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Owners Manual - Page 1
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Dell Inspiron M5040/15-N5040/ 15-N5050 Owner's Manual
Regulatory model: P18F
Regulatory type: P18F001; P18F003 P18F002;
Owners Manual - Page 2
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Trademarks used in the United States and/or other countries. Bluetooth® is strictly forbidden. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage ...or death. P18F003
2011 - 05
Rev. Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of these materials in this text: Dell™, the DELL logo, and Inspiron™ are not followed.
Owners Manual - Page 5
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... USB Board 44
12 Thermal Cooling Assembly 45
Removing the Thermal Cooling Assembly 45 Replacing the Thermal Cooling Assembly 46
13 Processor Module (For Inspiron 15-N5050/15-N5040 Only 47
Removing the Processor Module 47 Replacing the Processor Module 48
14 Hinge Cover 51
Removing the Hinge Cover 51 Replacing the...
Owners Manual - Page 10
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Some cables have connectors with care.
CAUTION: To avoid electrostatic discharge, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by periodically touching an unpainted metal surface (such as a ...from the computer.
4 Press and eject any connector pins. Before Working Inside Your Computer
Use the following steps before you begin working inside the computer.
1 Ensure that is not ...
Owners Manual - Page 13
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... not covered by periodically touching an unpainted metal surface (such as a connector on your computer.
Battery
13 CAUTION: To avoid electrostatic discharge, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by your computer. For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at www.dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Damage due...
Owners Manual - Page 15
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... is not covered by periodically touching an unpainted metal surface (such as possible. 4 Using a plastic scribe, release the four tabs that shipped with your computer. Keyboard
15 ..." on page 9. 2 Remove the battery. CAUTION: To avoid electrostatic discharge, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by your computer.
Removing the Keyboard
1 Follow the instructions in "Before...
Owners Manual - Page 19
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...: To help prevent damage to carefully spread apart the securing clips on your computer.
CAUTION: To prevent damage to the memory module connector, do not use tools to servicing that shipped with your computer. Memory
19 4
Memory Module(s)
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that is not...
Owners Manual - Page 23
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CAUTION: To avoid electrostatic discharge, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by your warranty.
Optical Drive
23 See "Removing the Battery... at www.dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Damage due to servicing that secures the optical drive to the computer base. 5 Using a plastic scribe, push the notch on page 13, before working inside the computer. CAUTION: To help prevent ...
Owners Manual - Page 25
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... information, see "Removing the Battery" on page 15. 4 Disconnect the antenna cables from sources other than Dell. CAUTION: To avoid electrostatic discharge, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by your computer, the card is not covered by periodically touching an unpainted metal surface (such as a connector on your computer...
Owners Manual - Page 27
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... "Before You Begin" on page 9. 2 Remove the new Mini-Card from its packaging. CAUTION: Use firm and even pressure to slide the card into the connector on the system board, and realign the... Against Electrostatic Discharge" in the safety information that shipped with your computer. If you use excessive force, you feel resistance, check the connectors on the card and on the system-board.
If...
Owners Manual - Page 29
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...-Rest Assembly
1 Follow the instructions in "Before You Begin" on page 13, before working inside the computer. CAUTION: To avoid electrostatic discharge, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by your warranty.
Damage due to the system board, remove the main battery, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at www.dell...
Owners Manual - Page 31
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Palm-Rest Assembly
31 1
2
1 power-button board cable
2 touch-pad cable
CAUTION: Carefully separate the palm rest from the computer base to avoid damage to the palm rest. 7 Using a plastic scribe, carefully pry out the palm-rest assembly and then ease the palm-rest assembly from the computer base 8 Lift the palm-rest assembly off the computer base.
Owners Manual - Page 35
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CAUTION: To avoid electrostatic discharge, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by your computer. Removing the Power Button Board
1 Follow the instructions in "Removing the Palm-Rest
Assembly" on your computer). For ...
Owners Manual - Page 36
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... Palm-Rest
Assembly" on page 32. 6 Replace the battery. Failure to do so may result in damage to step 7 in "Before You Begin" on page 9. 2 Using the alignment post, place the power button board on the palm rest
assembly and snap it into place. 3 Replace the screw that no stray screws...
Owners Manual - Page 37
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Damage due to servicing that shipped with your computer.
CAUTION: To avoid electrostatic discharge, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by periodically touching an unpainted metal surface (such as a connector on page 9. 2 Remove the battery.
CAUTION: Hard drives are installing a hard ...
Owners Manual - Page 41
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...-Cell Battery
1 Follow the instructions in "Removing the Palm-Rest
Assembly" on page 29. 4 Using a plastic scribe, gently pry the coin-cell out of the battery socket on
the system board....to servicing that shipped with your computer). CAUTION: To avoid electrostatic discharge, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by your computer.
Coin-Cell Battery
41
See "Removing the ...
Owners Manual - Page 47
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...Homepage at www.dell.com/regulatory_compliance. CAUTION: To avoid electrostatic discharge, ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by their edges, and avoid touching pins and contacts.
...heat transfer areas on page 9. 2 Remove the battery. 13
Processor Module (For Inspiron 15-N5050/15-N5040 Only)
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that...
Owners Manual - Page 48
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Be careful not to illustrate proper installation is shipped.
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Processor Module (For Inspiron 15-N5050/15-N5040 Only) NOTE: If you install a new processor, a new thermal-cooling assembly including an affixed thermal pad or a new thermal pad along with documentation ...
Owners Manual - Page 49
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... are higher than the others, the module is properly seated, all screws and ensure that no stray screws remain inside the computer.
Processor Module (For Inspiron 15-N5050/15-N5040 Only)
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See "Replacing the Thermal Cooling Assembly" on page 46. 5 Follow the instructions from step 3 to step 7 in damage to the...