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.
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Dell Inspiron 5150 |
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Dell Latitude 100L |
Dell Latitude D500 |
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September 27th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
Sonia,
Unfortunately you cannot troubleshoot it without a known good CPU of motherboard. Sorry, you’ll have to guess.
September 26th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
i have an old Inspiron 2500 that has lost the “o” key. Is there a source just for the key? If not where can I get a used keyboard?
September 26th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
My daughter has a Dell Inspiron 6000. It was shutting down with an error message saying it was overheating. She did not tell me this and now it will not start up at all. It won’t run with or without the battery and plugged in. Tried it with a working AC supply. I took it apart and blew a lot of dust out of the fan area. I did not get all the way into the heat sink area so I’m not sure if there is more in there or not. Is there any way to test if the problem is a motherboard issue or a processor issue? I’m sure it has overheated as the decal on the outside of the processor is discolored and the plastics inside seem to be a bit melted looking around the cutouts for various parts. I would like to try to fix this myself but not sure if I should start with processor or motherboard.
September 25th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
i have a dell 1100 inspiron and my ac adapter burned i got a new one to charge my laptop now it no longer charges what seems to be the problem
September 20th, 2007 at 9:15 am
RE:#195,196 & 197
I removed heat sink and replaced with new thermal grease. The system still locks up. Any other idea what else could be wrong?
September 15th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
Kathleen,
It sounds like you are getting bad screens.
September 14th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
Hi All,
Memorial Day weekend we packed up my Inspiron 8500 which was working fine and took off for the weekend. When we got to our destination, turned on the computer – nothing. Turned out the battery charger and LCD were both dead. The screen worked with an external screen, so we replaced the LCD & our computer guy gave us another charger (non-Dell). We now just got our 4th LCD. The first did not work, the 2nd looked like a refurb and worked for about 12 hours. The 3rd worked for 2.5 months, and now I’m scared to death to use the computer for fear I’ll burn out another. Priority electronics who I bought the LCD from b/c they have a 1yr wty is starting to think it’s my computer & sounding like they won’t replace any more of these. My computer guy (who doesn’t work on many Dells) is wondering if Dell has a display driver/chip set issue on the board. I was going to go ahead and buy a new battery and charger, but don’t want to throw more good money after bad if there is a problem with the board. Any ideas???!!! thansk in advance.
September 13th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
Thanks for the info. Will try thermal grease. There was no sign of any old or new thermal grease on the heat sink which makes me wonder how it ever worked! Can the old thermal grease totally dissappear?
September 12th, 2007 at 9:41 pm
Cindy,
Did you remove the heat sink during disassembly process? Did you apply new thermal grease on the CPU if you removed the heat sink?
It’s possible that old thermal grease dried out and the laptop freezes because the CPU overheats. Make sure the heat sink is seated properly on the CPU and there is no gap between these two parts. This is just a guess.
September 12th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
I just replaced the bottom right fan on my Dell Inspiron 4100 laptop, and it spins only during boot up. The laptop works normally for around 3 minutes than the entire system locks up with no choice except power off. Any idea what is wrong?