Dell Xps 15 L521X Hard Drive Replacement Repair Guide

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

4

Time Required

                          5 minutes            

Sections

2

• Back Panel
• 2 steps
• Hard Drive
• 2 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Back Panel               

• Find and remove the two .3cm torx head screws using a T5 screwdriver.
• Find and remove the six Phillips head .3cm screws using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.

Find and remove the two .3cm torx head screws using a T5 screwdriver.

Find and remove the six Phillips head .3cm screws using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.

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Step 2

• Unplug the battery indicator.

Unplug the battery indicator.

Step 3

              Hard Drive               

• Find and remove the four .4cm phillips head screws holding the hard drive in place.

Find and remove the four .4cm phillips head screws holding the hard drive in place.

Step 4

• Gently unplug and remove the hard drive

Gently unplug and remove the hard drive

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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ICU Alex - Dec 14, 2019

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This was a helpful tutorial, except for two small points. #1 - The yellow & red dots on step 1 are reversed; the T5 screws are the six along the two edges of the back panel and the P0 (Phillips #0) screws are under the face plate. #2 - the battery cable should ALWAYS be unplugged for component safety prior to doing any work on a laptop. An additional safety step (though optional) would be to physically remove the battery from the laptop prior to doing any work on it.