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6.

Remove the screws that secure the palmrest to the computer.

7.

With a plastic carefully pry up the palmrest along the edges. Lift the palmrest and remove from the computer.

Installing the Palmrest

1.

Insert the palmrest towards the display screen at a 30–degree angle.

2.

Starting from the edges of the palmrest, press downwards on the palmrest to engage the tabs on the computer.

3.

Connect the power-board cable and touchpad cable to their respective connectors.

4.

Install the screws that secure the palmrest to the computer.

5.

Flip the computer and install the screws that secure the bottom base.

6.

Install the keyboard.

7.

Install the battery.

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Summary of Contents for Vostro 2420

Page 1: ...Dell Vostro 2420 Owner s Manual Regulatory Model P22G Regulatory Type P22G004 ...

Page 2: ...ademarks or trademarks 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 Unite...

Page 3: ...moving the Optical Drive 13 Installing the Optical Drive 14 Removing the Memory Module 14 Installing the Memory Module 15 Removing the Palmrest 15 Installing the Palmrest 16 Removing the Power Button Board 17 Installing the Power Button Board 18 Removing the Hard Drive 18 Installing the Hard Drive 19 Removing the Wireless Local Area Network WLAN Card 19 Installing the Wireless Local Area Network W...

Page 4: ...talling the Display Panel 36 Removing the Display Cable 37 Installing the Display Cable 38 3 System Setup 39 Boot Sequence 39 Navigation Keys 39 System Setup Options 40 Main 40 Advanced 41 Security 41 Boot 42 Exit 42 Updating the BIOS 42 System and Setup Password 42 Assigning a System Password and Setup Password 43 Deleting or Changing an Existing System and or Setup Password 43 4 Diagnostics 45 E...

Page 5: ...ching an unpainted metal surface such as a connector on the back of the computer CAUTION Handle components and cards with care Do not touch the components or contacts on a card Hold a card by its edges or by its metal mounting bracket Hold a component such as a processor by its edges not by its pins CAUTION When you disconnect a cable pull on its connector or on its pull tab not on the cable itsel...

Page 6: ... off your computer 1 Shut down the operating system In Windows 7 Click Start then click Shut Down In Windows Vista Click Start then click the arrow in the lower right corner of the Start menu as shown below and then click Shut Down In Windows XP Click Start Turn Off Computer Turn Off The computer turns off after the operating system shutdown process is complete 2 Ensure that the computer and all a...

Page 7: ...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 7 ...

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Page 9: ...r Recommended Tools The procedures in this document may require the following tools Small flat blade screwdriver Phillips screwdriver Small plastic scribe Removing the Battery 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Slide the release latches to unlock the battery 3 Slide the battery and remove it from the computer 9 ...

Page 10: ... in on the SD memory card to release it from the computer 3 Slide the SD memory card out of the computer Installing the Secure Digital SD Card 1 Push the memory card into the compartment until it is fully engaged with a click sound 2 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer Removing the Hinge Cover 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove the batte...

Page 11: ...ion to the computer 2 Flip the computer and install the screws that secure the hinge cover 3 Install the battery 4 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer Removing the Keyboard 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Starting on the right pry up the keyboard from the computer 11 ...

Page 12: ...4 Flip the keyboard over and lay it on the palmrest 5 Disconnect the keyboard cable from the system board 6 Remove the keyboard from the computer 12 ...

Page 13: ...ce 4 Install the battery 5 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer Removing the Optical Drive 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the keyboard 4 Remove the screw that secures the optical drive 5 Use a flat headed screw driver to pry the optical drive Slide the optical drive outwards and remove it from the computer 13 ...

Page 14: ...omputer 3 Install the keyboard 4 Install the battery 5 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer Removing the Memory Module 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the keyboard 4 Pry the retention clips away from the memory module until it pops up 5 Remove the memory module from the computer 14 ...

Page 15: ...ce 3 Install the keyboard 4 Install the battery 5 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer Removing the Palmrest 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the keyboard 4 Remove the screws at the base of the computer 5 Flip the computer and disconnect the power board cable 1 and the touchpad cable 2 15 ...

Page 16: ...towards the display screen at a 30 degree angle 2 Starting from the edges of the palmrest press downwards on the palmrest to engage the tabs on the computer 3 Connect the power board cable and touchpad cable to their respective connectors 4 Install the screws that secure the palmrest to the computer 5 Flip the computer and install the screws that secure the bottom base 6 Install the keyboard 7 Ins...

Page 17: ...ng Inside Your Computer 2 Remove a battery b keyboard c palmrest 3 Peel the power button board cable from the adhesive affixing it to the palmrest 4 Flip the palmrest and remove the screw that secures the power button board to the palmrest 5 Lift up the power button board and remove the power button board cable through the opening 17 ...

Page 18: ... the power button board cable to the palmrest 5 Install a palmrest b keyboard c battery 6 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer Removing the Hard Drive 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove a battery b keyboard c palmrest 3 Slide the hard drive and lift it out of the computer 4 Remove the screw that secures the hard drive bracket and detach i...

Page 19: ...he system board 4 Install a palmrest b keyboard c battery 5 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer Removing the Wireless Local Area Network WLAN Card 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove a battery b keyboard c palmrest 3 Disconnect any antennae connected to the WLAN card 4 Pry the latch to release the WLAN card from its compartment 5 Remove t...

Page 20: ...n the WLAN card 3 Install a palmrest b keyboard c battery 4 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer Removing the Coin Cell Battery 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove a battery b keyboard c palmrest 3 Disconnect the coin cell battery cable from the system board 4 Remove the coin cell battery from the computer 20 ...

Page 21: ...l a palmrest b keyboard c battery 4 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer Removing the Audio Board 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove a battery b keyboard c palmrest 3 Disconnect the WLAN card antennae hindering access to the audio board cable 4 Lift up and remove the coin cell battery from its compartment 21 ...

Page 22: ...5 Disconnect the audio board cable from the system board 6 Pry the latch to release the audio board 7 Remove the audio board from the computer 22 ...

Page 23: ...rtment and align it in place 4 Connect the antennae to the WLAN card 5 Install a palmrest b keyboard c battery 6 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer Removing the USB Board 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove a battery b keyboard c optical drive d palmrest 3 Disconnect the USB board cable from the system board 4 Remove the screw that secur...

Page 24: ...he USB board in place 3 Connect the USB board cable to the system board 4 Install a palmrest b optical drive c keyboard d battery 5 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer Removing the Heat Sink Fan Assembly 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove a battery b keyboard c palmrest 3 Disconnect the CPU fan cable from the system board 24 ...

Page 25: ...image 5 Remove the heat sink fan assembly from the computer Installing the Heat Sink Fan Assembly 1 Place and align the heat sink fan assembly 2 Tighten the captive screws to secure the heat sink fan assembly 3 Connect the CPU fan cable to the system board 4 Install a palmrest b keyboard c battery 25 ...

Page 26: ... processor cam screw in a counter clockwise direction 4 Lift up the processor and remove it from the computer Installing the Processor 1 Insert the processor into the processor socket Ensure the processor is properly seated 2 Tighten the cam screw in a clockwise direction to the locked position 3 Install a heat sink fan assembly b palmrest c keyboard d battery 4 Follow the procedures in After Work...

Page 27: ...odule f plamrest g hard drive h WLAN card i heat sink fan assembly j processor 3 Disconnect the display cable 1 power connector 2 USB board cable 3 speaker cable 4 audio board cable 5 and the coin cell battery cable 6 4 Remove the screws that secure the system board 5 Lift up the system board at an angle and slide it out from the LAN VGA HDMI and USB sockets 27 ...

Page 28: ...tery cable and the speaker cable 4 Install a processor b heat sink fan assembly c WLAN card d hard drive e palmrest f memory module g optical drive h keyboard i SD memory card j battery 5 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer Removing the Speakers 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove a battery b SD memory card c keyboard d optical drive e me...

Page 29: ...lease the speaker cable from the routing channel 4 Press the securing latches and lift up the left speaker 5 Press the securing latches and lift up the right speaker 6 Remove the speaker assembly and the speaker cable from the computer 29 ...

Page 30: ...ssembly f USB board g WLAN card h hard drive i palmrest j memory module k optical drive l keyboard m SD memory card n battery 4 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer Removing the Display Assembly 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove a battery b hinge cover c keyboard d optical drive e palmrest 3 Disconnect the USB board cable from the system...

Page 31: ...4 Disconnect the WLAN antennae and release it from the routing channel on the chassis 5 Disconnect the display cable from the system board 6 Remove the screw that secures the left and right hinges 31 ...

Page 32: ...ting cable to its holder and connect the antennae to the WLAN card 5 Connect the USB board cable 6 Install a palmrest b optical drive c keyboard d hinge cover e battery 7 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer Removing the Display Bezel 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Starting from the bottom pry the bezel inside out from t...

Page 33: ...m the bottom edge press downward on the display bezel to engage the tabs 3 Install the battery 4 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer Removing the Camera 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove the battery 3 Remove the display bezel 4 Disconnect the camera cable from the camera module 33 ...

Page 34: ...e camera module 3 Install the display bezel 4 Install the battery 5 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer Removing the Display Panel 1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove a battery b hinge cover c keyboard d optical drive e palmrest f display assembly g display bezel 3 Disconnect the camera cable from the camera module 34 ...

Page 35: ...4 Remove the screws that secure the display brackets and hinges 5 Release the wireless antennae from the right hinge 6 Release the display cable from the left hinge 35 ...

Page 36: ...ets to the display panel and secure the screws 2 Insert and route the display cable and wireless antennae to the left and right hinges 3 Align the display panel with its brackets to the top cover 4 Align the WLAN antennae routing cable to its holder and connect the antennae to the WLAN card 5 Install the screws that secure the display panel and the brackets 6 Connect the camera cable to the camera...

Page 37: ...Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer 2 Remove a battery b hinge cover c keyboard d optical drive e palmrest f display assembly g display bezel h display panel 3 Peel off the tape covering the display connection 4 Disconnect the display cable from the display panel 5 Peel off the entire display cable from the adhesive affixing it to the display panel and remove 37 ...

Page 38: ...anel 2 Connect the display cable to the display panel and affix the tape securing them 3 Install a display panel b display bezel c display assembly d palmrest e optical drive f keyboard g hinge cover h battery 4 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer 38 ...

Page 39: ...ess System Setup by pressing F2 key Bring up the one time boot menu by pressing F12 key The one time boot menu displays the devices that you can boot from including the diagnostic option The boot menu options are Removable Drive if available STXXXX Drive NOTE XXX denotes the SATA drive number Optical Drive Diagnostics NOTE Choosing Diagnostics will display the ePSA diagnostics screen The boot sequ...

Page 40: ...puter s internal clock BIOS Version Displays the BIOS revision Product Name Displays the product name and the model number Service Tag Displays the service tag of your computer Asset Tag Displays the asset tag of your computer if available CPU Type Displays the type of processor CPU Speed Displays the speed of the processor CPU ID Displays the processor ID L1 Cache Size Displays the processor L1 c...

Page 41: ...bled Function Key Behavior Specifies the behavior of the function key Fn Default Function key first Charger Behavior Specifies if the computer battery will be charged when connected to an AC power source Default Enabled Miscellaneous Devices These fields let you enable or disable various on board devices Security Set Service Tag This field displays your system s service tag If the service tag is n...

Page 42: ...rvice Code NOTE For desktops the service tag label is available on the front of your computer NOTE For notebooks the service tag label is available on the bottom of your computer a Enter the Service Tag or Express Service Code and click Submit b Click Submit and proceed to step 5 4 If you do not have your computer s service tag or express service code select one of the following a Automatically de...

Page 43: ...ty and press Enter The System Security screen appears 2 In the System Security screen verify that Password Status is Unlocked 3 Select System Password enter your system password and press Enter or Tab Use the following guidelines to assign the system password A password can have up to 32 characters The password can contain the numbers 0 through 9 Only lower case letters are valid upper case letter...

Page 44: ...g system password and press Enter or Tab 4 Select Setup Password alter or delete the existing setup password and press Enter or Tab NOTE If you change the System and or Setup password re enter the new password when promoted If you delete the System and or Setup password confirm the deletion when promoted 5 Press Esc and a message prompts you to save the changes 6 Press Y to save the changes and ex...

Page 45: ...he system diagnostics to test only your computer Using this program with other computers may cause invalid results or error messages NOTE Some tests for specific devices require user interaction Always ensure that you are present at the computer terminal when the diagnostic tests are performed 1 Power on the computer 2 As the computer boots press the F12 key as the Dell logo appears 3 On the boot ...

Page 46: ...lay between each set of beeps is 3 seconds and the beep sound lasts 300 ms After each beep and each set of beeps the BIOS should detect if the user presses the power button If so BIOS will jump out from looping and execute the normal shutdown process and power system Code Cause and Troubleshooting Steps 1 BIOS ROM checksum in progress or failure System board failure covers BIOS corruption or ROM e...

Page 47: ...sh EPROM SPI 32 Mbits Table 3 Processor Feature Specification Types Intel Celeron Intel Core i3 series Intel Core i5 series L2 cache up to 6 MB Table 4 Memory Feature Specification Memory connector two SODIMM slots Memory capacity 2 GB or 4 GB Memory type DDR3 SDRAM 1333 MHz and 1600 MHz Minimum memory 1 GB Maximum memory 8 GB Table 5 Audio Feature Specification Type 2 1 channel high definition au...

Page 48: ...tel HD Graphics Intel HD Graphics 3000 Intel HD Graphics 4000 Discrete Vostro 2420 nVidia GeForce GT 620M Table 7 Camera Feature Specification Camera resolution 1 3 Mega pixel Video resolution maximum 640 x 480 at 30 FPS Table 8 Communications Feature Specification Network adapter 10 100 1000 Mbps Ethernet LAN Wireless internal wireless local area network WLAN Table 9 Ports and Connectors Feature ...

Page 49: ... 355 60 mm 14 00 inches 396 24 mm 15 60 inches Active area X Y 309 40 mm x 173 95 mm 344 23 mm x 193 54 mm Maximum brightness 200 nits 220 nits Maximum resolution 1366 x 768 pixels at 262K colors Operating angle 0 closed to 140 Refresh rate 60 Hz Minimum viewing angles Horizontal 40 40 Vertical 15 30 H L Pixel pitch 0 252 mm X 0 252 mm Table 11 Keyboard Feature Specification Number of keys United ...

Page 50: ... 40 F to 149 F Coin cell battery 3 V CR2032 lithium coin cell Table 14 AC Adapter Feature Specification Type Vostro 2420 Vostro 2520 with integrated video card 65 W Vostro 2420 with discrete video card 90 W Input voltage 100 VAC to 240 VAC Input current maximum 1 50 A 1 60 A 1 70 A 2 50 A Input frequency 50 Hz to 60 Hz Output power 65 W and 90 W Output current 65 W 3 34 A continuous 90 W 4 62 A Ra...

Page 51: ...ED panel 31 50 mm to 34 50 mm 1 24 inches to 1 35 inches Width 376 00 mm 14 80 inches Depth 260 mm 10 23 inches Weight minimum 2 37 kg 5 22 lb Table 16 Environmental Feature Specification 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 non condensing Storage 5 to 95 non condensing Altitude maximum Operating 15 2 m to 30...

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Page 53: ...ice 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 support dell com page or select All to see more choices 4 Select the appropriate service...

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