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 31st, 2009 at 9:29 am
To all,
I have a Dell Inspiron 8200 with an ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 Video Card, Ultra Sharp UXGA LCD screen.
I have finally fixed my laptop’s Video problem. The problem was very similar/same to/as #39 and #132/3 from above. I had what I would call a vertical pixel line (slightly jagged) problem with the screen. Sometimes it was horizontal lines but the lines where not all the way across. It seemed if I went from 32bbp to 16bbp sometimes this would refresh the screen and the problem would go away, but only temporarily. The screen was similar to the pics of #133. I noticed if I put slight flexing pressure on the sides of the laptop I could make the screen problem worse or sometimes better. This is a loose connection problem obviously, but what to fix? I removed the keyboard but left the ribbon cable attached so I could get to the video card and look things over while I had the laptop running. By putting pressure on the main chip on the video card the problem would go away. On top of the main chip there is a cushion on top of it. The underside of the keyboard tray pushes hard up against this cushion and has a copper strip with it to act, I guess, as a heat sink. In time the cushion lost its height and compression to the point where the keyboard tray was no longer pressing hard against it. The PC boards have metal spacers between them. Sometimes these act as a grounding point/connection for them. Having a good ground connection is just as important as a good power connection. It is my belief that because the keyboard tray/frame was no longer applying the same pressure to the video card as in the past, I did not have a firm connection to ground. I added three layers of electrical tape to the top of the cushion on the main chip on the video card and my problem has been fixed.
Hope this helps other people; I am interested to know if it does.
NOTES:
One of my metal risers on the video card came off when I removed it (the video card) to reset it. Earlier on I thought this was the problem and re-soldered it, but that did not fix it. It may have only been one of two problems.
August 26th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
Allan Leku,
It’s possible you have a faulty RAM module. Test it with another known good memory. If still not help, most likely it’s bad motherboard.
August 22nd, 2009 at 10:56 pm
Hello I have a Dell Latitude C510 Laptop. Its running at the speed of 1.8GHZ,RAM is 256MB. when i press the power button light comes for a second nd goes off without laptop coming on.i removed Battey and power with AC adapter directly but stilll have thesame fault. I had to also removed the RAM but still same so pls help me as yesterday when it even came on my chase it shown this error code on screen #M1004 what does that also mean.I tried to install a working Hard disk on it but could not detect it.i need help pls.send me help through my email or forum. lilzo30@yahoo.com
August 19th, 2009 at 11:06 am
hello,
A friend gave me a dell inspiron 2650 it worked fine for a while, when the charger is pluggen in the light is green like the charger is working but the laptop wont power on and no lights light up like it charging. When i press and hold the power on button down it makes a whirring noise and the light blinks green real quick but nothing happens…
August 10th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
I got my grandson a Dell Laptop Inspiron and he was using it and a VIRUS came up and he automatically hit the X box and didn’t put it in the vault that the anti-virus has and kaboom…..now nothing. I called Dell and they want alot of money to completely remove and reinstall the whole system and I have all the software and want to know how to delete everything and reinstall it myself…..
August 8th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
katherine marinez,
What do you mean it’s not reading the hard drive? The hard drive is not detected by the BIOS or the hard drive doesn’t spin at all. Be more specific.
August 7th, 2009 at 6:40 am
my laptop is not working, because its not reading the hard disk…
what can i do???
have i change something in the BIOS or something like that???
im sorry!
but i know what my english is not good…
thank you!
July 30th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
dear sir,
i have Dell Latitude C640 start on battry but didnot start on ac adapter.please send an slotuion for this problum.waiting for ur replay.
thanking you
best regards
July 28th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
MY DELL LATITUDE CANNOT STAR.
July 18th, 2009 at 10:58 am
How I take apart and repaired my Dell Inspiron700m LCD screen . My son close slam. the cover very hard. turn on and only show half screen. Thanks