Troubleshooting
Flashing the BIOS
You may need to flash (update) the BIOS when an update is available or when you
replace the system board.
Follow these steps to flash the BIOS:
1
Turn on your computer.
2
Go to
.
3
Click
Product support
, enter the Service Tag of your computer, and then click
Submit
.
NOTE: If you do not have the Service Tag, use the auto-detect feature
or manually browse for your computer model.
4
Click
Drivers & downloads
→
Find it myself
.
5
Select the operating system installed on your computer.
6
Scroll down the page and expand
BIOS
.
7
Click
Download
to download the latest version of the BIOS for your computer.
8
After the download is complete, navigate to the folder where you saved the BIOS
update file.
9
Double-click the BIOS update file icon and follow the instructions on the screen.
Reinstall Windows using a USB recovery drive
CAUTION: This process formats the hard drive and removes all data on your
computer. Ensure that you back up data on your computer before beginning
this task.
NOTE: Before reinstalling Windows, ensure your computer has more than 2
GB of memory and more than 32 GB of storage space.
NOTE: This process may take up to an hour to complete and your computer
will restart during the recovery process.
1
Connect the USB recovery drive to your computer.
2
Restart your computer.
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Содержание Inspiron 3472
Страница 14: ...System board components 1 power button cable connector 2 coin cell battery 14 ...
Страница 19: ...2 Release the tabs on the front bezel sequentially from the top by pushing them outwards from the chassis 19 ...
Страница 28: ...2 Remove the two screws 6 32xL6 35 that secure the hard drive assembly to the drive cage 28 ...
Страница 30: ...5 Slide the hard drive out of the hard drive bracket 30 ...
Страница 41: ...2 Remove the coin cell battery from the socket 41 ...
Страница 45: ...5 Slide and remove the wireless card from the wireless card slot 45 ...
Страница 49: ...3 Remove the antenna modules along with the cables off the chassis 49 ...
Страница 53: ...5 Remove the power button module along with its cable through the slot on the front panel 53 ...
Страница 56: ...3 Lift the thermal cooling assembly off the system board 56 ...
Страница 61: ...8 Slide and lift the system board off the chassis 61 ...