How to Upgrade, Repair, Disassemble a DELL Laptop or Notebook

Do you want to repair your DELL laptop or notebook? Here is a collection of free take apart instructions, disassembly pictures or dismantling videos, upgrade and repair manuals, as well as do-it-yourself (DIY) tips and tricks for DELL laptops and notebooks. If you have written a repairing guide yourself (or if you know of a report not linked here), please submit a new entry.

DELL 2002	Re-soldering the broken power connector on the laptop.
DELL Inspiron	Slideshow showing step-by-step pictures how to remove the display.
DELL Inspiron	Upgrading RAM (includes a movie clip).
DELL Inspiron 630M	How to attach an internal BlueTooth(tm) adapter.
DELL Inspiron 700M	How to add internal BlueTooth(tm) support.
DELL Inspiron 1100	Fixing overheating problems, some pry apart pictures.
DELL Inspiron 1100	"Captain Disassemble" to the rescue: how to replace the keyboard.
DELL Inspiron 1100/1150/5100/5150	Keyboard removal instructions.
DELL Inspiron 3x00, 4x00, 8x00	Modifying your Inspiron to work in a Latitude C/Port or C/Dock.
DELL Inspiron 3000	How to resurrect an old laptop as a digital picture frame.
DELL Inspiron 3700/3800	Keyboard replacement tutorial.
DELL Inspiron 4100	A New Lease Of Life For Laptop, replacing the display hinges.
DELL Inspiron 4100	A motherboard replacement, with instructions and some pictures.
DELL Inspiron 5100	How to clean and replace the heatsind to fix a thermal problem which caused unexpected shutoffs.
DELL Inspiron 5150	Broken power plug.
DELL Inspiron 5160	How to take apart the case and replace a dead heat sink / fan (cooling unit).
DELL Inspiron 6000	Overclocking instructions.
DELL Inspiron 7500	How To Change the LCD Screen.
DELL Inspiron 8000	Disassembly picture gallery.
DELL Inspiron 8100	Install the GeForce4 440 graphics card.
DELL Inspiron 8100	Project OxCart: How to replace a broken TSB41AB1 FireWire chip.
DELL Inspiron 8100	Upgrading a laptop: RAM and hard disk change explained.
DELL Inspiron 8200	A little tour around the inside of the laptop.
DELL Inspiron 8200	ALPS to Synaptics mod guide explaining a touchpad and trackstick conversion.
DELL Inspiron 8500	Upgrading of the video card.
DELL Inspiron 8500/8600	Adding an extra USB port.
DELL Inspiron 8500/8600	Mod To Prevent Video Card From Over Heating.
DELL Inspiron 9100/8600/8500/D800/M60/XPS	This is an easy to follow tutorial to fix the "flex" in the keyboard.
DELL Inspiron 8600	How to install LEDs into your laptop.
DELL Inspiron 8600	How to paint a laptop.
DELL Inspiron 9100	Overclocking manual with take apart pictures.
DELL Inspiron 9300	How to replace your existing 533FSB CPU with a 400FSB CPU. A hands on guide with pictures for doing the pinmod and applying thermal compound to the GPU.
DELL Inspiron B130	Replacing and Upgrading a Notebook LCD Screen.
DELL Inspiron B130, 15.4''	Step-by-step LCD screen replacement manual with pictures.
DELL Inspiron e1705	How to upgrade the graphics card, includes a step-by-step take apart tutorial.
DELL Latitude	A Dual Dragon dremeled into the case.
DELL Latitude	A complete illustrated overhaul.
DELL Latitude	Manufacturer logo replaced with Silver Dragon.
DELL Latitude 300	Take apart and re-use an old laptop as a digital picture frame.
DELL Latitude C600	Legnatile: how to make a wooden laptop.
DELL Latitude C600	Fixing mouse drift with a sledgehammer.
DELL Latitude C640	How to replace the manufacturer logo with a dragon.
DELL Latitude C640	A beautiful dragon case modding.
DELL Latitude C840	Improving wireless reception by replacing the Dell 1150 miniPCI card with an aftermarket model (Netgate 5354MP) and the addition of a 2nd antenna.
DELL Latitude C840	How to add an external antenna SMA connector.
DELL Latitude CSx	Building a WallTop: How to put a laptop inside a regular frame and hang it on the wall.
DELL Latitude CPx	Adding internal USB BlueTooth.
DELL Latitude CPx	Keyboard replacement guide.
DELL Latitude CPx J650GT	Complete disassembly instructions with pictures.
DELL Latitude (unknown model)	Take apart and password recovery instructions.
DELL Latitude XPi 133ST	How to replace your backlight tube or LCD.
DELL Latitude	Adding two blue LED headlights.
DELL Latitude	Illustrated how to replace a notebook backlight and LCD.
DELL Latitude L400	Illustrated memory upgrade guide (in Japanese).
DELL misc. models	How do I install a TrueMobile miniPCI card into a laptop?

Manufacturer Information

Hardware Maintenance Manual, User Guide, Service Manual

DELL itself offers official Service Manuals (note the manuals are available in different languages, therefore this is no deep link, please click through this path: TroubleShooting -> System Documentation -> Systems).

• FCC ID: E2K (Dell), QDS (BroadCom)