Dell 1440 - Manuals

Removing The Hinge Cover 4 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer . 2. Remove the battery . 3. Remove the screws that secure the hinge cover. 4. Flip the computer around and remove the hinge cover. 15

Removing The Keyboard 5 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer . 2. Remove the battery . 3. Pry up to release the top four snaps securing the keyboard to the computer. 4. Flip the keyboard over and lay it on the palm rest. 5. Disconnect the keyboard cable from the system board. ...

Removing The Optical Drive 6 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer . 2. Remove the battery . 3. Remove the keyboard . 4. Remove the screw that secures the optical drive. 5. Use a screwdriver to gently pry the optical drive out of the computer. 19

Removing The Memory Module 7 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working On 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. 21

Removing The Palm Rest 8 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer . 2. Remove the battery . 3. Remove the keyboard . 4. Remove the screws that secure the bottom base. 5. Flip the computer around and disconnect the power board cable (1) and the touchpad cable (2). 6. Remove the scr...

Removing The Power Button Board 9 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer . 2. Remove the battery . 3. Remove the keyboard . 4. Remove the palm rest . 5. Peel the power button board cable from the adhesive affixing it to the palm rest. 6. Flip the palm rest around and remove the ...

Removing The Hard Drive 10 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer . 2. Remove the battery . 3. Remove the keyboard . 4. Remove the palm rest . 5. Slide the hard drive and lift it out of the computer. 6. Remove the screws that secure the hard drive bracket and detach it from the ...

Removing The Coin-Cell Battery 12 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer . 2. Remove the battery . 3. Remove the keyboard . 4. Remove the palm rest . 5. Disconnect the coin-cell battery cable from the system board. 6. Remove the coin-cell battery from the computer. 33

Removing The Audio Board 13 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer . 2. Remove the battery . 3. Remove the keyboard . 4. Remove the palm rest . 5. Disconnect the WLAN card antennae hindering access to the audio board cable. 6. Lift up and remove the coin-cell battery from its co...

Removing The USB Board 14 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer . 2. Remove the battery . 3. Remove the keyboard . 4. Remove the optical drive . 5. Remove the palm rest . 6. Disconnect the USB board cable from the system board. 7. Remove the screw that secures the USB board. 8....

Removing The Processor 16 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer . 2. Remove the battery . 3. Remove the keyboard . 4. Remove the palm rest . 5. Remove the heatsink and the CPU fan assembly . 6. Rotate the processor-cam screw in a counter-clockwise direction. 7. Lift up the proc...

Removing The System Board 17 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer . 2. Remove the battery . 3. Remove the SD memory card . 4. Remove the keyboard . 5. Remove the optical drive . 6. Remove the memory module . 7. Remove the palm rest . 8. Remove the hard drive . 9. Remove the WL...

Removing The Speakers 18 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer . 2. Remove the battery . 3. Remove the SD memory card . 4. Remove the keyboard . 5. Remove the optical drive . 6. Remove the memory module . 7. Remove the palm rest . 8. Remove the hard drive . 9. Remove the WLAN c...

Removing The Display Assembly 19 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer . 2. Remove the battery . 3. Remove the hinge cover . 4. Remove the keyboard . 5. Remove the optical drive . 6. Remove the palm rest . 7. Disconnect the USB board cable from the system board to allow access ...

Removing The Display Bezel 20 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer . 2. Remove the battery . 3. Starting from the bottom, pry the bezel inside out from the display assembly and work your way to the right and the left corners of the display bezel. 4. Remove the bezel from the d...

Removing The Camera 21 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer . 2. Remove the battery . 3. Remove the display bezel . 4. Disconnect the camera cable from the camera module. 5. Pry the latch, lift up the camera, and remove. 59

Removing The Display Panel 22 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer . 2. Remove the battery . 3. Remove the hinge cover . 4. Remove the keyboard . 5. Remove the optical drive . 6. Remove the palm rest . 7. Remove the display assembly . 8. Remove the display bezel . 9. Disconnec...

Removing The Display Cable 23 1. Follow the procedures in Before Working On Your Computer . 2. Remove the battery . 3. Remove the hinge cover . 4. Remove the keyboard . 5. Remove the optical drive . 6. Remove the palm rest . 7. Remove the display assembly . 8. Remove the display bezel . 9. Remove th...

Entering System Setup 24 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 canappear very...

Diagnostic Beep Codes 25 The computer may emit a series of beeps during start-up if the display cannot show errors or problems. These series of beeps, called beep codes, identify various problems. The delay between each beep is 300 ms, the delay between each set of beeps is 3 seconds, and the beep s...