Comments on: How to disassemble Dell Inspiron M5040 N5040

By: Yaar

Yaar — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 07:08:03 +0000

Sir
I have a problem with my laptop inspiron N5050.
Laptop shut down due to low battery.
After charge plug in I tried to turn it on.
All lights including indicator of capslock, on, charging. Led is black.
I checked device is on by a usb charging cable.
I have holded power button to turn off but it does not turn off laptop.
I tried removing batter and tries on power supply.
Laptop turn on itself after recieving power.
It does not produce any sound.
Fan is not running.
What is problem with it and how I can solve please help me.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 27 Dec 2015 09:20:32 +0000

The connector for my power button broke, so now my computer won’t turn on at all. What can i do?

By: Foshenpoe Lira uganda

Foshenpoe Lira uganda — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 07:24:58 +0000

After seeing your presentation i took the courage to open up my n5040 which after booting wld say media test failure pxe HDD none kind of writing. i followed all the above steps and realized that the HDD installed was too short for the hdd space making the hdd to extract itself from the motherboard. i clip it back and it started working well. i put some plastic to compensiate for the empty space. congs for making me a technician.

By: Yaba

Yaba — Sun, 01 Nov 2015 12:57:13 +0000

Just super helpful

By: Success

Success — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 18:45:55 +0000

Thanks for the lesson… Pls how can i replace a damage vga

By: bernard czech

bernard czech — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 00:18:55 +0000

excellent writeup + pics, went well. all i gotta learn is how to make a disc on my computer for the girlfriends N5040 that i replaced the hard drive. e-mail me your address for a thank you donation. thanks again bernie

By: Zach Atkinson

Zach Atkinson — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 01:12:27 +0000

Working on this laptop for a friend. I carefully removed the keyboard but when hooking it back up am only getting certain key presses. I have tried re-seating the cable several times to no avail. The locking mech. is still attached to the mobo, and the only thing I can think is the creases in the cable from when Dell installed it maybe screwed up the signal – but if that was the case wouldn’t the keyboard have been messed up before I removed it?

It was a real dick move by Dell to put the RAM under the keyboard and not in its own bay on the bottom of the machine, or at least somewhere more accessible then where it is. As is, I am probably now going to have to eat the $40+ shipping to get another keyboard, not knowing if that will even solve my issue. Any tips or comments on keyboards not acting correctly after being re-attached would be useful to me thanks!

By: afuentes

afuentes — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 02:53:16 +0000

you are the best, thanks a lot for share your knowledge. 100 points.

By: pedro

pedro — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 23:13:02 +0000

I have faulty dell n5050 mother board, how will i know the exact mother board to buy. Do i hv to check for the board number? if so hw

By: Ian Harrison

Ian Harrison — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 00:49:59 +0000

Your explanation is exemplary and should make replacing the HD very simple. However the keyboard in my computer just refuses to lift up even with the tags pressed. It appears to have become stuck in the case in some way. Can you suggest a way of overcoming this? Would it be possible to remove the top of the case complete with keyboard from the bottom and access the connecting plug from the edge as it were so that the keyboard does not have to be removed? From a your pictures it does appear that the top cover only has the keyboard on it.