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Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement

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  1. Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement, Battery: passo 1, immagine 1 di 1
    • Make sure the laptop is off and unplugged before starting this step.

    • Locate the battery on the underside of the laptop.

    • Push the two battery clips following the direction of the arrows.

  2. Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement: passo 2, immagine 1 di 1
    • Push upward from the base of the battery.

  3. Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement: passo 3, immagine 1 di 1
    • Pull battery away from computer until it is fully removed.

    Don’t forget to remove the two screws in the battery compartment before attempting to pry off the top case!

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  4. Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement, Fan: passo 4, immagine 1 di 2 Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement, Fan: passo 4, immagine 2 di 2
    • Remove the 10 2.5x5 mm screws from the base of the laptop.

  5. Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement: passo 5, immagine 1 di 1
    • Unscrew the final 2.5x5 mm screw attached to the cover.

    • This screw is "captive" and does not detach from the cover. Make sure the screw is fully unscrewed before attempting to remove the cover.

  6. Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement: passo 6, immagine 1 di 2 Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement: passo 6, immagine 2 di 2
    • Remove the cover from the laptop.

  7. Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement: passo 7, immagine 1 di 2 Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement: passo 7, immagine 2 di 2
    • Unscrew the 2.5x5 mm screw inside the RAM compartment.

  8. Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement: passo 8, immagine 1 di 2 Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement: passo 8, immagine 2 di 2
    • Remove the disk drive from the side of the computer.

    • There is no need to press the button, the drive will come out.

  9. Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement: passo 9, immagine 1 di 2 Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement: passo 9, immagine 2 di 2
    • Unscrew the two 2x3 mm screws inside the disk drive compartment.

  10. Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement: passo 10, immagine 1 di 3 Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement: passo 10, immagine 2 di 3 Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement: passo 10, immagine 3 di 3
    • Flip the computer over, and open the laptop.

    • Use a plastic opening tool to begin to remove the keyboard.

    • Use your hands to finish separating the keyboard from the laptop.

    • This can be a bit challenging, but it will come loose.

    Just the Keyboard: Removing the base cover is next.

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  11. Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement: passo 11, immagine 1 di 1
    • Lift the black clip from the tan connection for the keyboard.

    • Pull the the connection away from the clip.

    • Move the keyboard away from the laptop.

    • With the keyboard removed, consider this opportunity to more freely clean it out with some compressed air.

  12. Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement: passo 12, immagine 1 di 1
    • Lift the black clips from the tan connections for all 3 locations marked.

    • Remove the connections from the clips.

  13. Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement: passo 13, immagine 1 di 1
    • Unscrew the five 2.5x5 mm screws.

  14. Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement: passo 14, immagine 1 di 2 Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement: passo 14, immagine 2 di 2
    • Use plastic opening tools to remove base cover.

    • Use your hands to fully remove cover from the base.

    • This may be difficult, but it is possible.

  15. Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement: passo 15, immagine 1 di 1
    • Disconnect the two cables that connect the speaker and the fan.

    • These can just be pulled out, they do not have clips.

  16. Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement: passo 16, immagine 1 di 1
    • Disconnect the ribbon cable over the screw to reveal it. Flip up the latch and pull gently on the ribbon to remove it from the connector.

    • Unscrew the 2.5x5 mm screw from the fan.

    Disconnect the ribbon cable over the crew to reveal it. Flip up the latch and pull gently on the ribbon to remove it from the connector.

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  17. Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement: passo 17, immagine 1 di 2 Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement: passo 17, immagine 2 di 2
    • Pull up and remove the fan from the laptop.

  18. Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement, Motherboard: passo 18, immagine 1 di 1
    • Unscrew the six 2.5x5mm screws from the motherboard.

    • Note that this screw may be "retained" by the loop at the end of the grounding wire.

    This step is also incorrect. The screw sizes here are not 2.5x3 mm, they are all 2.5x5 mm.

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  19. Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement: passo 19, immagine 1 di 2 Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement: passo 19, immagine 2 di 2
    • Disconnect the black and yellow cable from the motherboard.

    Also remove the grounding screw next to it.

    Morris Stevens - Replica

    The grounding cable was already removed in the previous step it was one of the six screws he said to remove

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  20. Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement: passo 20, immagine 1 di 1
    • Begin to separate the motherboard from the laptop

    • Pull up to separate from the other internal pieces, and then pull to the right away from the case

    When reinstalling motherboard, Insure the two connectors under back RH corner of MB are precisely aligned with the daughterboard below. If slightly misaligned, you will bend pins.

    Morris Stevens - Replica

  21. Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement: passo 21, immagine 1 di 1
    • Remove the final cable from the motherboard

    • This will allow the motherboard to fully come out of the computer

    • When reinstalling motherboard, ensure the two connectors are precisely aligned with the daughterboard below. If slightly misaligned, you may bend the pins on the daughterboard connector.

  22. Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement, Hard Drive: passo 22, immagine 1 di 2 Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement, Hard Drive: passo 22, immagine 2 di 2
    • Unscrew the one 2x3 mm screw.

  23. Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement: passo 23, immagine 1 di 2 Dell Inspiron N4110 Hard Drive Replacement: passo 23, immagine 2 di 2
    • Use your hands to carefully pry out the hard drive.

    • Since this location is difficult to access, and the laptop is already disassembled, consider using this opportunity to install a fresh CMOS battery and blow the dust out of the heat exchanger radiator.

    While your in there, consider changing the CMOS battery, and blow the dust out of the heat exchanger radiator

    Morris Stevens - Replica

Conclusione

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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5 Commenti

Hello. I believe that between step 3 and 4 You should add another step - “Remove the two 2x3 mm screws in the laptop battery compartment (below the battery)“.

stoiannikolaevtinkov - Replica

I second this! Critical omission! Good catch!

Wils -

Separating the motherboard from the daughterboard in step 20 is quite challenging.

Peter da Silva - Replica

Probably THE worst design ever! Thank you Dell for allowing easy access to the RAM sticks, but burying the most volatile and data-critical part of the laptop.

Jonathan Grove - Replica

Thank u for guide for opening procedure

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