In the following guide I explain how to remove the keyboard and both memory modules from a Dell Inspiron 700m laptop.
You can use the guide for replacing a damaged keyboard or replacing/upgrading memory modules.
Dell Inspiron 700m laptop can take up to 2GB memory total. You can install up to 1GB memory stick in each slot. Use PC2700 DDR SDRAM SODIMM memory modules.
There are two memory slots in this laptop. One of them located on the button and another one under the keyboard.
In the following guide I explain how to remove the keyboard and upgrade memory modules in a Dell XPS M1210 laptop.
This laptop has two memory slots. One of them can be easily access from the bottom of the laptop, but the second memory slot is hidden under the keyboard.
A Dell XPS M1210 can take up to 4GB memory total. You can install up to 2GB stick into each slot.
You can use DDR2-533 PC2-4200 or DDR2-667 PC2-5300 memory modules.
In the following guide I explain how to remove and replace the keyboard in a Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop. You can use this guide if the keyboard stopped working properly or you accidentally spilled something on the keyboard and damaged it.
Most likely this guide will work for some other Dell models. If it works for you, please mention the laptop model number in comments after the post.
This excellent video tutorial created by jRin.net explains how to disassemble a Dell Mini 10v (aka Mini 1011) notebook. With this guide you’ll be able to remove and replace the keyboard, hard drive, internal memory module and even motherboard.
ACCESSING THE HARD DRIVE
In this model the hard drive cannot be accessed through the door on the bottom. The hard drive is mounted under the keyboard. In order to access the replace the hard drive, the keyboard has to be removed first. While removing the keyboard, be very careful with the connector on the motherboard. Instead of using a small screwdriver as the author did, I would suggest using your fingernails.
In this guide I explain how to access the memory module installed into the internal slot on a Dell Latitude D520 laptop. You can use this guide for removing/replacing the keyboard or replacing/upgrading laptop memory.
Dell Latitude D520 laptop has two memory slots. One of them can be easily accessed through the door on the bottom of the laptop. The second memory slot is hidden under the keyboard.
This guide will help you to install an internal webcam into a Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop. The webcam will be mounted inside the display panel, above the LCD screen. The webcam connects to the motherboard via a cable running inside the display panel under the LCD screen.
You will not have to do any modification to the motherboard because the webcam connector is already there. But it will be necessary to remove the keyboard and take apart the laptop display assembly.
This video has step by step instructions for upgrading memory and hard drive in a Dell XPS M1530 laptop.
Instead of upgrading memory to 2GB (two 1GB modules), I would suggest upgrading it to 4GB (two 2GB modules), it’s the maximum amount of memory you can install into a Dell XPS M1530 laptop.
Both memory slots can be accessed if you remove one cover on the bottom. Dell recommends using DDR2 667MHz PC2-5300 SODIMM memory modules.
This guide explains how to start factory image restore utility on a Dell laptop with Windows Vista. Running this utility will erase everything from the hard drive and re-image it back to factory defaults. In this particular case I’m restoring software on a Dell XPS M1530 laptop.
Let’s say your Dell laptop came without recovery discs but you have to reinstall Windows because the operating system got corrupted or infected with viruses or spyware. What can you do?
There is a chance that your laptop has a hidden recovery partition and you can re-image the hard drive using files on the hidden partition. This guide may not work for all Dell laptops with Vista.
If the guide works for you, please mention the laptop model name and number in the comments after the post.
STEP 1.
Turn on the laptop and as soon as Dell logo appears on the screen press on the F8 key.
The following set of instructions explains how to remove the LCD screen and inverter board from a Dell XPS M1530 laptop. You can disassemble the display panel without removing it from the laptop.
In this guide I explain how to clean or replace the cooling fan assembly in a Dell XPS M1530 laptop. The cooling fan can be accessed from the door on the bottom of the laptop and replacing/cleaning procedure takes only about 10 minutes.
I’m taking this XPS M1530 laptop apart because the cooling fan started making noise and laptop shuts off on its own when hot. I will replace the fan, clean the heat sink and apply fresh thermal grease on the CPU and video chip.
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