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Summary of Contents for Precision M6600

Page 1: ...Dell Precision M6600 Owner s Manual Regulatory Model P10E Regulatory Type P10E001 ...

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: ...d 13 Installing The Secure Digital SD Card 13 3 ExpressCard 15 Removing the ExpressCard 15 Installing The ExpressCard 15 4 Battery 17 Removing The Battery 17 Installing The Battery 17 5 Subscriber Identity Module SIM Card 19 Removing The Subscriber Identity Module SIM Card 19 Installing The Subscriber Identity Module SIM Card 20 6 Bluetooth Card 21 Removing The Bluetooth Card 21 Installing The Blu...

Page 4: ...talling The Primary Hard Drive 35 12 Secondary Hard Drive 37 Removing The Secondary Hard Drive 37 Installing The Secondary Hard Drive 38 13 Wireless Local Area Network WLAN Card 39 Removing Wireless Local Area Network WLAN Card 39 Installing The Wireless Local Area Network WLAN Card 40 14 Wireless Wide Area Network WWAN Card 41 Removing The Wireless Wide Area Network WWAN Card 41 Installing The Wi...

Page 5: ...t 51 Removing The Palm Rest 51 Installing The Palm Rest 56 20 CPU and Heatsink 57 Removing The CPU Heatsink 57 Installing The CPU Heatsink 58 21 Processor 59 Removing The Processor 59 Installing The Processor 60 22 Graphics Card Heatsink 61 Removing The Graphics Card Heatsink 61 Installing The Graphics Card Heatsink 64 23 Graphics Card 65 Removing The Graphics Card 65 Installing The Graphics Card ...

Page 6: ...ssembly 81 28 System Board 83 Removing The System Board 83 Installing The System Board 86 29 Touchscreen Display Bezel 87 Removing The Touchscreen Display Bezel 87 Installing The Touchscreen Display Bezel 89 30 Touchscreen Display Panel 91 Removing The Touchscreen Display Panel 91 Installing The Touchscreen Display Panel 94 31 Display Bezel 95 Removing The Display Bezel 95 Installing The Display B...

Page 7: ...able 107 Removing The Low Voltage Differential Signaling LVDS Camera Cable 107 Installing The Low Voltage Differential Signaling LVDS Camera Cable 109 36 Specifications 111 Technical Specifications 111 37 System Setup 117 System Setup Overview 117 Entering System Setup 117 System Setup Menu Options 117 38 Diagnostics 131 Device Status Lights 131 Battery Status Lights 131 Diagnostics 131 39 Contact...

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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: ...Press in the Secure Digital SD memory card to release it 3 Slide the SD memory card out of the computer Installing The Secure Digital SD Card 1 Locate the Secure Digital SD memory card compartment on the left side of the chassis 2 Push the SD memory card into the compartment until it is fully engaged with a click sound 13 ...

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Page 15: ...ter 2 Press in on the ExpressCard gently to release it from the computer 3 Grasp the ExpressCard and pull out to release from 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: ... the battery release latch into the unlock position 3 Remove the battery from the computer Installing The Battery 1 Slide the battery back into the computer 2 The battery release latch automatically clicks back to the locked position 3 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 17 ...

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Page 19: ... 5 Removing The Subscriber Identity Module SIM Card 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Slide the Subscriber Identity Module SIM outward away from the slot 4 Pull out the SIM from the slot 19 ...

Page 20: ...ule SIM Card 1 Locate the Subscriber Identity Module SIM card slot in the battery compartment 2 Push the SIM card into the slot until it is fully engaged 3 Replace the battery 4 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 20 ...

Page 21: ... the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Slide the Bluetooth door upward and release from the slot 4 Disconnect the Bluetooth cable from the Bluetooth card 5 Remove the single screw securing the Bluetooth card in place 21 ...

Page 22: ... screw hole 2 Tighten the screw to secure the Bluetooth card in place 3 Connect the Bluetooth cable to the Bluetooth card 4 Locate the Bluetooth door compartment 5 Slide the Bluetooth door onto the compartment until the tab is fully engaged 6 Install the battery 7 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 22 ...

Page 23: ...edures in Before Working On Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the screws that secure the base cover to the computer 4 Press the rubber feet towards the rear of the computer to disengage the bottom door 5 Remove the base cover from the computer 23 ...

Page 24: ...er 1 Slide the bottom door downwards and towards the front of the computer 2 Tighten the screws that secure the base cover to the computer 3 Install the battery 4 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 24 ...

Page 25: ...s in Before Working On Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Using a plastic scribe pry under the keyboard trim to release it from the computer 4 Work your way around the sides and bottom edge of the keyboard trim 5 Lift up to remove the keyboard trim from the unit 25 ...

Page 26: ...bs on the top of the palm rest 2 Press downwards along the bottom edge to latch on the tabs until clicks are heard 3 Work your way around the sides and top edge of the keyboard trim 4 Install the battery 5 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 26 ...

Page 27: ...ur Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the keyboard trim 4 Remove the screws securing the keyboard in place 5 Starting from the bottom of the keyboard separate the keyboard from the computer and turn the keyboard over 6 Disconnect the keyboard data cable from the system board 27 ...

Page 28: ...7 Remove the keyboard 8 Peel back the adhesive tape securing the keyboard data cable to the back of the keyboard 9 Disconnect the keyboard data cable from the back of the keyboard 28 ...

Page 29: ... 2 Replace the adhesive tape to secure the keyboard data cable to the back of the keyboard 3 Connect the keyboard data cable to the system board 4 Place the keyboard on the palm rest and align the screw holes 5 Tighten the keyboard screws 6 Install the keyboard trim 7 Install the battery 8 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 29 ...

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Page 31: ... the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the base cover 4 Remove the screw securing the optical drive in place 5 Remove the optical drive from the computer 6 Remove the screws securing the optical drive bracket 31 ...

Page 32: ...ecure the bracket to the back of the optical drive 2 Slide the optical drive into the compartment on the right side of the chassis 3 Tighten the screw to secure the optical drive to the computer 4 Install the base cover 5 Install the battery 6 Follow the procedures in After working inside your computer 32 ...

Page 33: ...cedures in Before Working On Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the base cover 4 Remove the screws securing the hard drive bracket in place 5 Remove the screw securing the hard drive latch in place 6 Slide the hard drive release latch into the unlock position 33 ...

Page 34: ...7 Remove the hard drive bracket from the computer 8 Flex the hard drive bracket outward and press the hard drive upwards from the bottom 9 Remove the hard drive from the hard drive bracket 34 ...

Page 35: ...rive bracket 3 Slide the hard drive into its compartment towards the connector on the system board 4 Tighten the screw securing the hard drive latch in place 5 Tighten the screws securing the hard drive in place 6 Install the base cover 7 Install the battery 8 Follow the procedures in After working inside your computer 35 ...

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Page 37: ...ocedures in Before Working On Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the base cover 4 Remove the screws securing the hard drive bracket in place 5 Use the tab to pull the hard drive bracket upward and remove it from the computer 6 Remove the hard drive bracket screws 37 ...

Page 38: ...n the hard drive bracket screws Ensure that the bracket is properly aligned and holds the hard drive 3 Slide the hard drive into its compartment towards the connector on system board 4 Tighten the screws securing the hard drive in place 5 Install the base cover 6 Install the battery 7 Follow the procedures in After working inside your computer 38 ...

Page 39: ...etwork WLAN Card 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the base cover 4 Disconnect any antennas that may be connected to the WLAN card 5 Remove the screw that secures the WLAN card to the computer 6 Remove the WLAN card 39 ...

Page 40: ...e the WLAN card into its slot 2 Tighten the screw securing the WLAN card in place 3 Connect the antennas according to the color code on the WLAN card 4 Install the base cover 5 Install the battery 6 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 40 ...

Page 41: ...k WWAN Card 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the base cover 4 Disconnect any antennas that may be connected to the Wireless Wide Area Network WWAN card 5 Remove the screw securing the WWAN in place 6 Remove the WWAN card 41 ...

Page 42: ... Wide Area Network WWAN card into its slot 2 Tighten the screw securing the WWAN card in place 3 Connect the antennas according to the color code on the WWAN card 4 Install the base cover 5 Install the battery 6 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 42 ...

Page 43: ...e Primary Memory 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the base cover 4 Gently pry the retention clips away from the memory modules 5 Remove the memory modules from the computer 43 ...

Page 44: ...lot in the computer 2 Insert the memory into the memory socket 3 Press down on the memory until the securing clips secure the memory in place 4 Install the base cover 5 Install the battery 6 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 44 ...

Page 45: ... in Before Working On Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the keyboard trim 4 Remove the keyboard 5 Gently pry the retention clips away from the memory module 6 Remove the memory module from the computer 7 Gently pry the retention clips away from the memory module 45 ...

Page 46: ...mory socket 3 Press down on the memory until the securing clips secure the memory in place 4 Insert the memory into the memory socket 5 Press down on the memory until the securing clips secure the memory in place 6 Install the keyboard 7 Install the keyboard trim 8 Install the battery 9 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 46 ...

Page 47: ...Fan 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the base cover 4 Disconnect the CPU fan cable 5 Remove the screws securing the CPU fan in place 6 Remove the CPU fan from the computer 47 ...

Page 48: ...e the CPU fan compartment in the computer 2 Tighten the screws securing the CPU fan in place 3 Connect the CPU fan cable 4 Install the battery 5 Install the base cover 6 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 48 ...

Page 49: ...attery 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the base cover 4 Disconnect the coin cell battery 5 Pry up the coin cell battery from the adhesive 6 Remove the coin cell battery from the computer 49 ...

Page 50: ...ttery 1 Attach the coin cell battery to the coin cell compartment 2 Connect the coin cell battery to the system board 3 Install the battery 4 Install the base cover 5 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 50 ...

Page 51: ...r 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the base cover 4 Remove the keyboard trim 5 Remove the keyboard 6 Remove the optical drive 7 Remove the primary hard drive 8 Remove the secondary hard drive 9 Remove the screws at the bottom of the computer 10 Remove the screws securing the palm rest in place 51 ...

Page 52: ...11 Loosen the captive screws 12 Disconnect the speaker cable 13 Disconnect the media board cable 52 ...

Page 53: ...14 Disconnect the touchpad cable 15 Disconnect the Radio Frequency Identification RFID cable 16 Disconnect the fingerprint reader cable 53 ...

Page 54: ...17 Disconnect the Bluetooth cable 18 Disconnect the power button cable 19 Lift up the left edge of palm rest assembly 54 ...

Page 55: ...20 Release the tabs along the edges of the palmrest 21 Disconnect the Bluetooth cable from the Bluetooth module 22 Remove the palm rest 55 ...

Page 56: ... 5 Press down on the memory until the securing clips secure the memory in place 6 Tighten the captive screws securing the palm rest in place 7 Tighten the screws securing the palm rest in place 8 Tighten the screws on the bottom of the system securing the palm rest in place 9 Install the secondary hard drive 10 Install the primary hard drive 11 Install the optical drive 12 Install the keyboard 13 ...

Page 57: ...ove the battery 3 Remove the base cover 4 Remove the keyboard trim 5 Remove the keyboard 6 Remove the optical drive 7 Remove the primary hard drive 8 Remove the secondary hard drive 9 Remove the CPU fan 10 Remove the palm rest 11 Disconnect the camera cable 12 Loosen the captive screws 1 2 3 on the heatsink 57 ...

Page 58: ...ure the heatsink is properly aligned and seated over the processor 3 Install the palm rest 4 Install the CPU fan 5 Install the secondary hard drive 6 Install the primary hard drive 7 Install the optical drive 8 Install the keyboard 9 Install the keyboard trim 10 Install the base cover 11 Install the battery 12 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 58 ...

Page 59: ...cover 4 Remove the keyboard trim 5 Remove the keyboard 6 Remove the optical drive 7 Remove the primary hard drive 8 Remove the secondary hard drive 9 Remove the CPU fan 10 Remove the palm rest 11 Remove the CPU heatsink 12 Rotate the processor cam lock in a counter clockwise direction to the unlock position 13 Remove the processor 59 ...

Page 60: ...tion to the locked position 3 Install the CPU heatsink 4 Install the palm rest 5 Install the CPU fan 6 Install the secondary hard drive 7 Install the primary hard drive 8 Install the optical drive 9 Install the keyboard 10 Install the keyboard trim 11 Install the base cover 12 Install the battery 13 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 60 ...

Page 61: ...the base cover 4 Remove the keyboard trim 5 Remove the keyboard 6 Remove the optical drive 7 Remove the primary hard drive 8 Remove the secondary hard drive 9 Remove the CPU fan 10 Remove the palm rest 11 Remove the CPU heatsink 12 Disconnect any antennas connected to the installed wireless slots 13 Remove the any antennas from the routing channels 61 ...

Page 62: ...14 Pull the antennas through the opening to the top of the computer 15 Disconnect the graphics card fan cable 16 Remove the screw securing the graphics card heatsink in place 62 ...

Page 63: ...17 Loosen the captive screws 1 2 3 4 on the heatsink 18 Lift up the graphics card heatsink and remove from the computer 63 ...

Page 64: ...Push the antennas through the opening to the bottom of the computer 6 Secure the antennas to the routing channels 7 Connect the antennas to the installed wireless slots 8 Install the CPU heatsink 9 Install the palm rest 10 Install the CPU fan 11 Install the secondary hard drive 12 Install the primary hard drive 13 Install the optical drive 14 Install the keyboard 15 Install the keyboard trim 16 In...

Page 65: ...over 4 Remove the keyboard trim 5 Remove the keyboard 6 Remove the optical drive 7 Remove the primary hard drive 8 Remove the secondary hard drive 9 Remove the CPU fan 10 Remove the palm rest 11 Remove the CPU heatsink 12 Remove the graphics card heat sink 13 Remove the screws securing the graphics card in place 14 Remove the graphics card 65 ...

Page 66: ...ics card heatsink 4 Install the CPU heatsink 5 Install the palm rest 6 Install the CPU fan 7 Install the secondary hard drive 8 Install the primary hard drive 9 Install the optical drive 10 Install the keyboard 11 Install the keyboard trim 12 Install the base cover 13 Install the battery 14 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 66 ...

Page 67: ...r 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the base cover 4 Remove the keyboard trim 5 Remove the keyboard 6 Remove the optical drive 7 Remove the primary hard drive 8 Remove the secondary hard drive 9 Remove the palm rest 10 Disconnect the ExpressCard cable 11 Remove the screws securing the ExpressCard module in place 67 ...

Page 68: ...the ExpressCard module in place 2 Connect the ExpressCard cable 3 Install the palm rest 4 Install the secondary hard drive 5 Install the primary hard drive 6 Install the optical drive 7 Install the keyboard 8 Install the keyboard trim 9 Install the base cover 10 Install the battery 11 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 68 ...

Page 69: ... 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the base cover 4 Remove the keyboard trim 5 Remove the keyboard 6 Remove the optical drive 7 Remove the primary hard drive 8 Remove the secondary hard drive 9 Remove the palm rest 10 Disconnect the ExpressCard cable 11 Remove the screw securing the Input Output IO board in place 69 ...

Page 70: ...12 Lift the right edge of the IO board upwards to disengage the connector and remove from the computer 70 ...

Page 71: ...ard 2 Tighten the screw securing the IO board in place 3 Connect the ExpressCard cable 4 Install the palm rest 5 Install the secondary hard drive 6 Install the primary hard drive 7 Install the optical drive 8 Install the keyboard 9 Install the keyboard trim 10 Install the base cover 11 Install the battery 12 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 71 ...

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Page 73: ...he keyboard trim 5 Remove the keyboard 6 Remove the optical drive 7 Remove the primary hard drive 8 Remove the secondary hard drive 9 Remove the CPU fan 10 Remove the palm rest 11 Remove the CPU heatsink 12 Remove the Input Output board 13 Disconnect the DC in cable from the system board 14 Remove the single screw securing the DC in bracket in place 73 ...

Page 74: ...15 Remove the DC in bracket 16 Remove the DC in jack 74 ...

Page 75: ...he system board 4 Install the Input Output board 5 Install the CPU heatsink 6 Install the palm rest 7 Install the CPU fan 8 Install the secondary hard drive 9 Install the primary hard drive 10 Install the optical drive 11 Install the keyboard 12 Install the keyboard trim 13 Install the base cover 14 Install the battery 15 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 75 ...

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Page 77: ...he battery 3 Remove the base cover 4 Remove the keyboard trim 5 Remove the keyboard 6 Remove the optical drive 7 Remove the primary hard drive 8 Remove the secondary hard drive 9 Remove the palm rest 10 Disconnect any antennas connected to installed wireless solutions 11 Remove the antennas from the routing channels 77 ...

Page 78: ...12 Remove the screws at the bottom of the computer 13 Remove the screws at the rear of the computer 14 Pull the antennas through the opening to the top of the computer 78 ...

Page 79: ...15 Loosen the captive screws securing the low voltage differential signaling LVDS cable in place 16 Disconnect the LVDS cable 17 Disconnect the camera cable 79 ...

Page 80: ...18 Remove the screws securing the display assembly in place 19 Remove the display assembly 80 ...

Page 81: ...e low voltage differential signaling LVDS cable to the system board and tighten the captive screws securing the LVDS cable in place 7 Push the antennas through the opening to the bottom of the computer 8 Secure the antennas to the routing channels 9 Connect antennas to installed wireless solutions 10 Install the palm rest 11 Install the secondary hard drive 12 Install the primary hard drive 13 Ins...

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Page 83: ...l drive 8 Remove the primary hard drive 9 Remove the secondary hard drive 10 Remove the WLAN card 11 Remove the WWAN card 12 Remove the primary memory 13 Remove the secondary memory 14 Remove the CPU fan 15 Remove the palm rest 16 Remove the CPU heatsink 17 Remove the processor 18 Remove the graphics card heatsink 19 Remove the graphics card 20 Remove the Input Output board 21 Remove the display a...

Page 84: ...23 Disconnect the wireless switch cable on the top side of the system board 24 Disconnect the DC in cable 25 Remove the screws securing the system board in place 84 ...

Page 85: ...26 Gently lift the bottom edge of the system board assembly and raise it to a 45 degree angle 27 Release the system board from the port connectors on the rear and remove the system board 85 ...

Page 86: ...the Input Output board 8 Install the graphics card 9 Install the graphics card heatsink 10 Install the processor 11 Install the CPU heatsink 12 Install the palm rest 13 Install the CPU fan 14 Install the secondary memory 15 Install the primary memory 16 Install the WWAN card 17 Install the WLAN card 18 Install the secondary hard drive 19 Install the primary hard drive 20 Install the optical drive ...

Page 87: ...Touchscreen Display Bezel 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the screw covers 4 Remove the screws securing the display bezel in place 5 Carefully pry up the top edge of the display bezel 87 ...

Page 88: ...6 Pry up the right edge of the display bezel 7 Pry up the bottom edge of the display bezel 8 Work your way around the left edge of the display bezel 88 ...

Page 89: ...ter 2 Starting from the bottom edge press downward on the display bezel to engage the tabs 3 Work your way around the sides and top edge 4 Tighten the screws securing the display bezel in place 5 Replace the screw covers 6 Install the battery 7 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 89 ...

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Page 91: ... Remove the battery 3 Remove the touchscreen display bezel 4 Remove the screws on the left side securing the display panel in place The screws are partially hidden by the cables Lift up the cables before removing the screws 5 Remove the screws on the right side securing the display panel in place 6 Flip over the display panel 91 ...

Page 92: ... back the adhesives and disconnect the low voltage differential signaling LVDS cable from the back of the display panel 8 Disconnect the digitizer cable 9 Remove the screws securing the digitizer in place 92 ...

Page 93: ...10 Remove the touchscreen display panel 11 Remove the screws securing the display bracket to the display panel 12 Remove the display bracket 93 ...

Page 94: ...4 Connect the digitizer cable 5 Connect the low voltage differential signaling LVDS cable to the back of the display panel and replace to adhesives securing the LVDS cable in place 6 Tighten the screws securing the display panel in place 7 Tighten the screws on the left side of the display panel securing the display panel in place 8 Install the touchscreen display Bezel 9 Install the battery 10 Fo...

Page 95: ...Bezel 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Carefully pry up the top edge of the display bezel 4 Work your way around the bottom edge and sides of the display bezel and remove the display bezel 95 ...

Page 96: ...play bezel on the computer 2 Starting from the bottom edge press downward on the display bezel to engage the tabs 3 Work your way around the sides and top edge 4 Install the battery 5 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 96 ...

Page 97: ...r 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the display bezel 4 Remove the screws on the left side securing the display panel in place The screws are partially hidden by the cables Lift up the cables before removing the screws 5 Remove the screws securing the display panel in place 6 Flip over the display panel 97 ...

Page 98: ... and disconnect the low voltage differential signaling LVDS cable from the back of the display panel 8 Remove the display panel from the display assembly 9 Remove the screws securing the display bracket to the display panel 98 ...

Page 99: ...age differential signaling LVDS cable to the back of the display panel and replace to adhesives securing the LVDS cable in place 3 Tighten the screws securing the display panel in place 4 Tighten the screws on the left side of the display panel securing the display panel in place 5 Install the display bezel 6 Install the battery 7 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 99 ...

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Page 101: ...e the battery 3 Remove the standard display bezel or the touchscreen display bezel 4 Remove the standard display panel or the touchscreen display panel 5 Disconnect the camera cable 6 Loosen the screw securing the camera and microphone module 7 Lift and remove the camera and microphone module 101 ...

Page 102: ...ra and microphone module in place 2 Connect the camera cable to the camera and microphone module 3 Install the battery 4 Install the standard display panel or the touchscreen display panel 5 Install the standard display bezel or the touchscreen display bezel 6 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 102 ...

Page 103: ...emove the keyboard 6 Remove the optical drive 7 Remove the primary hard drive 8 Remove the secondary hard drive 9 Remove the palm rest 10 Remove the display assembly 11 Remove the standard display bezel or the touchscreen display bezel 12 Remove the standard display panel or the touchscreen display panel 13 Remove the screws securing the display hinges in place 14 Remove the display hinge caps 103...

Page 104: ...15 Remove the display hinges 16 Release the display hinge towers from the cables and remove the hinge towers 104 ...

Page 105: ... securing the display hinges in place 5 Install the standard display panel or the touchscreen display panel 6 Install the standard display bezel or the touchscreen display bezel 7 Install the display assembly 8 Install the palm rest 9 Install the secondary hard drive 10 Install the primary hard drive 11 Install the optical drive 12 Install the keyboard 13 Install the keyboard trim 14 Install the b...

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Page 107: ...e the optical drive 7 Remove the primary hard drive 8 Remove the secondary hard drive 9 Remove the palm rest 10 Remove the display assembly 11 Remove the standard display bezel or the touchscreen display bezel 12 Remove the standard display panel or the touchscreen display panel 13 Remove the display hinge hinge cap hinge tower 14 Disconnect the low voltage differential signaling LVDS and camera c...

Page 108: ...16 Remove the LVDS cable from the routing channel 17 Remove the LVDS cable 108 ...

Page 109: ...y hinge hinge cap hinge tower 5 Install the standard display panel or the touchscreen display panel 6 Install the standard display bezel or the touchscreen display bezel 7 Install the display assembly 8 Install the palm rest 9 Install the secondary hard drive 10 Install the primary hard drive 11 Install the optical drive 12 Install the keyboard 13 Install the keyboard trim 14 Install the base cove...

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Page 111: ...re i7 Quad Extreme Intel Core i7 Quad Core L1 cache Up to 256 KB cache depending on processor type L2 cache Up to 8 MB cache depending on processor type Memory Type DDR3 Speed 1333 MHz and 1600 MHz faster UI Connectors Intel Core i5 and i7 Dual Core processors two DIMM slots Intel Core i7 Quad Core and i7 Quad Extreme processors four DIMM slots Capacity 1 GB 2 GB 4 GB and 8 GB Minimum Memory 2 GB ...

Page 112: ...VIDIA Quadro 4000M with 2 GB GDDR5 NVIDIA Quadro 5010M with 4GB GDDR5 Audio Integrated dual channel High Definition audio Communication Network adapter network interface card capable of 10 100 1000 Mb s communication Wireless internal wireless local area network WLAN internal wireless wide area network WWAN internal WiMax Bluetooth wireless support System Information System Chipset Mobile Intel QM...

Page 113: ...nectors for line out and line in microphone Network Adapter one RJ45 connector USB 2 0 two USB 3 0 two eSATA USB 2 0 one IEEE one 4 pin IEEE connector Video 15 pin VGA connector 19 pin HDMI connector 2 pin DisplayPort connector Battery Type lithium ion NOTE The Dell Precision M6600 Mobile Workstation only supports a 9 cell battery Dimensions 6 cell 9 cell 9 cell long cycle life LCL Depth 80 mm 3 1...

Page 114: ...ncy 50 Hz to 60 Hz 50 Hz to 60 Hz Output power 180 W 240 W Output current 9 23 A 12 30 A Rated output voltage 19 50 VDC 19 50 VDC Dimensions 180 W 240 W Height 30 mm 1 18 inches 25 40 mm 1 inch Width 155 mm 6 10 inches 200 mm 7 87 inches Depth 76 mm 2 99 inches 100 mm 3 93 inches Temperature range Operating 0 C to 40 C 32 F to 104 F Non Operating 40 C to 65 C 40 F to 149 F Contactless Smart Card S...

Page 115: ...lb with 6 cell and airbay 3 52 kg 7 77 lb with 9 cell and airbay Environmental Temperature range 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 non condensing Storage 5 to 95 non condensing Maximum vibration Operating 0 66 GRMS Storage 1 3 GRMS Maximum shock Operating 140 G Storage 163 G Altitude Operating 15 2 m to 3048 m 50 ft t...

Page 116: ...Environmental Airborne contaminant level G1 or lower as defined by ANSI ISA S71 04 1985 116 ...

Page 117: ...k 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 this...

Page 118: ...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 119: ...llel 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 Setting RAID...

Page 120: ...s 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 is 100 Defau...

Page 121: ...ty 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 automatically deletes the system password and the ha...

Page 122: ...ss 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 Default Setting Disabled OROM Keyboard Access Allows you to set an option to enter the Option ROM Con...

Page 123: ...er 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 passwords Admin Setup Lockout Allows you to prevent users from entering Setup when an Administrator password is set Default ...

Page 124: ... 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 following table describe the menu options of the Power Management menu Option Description AC Behavior Allows you to enable or disable the ...

Page 125: ... 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 Wake up from the Standby state is unaffected by this setting and must be enabled in the operating system This feature only works when the computer is connected to AC D...

Page 126: ...arnings 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 Only Mouse Touchpad Allows you to define how the system handles mouse and touchpad input The options are Serial Mouse PS2 Mouse Touchpad PS 2 Mouse Default Setting Touchpad PS 2 Mouse Numlock Enable Allows you to ena...

Page 127: ...ption Virtualization Allows you to enable or disable the Intel Virtualization Technology Default Setting Enable Intel Virtualization Technology is selected VT for Direct I O Allows you to enable or disable Virtualization Technology for Direct I O Default Setting Disabled is selected Trusted Execution This option specifies wether a Measured Virtual Machine Monitor MVMM can utilize the additional ha...

Page 128: ... menu Option Description Service Tag Displays the Service Tag of your computer NOTE If a Service Tag has not been set for this system the computer will automatically bring up this screen when users enter the BIOS You will be prompted to enter the Service Tag Asset Tag Displays the Asset Tag System Logs The following table describe the menu options of the System Logs menu Option Description BIOS Ev...

Page 129: ...Power Events Allows you to view and clear the Power events 129 ...

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Page 131: ...l outlet the battery light operates as follows Alternately blinking amber light and blue 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 wi...

Page 132: ...cted to an electrical outlet the battery light operates as follows Alternately blinking amber light and blue 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...

Page 133: ...ponent is faulty Blinking Blinking Solid The video card is preventing the system from completing POST Blinking Blinking Off The keyboard is preventing the system from completing POST Blinking Off Blinking The USB controller encountered a problem during initialization Solid Blinking Blinking No SODIMMs are installed Blinking Solid Blinking The LCD encountered a problem during initialization Off Bli...

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Page 135: ...isit support dell com 2 Verify your country or region in the Choose a Country Region drop down menu at the bottom of the page 3 Click Contact Us on the left side of the page 4 Select the appropriate service or support link based on your need 5 Choose the method of contacting Dell that is convenient for you 135 ...

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