Replacing The Hard Drive; Procedure; Post-Requisites - Dell Inspiron 15 5000 Series Service Manual

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Replacing the hard drive

WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety
information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in
working inside your
the instructions in
practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at
regulatory_compliance.
CAUTION: Hard drives are fragile. Exercise care when handling the hard
drive.
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Procedure

1 Align the screw holes on the hard-drive bracket with the screw holes on the hard
drive.
2 Replace the screws that secure the hard-drive bracket to the hard drive.
3 Connect the interposer to the hard-drive assembly.
4 Align the screw holes on the hard-drive assembly with the screw holes on the
palm rest and keyboard assembly.
5 Replace the screws that secure the hard-drive assembly to the palm rest and
keyboard assembly.
6 Connect the hard-drive cable to the system board and close the latch to secure
the cable.
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Post-requisites

1 Replace the I/O
2 Replace the base
3 Replace the optical
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