If you want to take apart a Dell laptop you can find very clear step-by-step laptop service manuals on Dell website. Here is the link where you can view or download service manuals for the below listed laptops. You can search Dell database by a service tag located on the bottom of your laptop or by the product model. Dell has changed the website, and now it’s even easier to find a manual you need, just click on Manuals link and select your system. Dell offers laptop service manuals in many languages in HTML and PDF formats.
You’ll find a lot of spare parts for Dell laptops here.
You will find service manuals for the following Dell Inspiron, XPS and Latitude laptops.
| Dell Inspiron 1000 Dell Inspiron 1100 Dell Inspiron 1150 Dell Inspiron 1200 Dell Inspiron 1300 Dell Inspiron 2000 Dell Inspiron 2100 Dell Inspiron 2200 Dell Inspiron 2500 Dell Inspiron 2600 Dell Inspiron 2650 Dell Inspiron 3000 Dell Inspiron 300m Dell Inspiron 3200 Dell Inspiron 3500 Dell Inspiron 3700 Dell Inspiron 3800 Dell Inspiron 4000 Dell Inspiron 4100 Dell Inspiron 4150 Dell Inspiron 5000 Dell Inspiron 5000e Dell Inspiron 500m Dell Inspiron 5100 Dell Inspiron 510m |
Dell Inspiron 5150 |
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Dell Latitude 100L |
Dell Latitude D500 |
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March 29th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
Victoria,
You’ll have to go through some troubleshooting steps. Remove all devices you can access – battery, DVD drive, wireless card, hard drive, etc… If the laptop still shuts down, probably there is something wrong with the motherboard. You tried starting the laptop from the battery alone and it didn’t work either, right?
If you cannot clear the password by unplugging the RTC battery, then it will not go away after you replace the motherboard. I don’t know how to get rid of the boot password on Dell laptops.
March 29th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
Josh,
I’m not sure witch board you are talking about. I just looked that the Inspiron 3800 manual and didn’t see any board under the keyboard. BUT, if the laptop fails after you install this board, probably that’s your problem.
March 29th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
Has anyone figured out a solution to the AC adapter turning itself off after being plugged into the computer? I’m using an inspiron 8200 and my batter does not seem to charge… ever and most of the time the AC adapter will turn itself off once its plugged into the computer.
March 29th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
Can someone help me, I got a Latitude D600 and the speakers doesn’t work, I already bought a new ones but they also doesn’t work, some people told me that the sound card is broke, fut the funny thing is that the intern mic works perfectly, is there something I can do that doesn’t involve changing the mother board? Tanx
March 29th, 2007 at 8:42 am
Can you tell me what the difference is between a Dell Latitude D500 and a Latitude D600 is?
Also can you inform me of where I can purchase cheap memory for these laptops?
Thanks
March 28th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
I have a Dell Inspiron 8600 it is about 2.5 years old. Recently, I have had difficulty getting the computer to turn. I push the power button and the LEDs light up also the blue light on the far right LED flickers. Then, nothing. THe power light stays on for a few seconds and then goes off. The LEDs next to the power button also flash. Sometimes, after I have tried turning the power on and off a few times, the machiine will turn on, go through POST start windows and everything is fine. However, on a couple of times immediately after POST, I got an error message that said something like “read/write error” and on the next line “decreased amount of available memory”
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
March 28th, 2007 at 4:51 am
Hi,
I have a problem with a C610 – On start up, the fan starts as normally, the caps led is illuminated and after about 5 seconds it simply cuts out. Laptop picks up the power supply and continues the charge the battery even after it cuts out.
Is this a motherboard issue do you think? If so, I have a spare motherboard, but this came from a computer that had a boot password on – would the password transfer to the computer if I changed the motherboard?
Glad there’s a point of call for us rookies!! Any help very much appreciated, thanks in advance, Victoria.
March 26th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
Thank you for this site. I was able to replace the keyboard on my Dell laptop thanks to the manuals. I had searched the Dell site on my own previously, but did not find what I needed until I found your site!!
March 25th, 2007 at 1:34 pm
I Have a Dell Inspiron 3800 and I am having the ac adapter turning off problem, but without the small pop as i plug it in. This laptop is old and so i disected it to see if i could find and burnt out parts or anything at all. Just for the heck of it, i plugged just the motherboard in, the light stayed on. So i plugged another part in, it stayed on. Now i found out that when i plug in a board, with everything else in, the ac adapter shuts off instantly. I had the monitor, harddrive, everything except this board, it is in the middle of the motherboard, directly beneath the keyboard, and when i put it into its slot, the AC adapter trips. What is this board and what does it do? Could this be a solution, replace it, not the entire motherboard? Thanks
March 17th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
Would like a diagram of the removable parts on the bottom of the Dell Inspiron B130 for upgrade.