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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August 23rd, 2006 at 8:15 pm
Ashley,
I think that your problem is related to a loose connection or a bad video cable. I think it’s possible that the video cable disconnected from the screen of from the motherboard. The only way to troubleshoot it is to open up the laptop and take a look on the cables and connectors.
BTW, do you get any video if you connect an external monitor?
August 23rd, 2006 at 1:54 pm
My Inspiron started randomly shutting off when I would touch the screen (the screen and wireless card will shut off but the power light remains on). It gradually got worse and worse, and today stopped turning on at all. The battery and power cord have both been checked and are working fine. Does anyone have any ideas on what the problem could be?
August 21st, 2006 at 9:53 pm
Thomas,
If the laptop is asking for a hard drive password you’ve never set, then I would try to upgrade/re-flash the BIOS. I know that this problem might occur on some Toshiba laptops and it might ask you for the HDD password (assuming that you never set it up) when the hard drive is going bad. On Toshiba laptops the problem could be fixed by upgrading the BIOS version. I’m not sure if it works on Dell laptops.
August 19th, 2006 at 5:33 pm
Okay here goes. I recently purchased new memory for my Dell Latitude laptop model CPx. after installation nothing happened. Got a hold of seller from ebay, told me to try them one at a time to confirm both were operational.
The computer booted up for two seconds and read as follows. “The amount of system memory has changed.
Well the next thing you know I’m staring at this screen asking my to enter the HDD password for authentication. That is truly something new for me.
It has “Hard-disk #*********-595B” on the screen. I saw some other questions about this earlier. I’m no genius, but i don’t carry a book on cracking security codes on laptops. Any help out there for this Dell user wishing he never bought more memory……………….
August 2nd, 2006 at 11:05 pm
Thank you for the manual!!!… I need to change the cmos battery on a Inspiron 1200, now I can do it…
August 2nd, 2006 at 5:15 am
Thank you for the manual, I finally figured out that I needed to remove the rubber nubs to get to the screws…So you can’t tighten these hinges if you have a loose hinge problem.
Does anyone know if/where you can purchase replacement hinges…nothing else special, just the hinges?
August 2nd, 2006 at 5:11 am
Talking without looking at anything:
Shathi, do you know the password? If so
1) You get into the bios (F1 or F2 or F12) at the Bios boot screen (before ANY windows related info hits the screen, just start tapping it once a second from when the computer turns on till when it says “Entering bios”)
2) find the section that refers to security and then find the part that refers to the password (there are usually 2, one for entering the bios…and one for starting the computer)
3) If you don’t see something that says “remove me” then simple goto change and change the password to nothing (that is dont type anything and hit accept /enter to choose to a null password
If you DON”t know the password…then its a little harder…hopefully you do
July 28th, 2006 at 8:55 am
i have dell laptop inpiron 1300 how to remove bios password?
July 26th, 2006 at 6:58 pm
Jon,
You can get a service manual for Dell Latitude C540/C640 here. There are some instructions for removing the display assembly, it would be useful if you want to tighten the lid or replace the hinges.
July 20th, 2006 at 9:32 pm
Does anyone know how to tighten the lid on a dell latitude C540/C640
The lid does not stay up easily and keeps falling all the way open/shut. I tool the whole thing apart…but there are no screws to tighten the hinges.
Thanks ahead of time.
Jon