network WLAN and or Wireless Wide Area Network WWAN antennae along their compartments and connect the antennae to the WLAN and or WWAN module 8 Install the base cover 9 In...

Page 87: ...4 Remove the display bezel Installing The Display Bezel 1 Place the display bezel onto the display assembly 2 Starting from the top corner press on the display bezel and work around the entire bezel until is snaps onto the display assembly 3 Press on the left and right edges of the display bezel 4 Install the battery 5 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 87 ...

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Page 89: ...Before Working On Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the display bezel 4 Remove the screws that secures the display panel to the computer 5 Flip the display panel over the keyboard 6 Peel the tape from the low voltage differential signaling LVSD cable connector 89 ...

Page 90: ...e display panel in its original position in the computer 2 Connect the low voltage differential signaling LVSD cable to the display panel and attach the tape 3 Tighten the screws securing the display panel to the computer 4 Install the battery 5 Install the display bezel 6 Follow the procedures in After working inside your computer 90 ...

Page 91: ...sen the screw that secures the camera module 5 Disconnect the cable and remove the camera module Installing The Camera 1 Replace the camera module in position and connect the cable 2 Tighten the screw to secure the camera module 3 Install the display bezel 4 Install the battery 5 Follow the procedures in After working inside your computer 91 ...

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Page 93: ...on about your computer System Information Chipset Intel Mobile Express Series 6 chipset DRAM bus width 64 bit Flash EPROM SPI 32 Mbits PCIe Gen1 bus 100 MHz Processor Types Intel Core i3 series Intel Core i5 series with Turbo BoostTechnology 2 0 Intel Core i7 series with Turbo BoostTechnology 2 0 L2 cache up to 6 MB External bus frequency 1333 MHz Memory Memory connector two SODIMM slots Memory ca...

Page 94: ...peaker amplifier 0 5 W typical per channel Volume controls keyboard function keys and program menus Video Video type integrated on system board discrete Data bus UMA integrated video Discrete PCI E x16 Gen1 PCI E x16 Gen2 Video controller UMA Intel HD Graphics Discrete NVIDIA NVS 4200M Discrete Graphics 512 MB DDR3 Communications Network adapter 10 100 1000 Mbps Ethernet LAN Wireless internal wire...

Page 95: ...ntactless Smart Card Supported Smart Cards Technologies ISO14443A 106 kbps 212 kbps 424 kbps and 848 kbps ISO14443B 106 kbps 212 kbps 424 kbps and 848 kbps ISO15693 HID iClass FIPS201 NXP Desfire Display Type WLED display Size 15 6 inch high definition HD Dimensions Height 210 00 mm 8 26 inches Width 360 00 mm 14 17 inches Diagonal 396 24 mm 15 60 inches Active area X Y 344 23 mm x 193 54 mm Maxim...

Page 96: ...RTY AZERTY Kanji Touchpad Active Area X axis 80 00 mm Y axis 40 70 mm Battery Type 4 cell smart lithium ion 6 cell smart lithium ion 9 cell smart lithium ion Dimensions 4 cell and 6 cell Depth 48 08 mm 1 90 inches Height 20 00 mm 0 79 inches Width 208 00 mm 8 19 inches 9 cell Depth 71 79 mm 2 83 inches Height 20 00 mm 0 79 inches Width 214 00 mm 8 43 inches Weight 96 ...

Page 97: ...on Operating 40 C to 65 C 40 F to 149 F Coin cell battery 3 V CR2032 lithium coin cell AC Adapter Type 65 W 90 W and 150 W NOTE 65 W AC adapter is available only for computers with integrated video card Input voltage 100 VAC to 240 VAC Input current maximum 1 50 A 1 60 A 1 70 A 2 10 A Input frequency 50 Hz to 60 Hz Output power 65 W 90 W and 150 W Output current 3 34 A 4 62 A and 7 70 A continuous...

Page 98: ...lb Environmental Temperature Operating 0 C to 35 C 32 F to 95 F Storage 40 C to 65 C 40 F to 149 F Relative humidity maximum Operating 10 to 90 noncondensing Storage 5 to 95 noncondensing Altitude maximum Operating 15 2 m to 3048 m 50 ft to 10 000 ft Non Operating 15 2 m to 10 668 m 50 ft to 35 000 ft Airborne contaminant level G1 as defined by ISA 71 04 1985 98 ...

Page 99: ...rk incorrectly Entering System Setup 1 Turn on or restart your computer 2 When the blue DELL logo is displayed you must watch for the F2 prompt to appear 3 Once the F2 prompt appears press F2 immediately NOTE The F2 prompt indicates that the keyboard has initialized This prompt can appear very quickly so you must watch for it to display and then press F2 If you press F2 before you are prompted thi...

Page 100: ...e Internal HDD USB Storage Device CD DVD CD RW Drive Onboard NIC Cardbus NIC You can also choose the Boot List option The options are Legacy UEFI Date Time Allows you to change the date and time System Configuration The following table describe the menu options of the System Configuration menu Option Description NOTE System Configuration contains options and settings related to integrated system d...

Page 101: ... 2 0 Parallel Port Allows you to configure the parallel port on the docking station The options are Disabled AT PS2 ECP Default Setting AT Serial Port Allows you to configure the integrated serial port The options are Disabled COM1 COM2 COM3 COM4 Default Setting COM1 SATA Operation Allows you to configure the internal SATA hard drive controller The options are Disabled ATA AHCI RAID On Default Set...

Page 102: ...lowing devices Internal Modem Microphone eSATA Ports Hard Drive Free Fall Protection Module Bay ExpressCard Camera You can also enable or disable Media Card and 1394 Enable Media Card only Disable Media Card and 1394 Default Setting Media Card and 1394 Keyboard illumination Allows you to configure the keyboard illumination feature The options are Disabled Level is 25 Level is 50 Level is 75 Levels...

Page 103: ...s Technology applicable to Windows 7 only Security The following table describe the menu options of the Security menu Option Description Admin Password Allows you to set change or delete the administrator admin password NOTE You must set the admin password before you set the system or hard drive password NOTE Successful password changes take effect immediately NOTE Deleting the admin password auto...

Page 104: ...s the System and the Internal HDD password when they are set The options are Disabled Reboot bypass Default Setting Disabled Password Change Allows you to enable the disable permission to the System and Hard Drive passwords when the admin password is set Default Setting Allow Non Admin Password Changes is selected Strong Password Allows you to enforce the option to always set strong passwords Defa...

Page 105: ...le the Execute Disable mode of the processor Default Setting Enabled Non Admin Setup Changes Allows you to determine whether changes to the setup options are allowed when an Administrator Password is set If disabled the setup options are locked by the admin password Default Setting Disabled Password Configuration Allows you to determine the minimum and maximum length of Administrator and System pa...

Page 106: ...nabled Limit CPUID Allows you to limit the maximum value the processor Standard CPUID Function will support Default Setting Enable CPUID Limit Intel TurboBoost Allows you to enable or disable the Intel TurboBoost mode of the processor Default Setting Enabled HyperThread Control Allows you to enable or disable the HyperThreading in the processor Default Setting Enabled Power Management The followin...

Page 107: ...r disable the feature that automatically switches from wired or wireless networks without depending on the physical connection Default Setting The options Control WLAN radio and Control WWAN radio are selected Wake on LAN WLAN This field allows the computer to power up from the off state when triggered by a special LAN signal or from Hibernate state when triggered by a special wireless LAN signal ...

Page 108: ...menu options of the POST Behavior menu Option Description Adapter Warnings Allows you to enable or disable the system setup BIOS warning messages when you use certain power adapters Default Setting Enable Adapter Warnings is selected Keypad Embedded Allows you to choose one or two methods to enable the keypad that is embedded in the internal keyboard Fn Key Only By Num Lk Default Setting Fn Key On...

Page 109: ...Enable F12 Boot Option Menu is selected Fastboot Allows to set the option to speed up the boot process The options are Minimal Thorough Auto Default Setting Thorough Virtualization Support The following table describe the menu options of the Virtualization Support menu Option Description Virtualization Allows you to enable or disable the Intel Virtualization Technology Default Setting Enable Intel...

Page 110: ... can be controlled by the wireless switch The options are WWAN WLAB Bluetooth Default Setting All the options are selected Wireless Device Enable Allows you to enable or disable the wireless devices Default Setting All the options are selected Maintenance The following table describe the menu options of the Maintenance menu Option Description Service Tag Displays the Service Tag of your computer N...

Page 111: ...Option Description BIOS Events Allows you to view and clear the System Setup BIOS POST events DellDiag Events Allows you to view and clear the DellDiag events Thermal Events Allows you to view and clear the Thermal events Power Events Allows you to view and clear the Power events 111 ...

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Page 113: ...e light An unauthenticated or unsupported non Dell AC adapter is attached to your laptop Alternately blinking amber light with steady blue light Temporary battery failure with AC adapter present Constantly blinking amber light Fatal battery failure with AC adapter present Light off Battery in full charge mode with AC adapter present Blue light on Battery in charge mode with AC adapter present LED ...

Page 114: ...y 4 Replace the system board Blinking Blinking Blinking System board error Replace the system board Blinking Blinking Solid Video card error Replace the system board Blinking Blinking Off Keyboard error 1 Reseat the keboard cable 2 Replace the keyboard Blinking Off Blinking USB controller error Unplug the USB device if any Solid Blinking Blinking No SODIMMs are installed 1 Install supported memory...

Page 115: ...stem board Blinking Solid Blinking Display panel error 1 Reseat the display cable 2 Replace the display panel 3 Replace the video card system board Off Blinking Blinking Modem error 1 Reseat the modem 2 Replace the modem 3 Replace the system board 115 ...

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Page 117: ... support and service options Availability varies by country and product and some services may not be available in your area To contact Dell for sales technical support or customer service issues 1 Visit support dell com 2 Select your support category 3 If you are not a U S customer select your country code at the bottom of the page or select All to see more choices 4 Select the appropriate service...

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