Difficulty
Difficult
Steps
21
Time Required
10 - 15 minutes
Sections
3
- Battery
- 3 steps
- Keyboard
- 10 steps
- Hard Drive
- 8 steps
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Introduction
What you need
Step 1
Battery
- Turn the device over and locate the battery.
Turn the device over and locate the battery.
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Step 2
- Place thumbs on each latch and push outwards.
Place thumbs on each latch and push outwards.
Step 3
- Push and slide the battery away from you.
Push and slide the battery away from you.
Step 4
Keyboard
- Locate the RAM compartment and the screw on the right hand side. Remove the cover.
Locate the RAM compartment and the screw on the right hand side. Remove the cover.
Step 5
- Locate and remove the 2.5 mm x 5 mm screw on the upper right hand side of the compartment.
Locate and remove the 2.5 mm x 5 mm screw on the upper right hand side of the compartment.
Step 6
- Turn the device around and open it up.
Turn the device around and open it up.
Step 7
- Using your index finger, push down on the F1 and F7 keys.
Using your index finger, push down on the F1 and F7 keys.
Step 8
- Using your index finger, push down on the x icon and Home keys.
Using your index finger, push down on the x icon and Home keys.
Step 9
- Locate the keyboard lining (between the black and silver).
- Place your spudger between the keyboard lining behind the F1 and F7 keys and pull up.
Locate the keyboard lining (between the black and silver).
Place your spudger between the keyboard lining behind the F1 and F7 keys and pull up.
Step 10
- Place your spudger between the keyboard lining behind the x icon and Home keys and pull up.
Place your spudger between the keyboard lining behind the x icon and Home keys and pull up.
Step 11
- Carefully pull and turn the keyboard over.
Carefully pull and turn the keyboard over.
Step 12
- Lift the black lever.
Lift the black lever.
Step 13
- Remove the keyboard cable
Remove the keyboard cable
Step 14
Hard Drive
- Turn laptop over and remove the bottom four screw covers outlined in red.
- Then remove the three base screws.
Turn laptop over and remove the bottom four screw covers outlined in red.
Then remove the three base screws.
Step 15
- Turn laptop over and open it. Locate and remove the five palm rest screws.
Turn laptop over and open it. Locate and remove the five palm rest screws.
Step 16
- Locate the palm rest cables. Lift the black levers and unplug the blue cables.
Locate the palm rest cables. Lift the black levers and unplug the blue cables.
Step 17
- Lift the palm rest until it snaps off.
Lift the palm rest until it snaps off.
Step 18
- Close cover and turn laptop over. Locate and remove the four hard drive screws.
Close cover and turn laptop over. Locate and remove the four hard drive screws.
Step 19
- Turn laptop over and open it.
Turn laptop over and open it.
Step 20
- Lift and remove the hard drive.
Lift and remove the hard drive.
Step 21
- Remove the hard drive connector.
Remove the hard drive connector.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Adrian Kocurek - Mar 20, 2018
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Shoot! My Dell Inspiron 15R is different. Mine has an almost full length cover (11.6”) by 3” wide on the bottom. The hard drive and memory sticks are under that cover. I’m just not sure what else to remove to replace the drive with an SSD.
