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  • Dell Inspiron N4050 Teardown
  • 10 steps
  • Hard Drive
  • 1 step

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Removing the battery part 1
  • Check your laptop model
  • Turn it over to work on the bottom of the laptop
  • Open the first latch for the battery

Check your laptop model

Turn it over to work on the bottom of the laptop

Open the first latch for the battery

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Step 2

              Remove the battery part 2
  • Open the second latch in the direction that the arrow is pointing. This requires more effort than the first one.
  • The battery will come out a little. Finish removing it gently.

Open the second latch in the direction that the arrow is pointing. This requires more effort than the first one.

The battery will come out a little. Finish removing it gently.

Step 3

              Remove the bottom screws
  • Remove the 8 screws.
  • Use a Phillips 0 screwdriver.

Remove the 8 screws.

Use a Phillips 0 screwdriver.

Step 4

              Removing the keyboard part 1
  • Turn the laptop with the keyboard facing up.
  • Use a flat-blade screwdriver to separate the keyboard from the computer case.
  • Tilt the keyboard as shown in the image. Do not remove it completely because it is connected to a cable.

Turn the laptop with the keyboard facing up.

Use a flat-blade screwdriver to separate the keyboard from the computer case.

Tilt the keyboard as shown in the image. Do not remove it completely because it is connected to a cable.

Step 5

              Remove the cable that connects the keyboard to the motherboard
  • Remove the clip that holds the cable to the motherboard.
  • Remove the cable.

Remove the clip that holds the cable to the motherboard.

Remove the cable.

Step 6

              Remove the RAM
  • Remove the memory cards by moving the retaining clips in the direction that the arrows are pointing.

Remove the memory cards by moving the retaining clips in the direction that the arrows are pointing.

Step 7

              Remove the screws
  • Remove the 3 screws.

Remove the 3 screws.

Step 8

              Remove the small cables
  • Remove the 2 small cables.

Remove the 2 small cables.

Step 9

  • Use a plastic tool to separate the top of the laptop.

Use a plastic tool to separate the top of the laptop.

Step 10

              Internal parts of the laptop
  • CPU
  • DDR3 RAM memory, 2 slots avaiable
  • SATA hard disc
  • Heatsink
  • DVD unit
  • Wireless network card
  • Battery for the internal clock

CPU

DDR3 RAM memory, 2 slots avaiable

SATA hard disc

Heatsink

DVD unit

Wireless network card

Battery for the internal clock

Step 11

              Hard Drive
  • The hard disc does not have this support to the mother board from the factory. It is only attached by the SATA connector.
  • Height is 8.5 mm

The hard disc does not have this support to the mother board from the factory. It is only attached by the SATA connector.

Height is 8.5 mm

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse.

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