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Last week I was irritated by the pace of my Dell Inspiron 6400/E1505 Laptop’s ability to play movies inHigh Definition. It lagged at 20 minutes after the movie started and I was pissed off. So I decided todisassemble my Dell Inspiron 6400 to clean it once and for all!

This “How To” guide will provide a step by step guide to Dismantle your Dell Inspiron 6400/E1505Laptop.

READ ME

This guide is made just to show you a step by step sequence on how to disassemble your Dell Inspiron6400/E1505. Advices taken here are taken at your own risk. AhWee.com take no responsibility if you

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break any of the hardware and lose your warranty.

NOTE: Even though Dell said disassembling yourself would lose your warranty, but I have not torn anywarranty paper since I last dismantle. So, do it at your own risk.

Tools You Need For Dismantling

Philips Screwdriver (around 2.5 mm will do)1.Flat Blade Screwdriver2.

Before You Start

Please note that before you start to unscrew anything, make sure there are no power connections to thelaptop. Your battery is the main source of power, so it’s wise to remove the battery.

How to remove battery on a Dell Inspiron 6400?

Push the battery latch to the left.1.Lift the battery out from it’s compartment.2.

NOTE: You will also need quite a big space to put all the components you want to disassemble, so clearout your table before starting. Also, get yourself a small container to put all the screws because there aremore than 15 screws to take out when disassembling.

Now ground yourself and your Dell Inspiron 6400′s motherboard to avoid any electrostatic discharge. Toground yourself, simply wear a wrist grounding strap or touching an unpainted metal surface from time totime. Press the power button to ground the motherboard.

Step 1: Remove The Harddisk

The harddisk is located just next to the battery. To remove your harddisk on a Dell Inspiron 6400,

There are two screws M3x3mm screws you will need to unscrew.1.Apply some force and push the harddisk out from its bay.2.

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NOTE: Step 1 is not really needed but because the harddisks are fragile things. I recommend removing itbefore tampering with other stuff. Also store the harddisk in an antistatic bag to protect it againstelectrostatic discharge.

Step 2: Remove The Optical Drive

Your optical drive (CDROM) is located just at the opposite of the harddisk. To remove it,

Unscrew the screw that has a packlock icon just beside it. (Only 1 screw)1.You will see a metal slab after the screw is taken out.2.Push the metal slab with your screw driver and pull the optical drive from the other side.3.

Step 3: Remove The Hinge Cover

This is the hard part. Even after a few times of disassembling my Dell Inspiron 6400, I still havedifficulties removing the Hinge Cover because the plastic cover is just too fragile. But it does not mean itis impossible to remove.

Push the LCD screen downwards so that it is aligned with your keyboard.1.Notice the small indentation on the right side of the palm rest.2.Use your flat bladed screwdriver to slowly (and gently) pry open the hinge cover.3.The hinge cover is connected right up to the part where the monitor is connected to the base of thelaptop. You might also want to try to lift the hinge cover from there.

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Step 4: Remove The Keyboard

Of course, you have come so far, you can see the screws that are keeping the LCD screen intact. Youwant to take the LCD screen off as soon as possible. But keep in mind that the keyboard are coveringsome of the wires. To remove the keyboard,

Unscrew two M2.5 x 5mm (smaller) screws that connects the keyboard to the base.1.Use your flat bladed screwdriver to push the keyboard forward (to the direction of the LCD).2.You might also want to try to lift the keyboard up from one of the tabs located at the left side of the“Escape Button”.

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Take extreme note here. Your keyboard is connected to the motherboard via a very thin cable.Gently rotate the keyboard so that you can have access to the cable slot.

4.

Unclip the keyboard cable then only you can pull the cable out of the slot.5.

Step 5: Remove The LCD Screen

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Now the fun part.

There are 2 antenna cables and a display cable connected to a ground wire to disconnect from themotherboard.

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Just apply some force to disconnect the antenna cables out from the Mini-Card.2.Loosen the ground wire and disconnect the display cable using the tab.3.Unscrew two M2.5 x 8mm screws at the bottom of the laptop.4.Unscrew two M2.5 x 8mm screws at the back of the laptop.5.Unscrew two M2.5 x 5mm screws that connect the LCD screen to the base of the laptop.6.

NOTE: Take extreme care of the standby switch (white colored, located just around the antenna cables.They are so thin that I suspect it would be easily broken.

Step 6: Remove The Palm Rest

If you are disassembling your Dell Inspiron 6400 laptop for the first time, this is the hardest part. The PalmRest is very tightly clamped to the base, making it nearly impossible very hard to lift the palm rest for thefirst time. It’s just like a girl losing their virginity for the first time I suppose, and her name is “DellInsipron 6400″.

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I personally think this is the hardest part because I myself spent about 5 freaking hours trying to figure outhow to dismantle the damned palm rest. The polymer (I assume they are) used to make the laptop can bebent for quite a margin which scares me because if I bend it more, it would definitely break. So, don’t tryto bend anything when you’re removing the palm rest.

But the next time you disassemble your laptop, this will be the easiest part. Like I said, like girls losingtheir virginity for the first time.

Sorry, I forgot to take a picture with the Palm Rest.

Unscrew the remaining 11 M2.5 x 8mm screws located at the bottom of the laptop.1.After that, you might want to take a look at the area where your “Power Button” is located, there’sa black screw located right at the bottom of it. Loosen the screw. NOTE: You can’t take the screwout so don’t bother trying with any magnetic screwdrivers.

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There are two cables you will need to disconnect here. One is the standby switch cable and anotherblue one (touch pad cable) located beside the coin sized battery. Use the same method you used todisconnect the keyboard.

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Now the hard part (if you’re dismantling for the first time). The 4 corners of the palm rest should bewobbling right now, ignore them. What you need to focus here are the center parts of the palm rest,which is clipped to the base.

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There are two clips that are very tightly clipped so you need to pry it open with a flat bladedscrewdriver. A loud crack confirms that the clip is broken you have successfully unclipped the palmrest.

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Do the same thing for the clip on the front.6.

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There you go, your Dell Inspiron 6400 laptop disassembled. Take extreme care from here onwards. Cleanwhatever that is necessary, don’t apply force on area you think you shouldn’t touch.

I captured a few videos, but they were captured from the wrong angle. So we will just have to wait until Idisassemble my Dell Inspiron 6400 next time for the video.

I hope this guide would help anybody who wants to disassemble their Dell Inspiron 6400 for cleaning oretc. Do leave some comments if I left any steps out. Happy Disassembling!

UPDATE: If you have difficulties disassembling your laptop, I would gladly help you out, Free. The ideais not to break your components. Contact me and we’ll discuss the details.

Additional guides relating to disassembling Dell Inspiron 6400/E1505

Removing Display Bezel (Dell Inspiron 6400/E1505)How To Fix Wobbling Screen (Dell Inspiron 6400/E1505)

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168 Responses to “How To Disassemble Laptop (Dell Inspiron 6400/E1505)”

mayzen Says:December 17th, 2008 at 10:31 pm

well i was wondering, cleaning will make my 6400 go faster???

No, cleaning your 6400 would only help restoring the speed that you had when it’s new.

FYI, the hole that allows air intake towards your processor and your graphic card is justapproximately 30(width) x 3(length), in millimeter.

When I opened my laptop, the hole I was explaining above was clumped by a lot of dust. Icleared that part and the heat sink located at the back of your laptop. And now my laptop doesnot lag like a month ago anymore. In fact, I think it’s as fast as when it was new…well maybenot 100% as fast.

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Angelina Lee Says:December 18th, 2008 at 12:42 am

Thank you, James. I followed your instructions to open my lap top successfully. I need to learnmore on repairings. I think everyone like me will hope to see you to write more on how torepair & solve computer problems.

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James Wee Says:December 18th, 2008 at 12:48 am

I am really glad I am able to help. Great job opening your laptop though.3.

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QuoteSydney Computer Boss Says:December 18th, 2008 at 12:51 am

Hi, boy. I need someone to help me to repair my customers’ computer. U can work with mepart time, are u OK?

I am willing work part time (I am actually searching for one). Do you mind to email me so wecan discuss about this?

http://www.ahwee.com/contact

Fill in the form there, we’ll talk about this through email.

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mayzen Says:December 18th, 2008 at 2:25 am

omg. that’s wayyyyyyy coolllllll!!!!!

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xcen Says:December 19th, 2008 at 8:51 pm

Hahahah, I call Dell see this website and bye bye your warranty!!!

Okok jk jk dont come my house to kill me.

Oh ya, it’s a very nice guide. Actually this guide can apple to other laptop models too, just needto be smart because there are some difference.

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TC Says:December 27th, 2008 at 3:03 am

If I want to replace the speaker, do I have to disassemble the whoe thing?

Yes, because to replace the speaker you need to remove the palm rest. So yeah you need todisassemble it.

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M M Says:January 5th, 2009 at 12:54 pm

How could I replace the mousepad only, (not the whole palm rest)…?

I haven’t tried that before, but the mousepad(touchpad) comes together with the palm rest.They come in a pair it seems.

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James Galforth Says:January 6th, 2009 at 5:43 am

Thanks so much, James, for going above and beyond explaining the disemble process. It helpedme out!

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James Wee Says:January 8th, 2009 at 5:05 pm

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Quote(James Galforth on January 6th, 2009 at 5:43 am):Thanks so much, James, for going above and beyond explaining the disembleprocess. It helped me out!

Not a problem. It’s always a pleasure to help.

QuoteKickin Myself Says:January 9th, 2009 at 11:36 am

Well, I feel really STUPID but I broke my laptop trying to do a really easy upgrade. I wanted toinstall more RAM. I didn’t check out any videos first and simply unscrewed all of the damnedscrews on the back thinking I could just lift the cover. The hard drive slid out and thankfullydidn’t fall out. So, I checked out a video on youtube and saw what I did wrong. Took batteryout, popped out the original RAM and put in the new RAM. Put all the screws back in. Wasteof time. Laptop won’t power up at all, screen won’t even light up. So, will following your veryawesome instructions to disassemble and reassemble help me fix my problem. Otherwise I’mstuck paying around $65/hr for someone else to do the job. If I damaged the hard drive when itslid out would that cause a problem like this? Seems to me I did something when I took all ofthe screws out and tried to life the cover.

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James Wee Says:January 9th, 2009 at 9:58 pm

Quote(Kickin Myself on January 9th, 2009 at 11:36 am):Well, I feel really STUPID but I broke my laptop trying to do a really easyupgrade. I wanted to install more RAM. I didn’t check out any videos first andsimply unscrewed all of the damned screws on the back thinking I could just liftthe cover. The hard drive slid out and thankfully didn’t fall out. So, I checked out avideo on youtube and saw what I did wrong. Took battery out, popped out theoriginal RAM and put in the new RAM. Put all the screws back in. Waste of time.Laptop won’t power up at all, screen won’t even light up. So, will following yourvery awesome instructions to disassemble and reassemble help me fix my problem.Otherwise I’m stuck paying around $65/hr for someone else to do the job. If Idamaged the hard drive when it slid out would that cause a problem like this?Seems to me I did something when I took all of the screws out and tried to life thecover.

That’s sad. BTW, if you are using Inspiron 6400. There’s no need to disassemble the wholelaptop to install more rams.

There is a compartment right at the base of the laptop. Located right in the middle and youunscrew 2 screws ONLY. Then you can install up to 2 RAMs maximum.

Your hard drive shouldn’t slip out because it’s very tightly (even without screws) connected toit’s own port. But even if it falls and spoils, your laptop would still power up.

But laptop don’t power up after you disassemble it? That shouldn’t happen. Check for powerrelated stuff like battery, connectors, adapters etc. It’s quite uncommon for laptops not topower up.

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Kickin Myself Says:January 11th, 2009 at 11:21 am

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I haven’t disassembled yet. Getting ready to print off your instructions and clear off my diningroom table so I’ve got plenty of room and notes. I’ll let you know the verdict:-) Thanks again.

QuoteTom P. Says:January 11th, 2009 at 8:19 pm

Many Thanks James.I was heading the wrong direction when I thought to stop and see if I could consult someonethat had done this. Fortunately I found your post. Dell needed to change the Mother Board onthis machine when it was still under warranty so I didn’t experience any “virginal” challenges. Iwas able to dissasemble, clean and re-assemble the laptop without a problem and it is nowrunning great. Your step-by-step instructions and illustrations were outstanding. I don’t thinkDell could have written a better procedure.

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Dana Says:January 12th, 2009 at 10:51 pm

Hi I have a question.. My boyfriend spilt water onhis laptop and it won’t power up. The batterylight turns on for a second right when I put the charger in it. But the computer screen remainsblack when I try to turn it on. And then the whole thing just turns black after3-5 seconds. Itried turning it on while holding FN and the 3 lights all turned green. I read somewhere thatmaybe cleaning out some cables inside might do the trick, but I’m not sure which ones?Hopefully you can help us out. Thank-you!

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James Wee Says:January 12th, 2009 at 11:07 pm

Quote(Dana on January 12th, 2009 at 10:51 pm):Hi I have a question.. My boyfriend spilt water onhis laptop and it won’t power up.The battery light turns on for a second right when I put the charger in it. But thecomputer screen remains black when I try to turn it on. And then the whole thingjust turns black after3-5 seconds. I tried turning it on while holding FN and the 3lights all turned green. I read somewhere that maybe cleaning out some cablesinside might do the trick, but I’m not sure which ones? Hopefully you can help usout. Thank-you!

That’s bad, electronics never mix well with water.I’d like to help but to be honest, I have no idea how. And I haven’t bumped into any websitesthat says cleaning out some cables would help because logically that doesn’t make sense.

Here’s my suggestion though:1. If you still have full cover warranty, Dell would replace it for you free!2. If you don’t have warranty left, consider calling up Dell and see what they can do to fix it.

All the best to you and your boyfriend.

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David Dee Says:January 14th, 2009 at 8:07 pm

James

We have a problem with the power connector on the motherboard of our E1505. The power17.

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connection is intermittent and you have to jiggle the plug as it goes into the connector but itsnot much of a solution. I’ve seen this as a problem on my old Dell 600m and I got themotherboard replaced when it was under warranty. Unfortunately I don’t have this systemunder warranty.

I followed your excellent instructions on disassembling. I need to go further and remove theplate underneath the board to get access to the connector. Do you think I could re-solder theconnector?

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Quote(David Dee on January 14th, 2009 at 8:07 pm):James

We have a problem with the power connector on the motherboard of our E1505.The power connection is intermittent and you have to jiggle the plug as it goes intothe connector but its not much of a solution. I’ve seen this as a problem on my oldDell 600m and I got the motherboard replaced when it was under warranty.Unfortunately I don’t have this system under warranty.

I followed your excellent instructions on disassembling. I need to go further andremove the plate underneath the board to get access to the connector. Do youthink I could re-solder the connector?

Removing all the motherboard you mean? That’s a lot of work to do. You’ll need to remove allthe Graphic card, Processor, Heatsinks and express card thing. I never done this before, I’ll geta dell rep to do it if I need to go so far.

Having said that, my feeling is that you could re-solder the connector, given that there is asoldering fault with the connector. If there’s nothing wrong with the solder, then don’t resolderit because we have no idea if that’s the correct place to fix your problem.

I’ll strongly suggest you to call up a Dell Representative and get their advice.

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alej Says:January 29th, 2009 at 12:12 am

Very good and solidarious job James. I was gonna dismantle my gf’s laptop (whose fan is cryingout for its soul-clensing) like I’ve done with a few dozen laptops before. Just googled in herebecause I wanted to have a guided back-up just in case I end up with extra-screws.

Anyway I just wanted to support you on your last feeling towards David Dee’s problem.Whenever I’ve found with such a power intermittance problem, 5 times out of 5 the reasonbehind it was a poor soldering on the motherboard’s connector.

Keep up the good altruistic and educational work.

cheers

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Vinod Says:February 7th, 2009 at 6:57 pm

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I have a laptop that I bought off Ebay where they had spilled wine and it stopped working. Thebattery is completely dead as the battery light flashes red, even after an overnight charge, andthere’s no juice even to power the initial bootup. There is no hard disk either. There aren’t anyobvious wine ingress anywhere and the screws at the bottom don’t show any signs of everhaving been opened. By the battery, there is a very small sign of some sticky fluid, so guessthat the wine had affected the battery and/or the charging circuitry.Before I order a new sata drive…when I power up on mains power, the three green LED’s onthe left power up and the power led illuminates for three seconds, the screen doesn’t light up.My questions to you guys is that when you remove the hard disk and battery and power up, isthat what you should expect? and the second question is that are there any diagnostics I can dobefore I order the hard disk?

Many thanks!!

QuoteJames Wee Says:February 7th, 2009 at 7:40 pm

Vinod:If you remove the harddisk and battery, your laptop wouldn’t power up unless you plug in thepower connector. Even if you do that, the laptop would power up no matter what.

The Bios would not detect the harddisk (since it’s not there) and return an error telling yousomething like “harddisk not detected”.

Since your laptop (if it’s Dell) can’t boot up, you can’t do any diagnostics.

Also, check this out (LED Error Codes)http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/dta/faraday/00000009.htm

I suggest asking manufacturer (Dell) to see they have any solutions to this problem or not.

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Vinod Says:February 8th, 2009 at 10:31 am

Hi James, it is an Inspiron 6400. With the power connector I guessed that the screen would atleast show some signs of life, or at best return some error message. I have an Inspiron 6000which i’ve overclocked from 1.3 to 1.73Ghz, but still runs a bit slow, hence I was hoping thatduo processor would be much faster.

Oh well I think I will have to open it up and look inside for obvious damage before I startthrowing more money at it.

Thanks for your help.

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Blaine Says:February 12th, 2009 at 2:21 pm

James,

I have a problem the hinge seems to be popping out the back of the lcd cover. Bottom right.The back white casing is lifting from the grey casing that surrounds the lcd. Have you evertaken apart the casing around the LCD.

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James Wee Says:February 12th, 2009 at 2:40 pm

Quote(Blaine on February 12th, 2009 at 2:21 pm):James,

I have a problem the hinge seems to be popping out the back of the lcd cover.Bottom right. The back white casing is lifting from the grey casing that surroundsthe lcd. Have you ever taken apart the casing around the LCD.

Blaine, no I haven’t because dust doesn’t enter the LCD screen.My guess is some of the screws in the rubber bumpers wasn’t tightened properly. Try checkingthem out.

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Wap Says:February 16th, 2009 at 8:06 am

Hi James. I have a problem with powering on my dell inspiron 6400. I can see only power led ison but dvd tray can be open and i heard hdd and fan spin as usual others seems not working. Itried remove the ram and turn it on i can see some more leds flashing (caps lock, numb lock…)when i reinstall the ram the flashing went out and left only power led again. It just happenedtoday cos yesterday it works as usuall. Please help me. Thanks.Ps. The LCD screen just newly replaced from WSXGA+ to WUXGA.

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James Wee Says:February 16th, 2009 at 3:16 pm

Wap, does it work right after you replace the LCD screen?If it doesn’t, try to check whether the display cable is plugged into the slot or not. (And yes thatmeans you’ll have to disassemble your inspiron 6400)

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Sandi Says:March 14th, 2009 at 7:06 pm

Hi James, I have just bought a lcd panel to go into my Dell Inspiron 6400. It fits, showing thedesk top screen for an instant but is showing colored vertical lines with no picture at all. I havechecked the connections to the panel and the back light and power ALL seem fine. Will I haveto check the connector to the video/graphics… you know the one after the removal of thekeyboard on your instructions? I have connected the desk top monitor to the laptop in the pastto acquire files… but when I tried to today it only shows the windows start up screen for a fewseconds and then the desk top screen goes into standby and will not switch screen on when Iwiggle mouse or the pointer device. Im guessing it may be the LCD panel..Do I need to updatedrivers? If so how can I make my lap top except my desk top monitor? Please giv me someadvice before I return the new Panel. Cheers Sandi

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James Says:March 14th, 2009 at 7:26 pm

The reason your Desktop Monitor is not working is because the LCD panel has already beenconnected.

Double check to see if all the connections are properly fit into the slot.Check to see if the ground wire is screwed in.

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You don’t need drivers for monitors.

If everything from your side seems normal, bring the LCD panel back and check with the storeto see if it’s faulty or not.So far I’ve only seen vertical lines appear only in damaged screens.

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Is it possible to put the antenna cables in wrong? There are two antenna connectors (one black,the other white) and there are two arrows (white and black) pointing at the connectors… iknow there really shouldn’t be a problem, but i’ve noticed that you connected the white to theblack and vice versa…

Could it cause a problem?(i guess not because Dell did the same in their guide. btw, great work on making that guide!)

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Nicolai Says:March 23rd, 2009 at 10:32 pm

woops neverind! found it… (classical example of RTFM) sorry!

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Jennette Says:March 26th, 2009 at 7:27 am

Hey, I was just wondering if I need to take my whole laptop apart to replace the fan? It ismaking a horrendous noise anytime it comes on and I have had to place another fan behind it tokeep it cool….but cant go hillbilly forever! lol

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James Says:March 26th, 2009 at 7:33 am

Well, define “horrendous noise”. Because my view over loud noise might be a little differentcompared to yours.

But my suggestion is to open it to see what’s inside.

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Gretto Says:March 29th, 2009 at 10:34 am

Awesome dude. Needed to fix my POS screen that kept wobbling, wouldn’t have figured it outwithout those pics. Thanks.

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Matt Davis Says:March 29th, 2009 at 11:48 am

Thanks for posting this stuff. I recently graduated to a larger HD, replaced the Keyboard, andreplaced the clamshell behind the LCD. I wish I’d had your instructions then. Since then, I’vebeen having fun thinking about getting a used ‘parts’ laptop to experiment with and tinkeraround with, so I got one last week. Turns out the HD was bad. Now I’m wanting to upgrade itfrom ‘core solo’ to core 2 duo.

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Is this possible with the 6400 Inspirons? I’ve never taken off the palm rest, but am assumingthat the CPU is right there under the palm rest.

Thanks again for the guide.

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GrettoDid you actually got the wobbling screen fixed? From my experience, it only helps a bit if youtighten the screws.

Matt DavisI’m not sure about the that, but do check out the processor’s socket numbers. If they are thesame, you can upgrade from single core to core 2 duo.

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Dhiren Says:April 2nd, 2009 at 4:43 am

Hey, I’m assuming my 6400 is full with quite a bit of dust since the fan seems to be runningmore often now than it used to. I’ve bought one of those air-spray cans to clean out the dustbut do I need to disassemble my laptop fully to get access to wherever the dust is likely to be(would I only need to remove the keyboard to get access to the fans/anything on which dustmay have collected?)

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James Says:April 2nd, 2009 at 9:11 am

Dhiren,Removing the keyboard would only allow you to have access until the palm rest. Cleaning fromthere is not effective and I don’t think you can see the fan from there as well.

The best method is to just disassemble the palm rest, then you have access to most of the dustslocated in your laptop.

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Dhiren Says:April 5th, 2009 at 3:35 am

I’ve disassembled my laptop and managed to clean out quite a few clumps of dust. Brilliantinstructions James and thanks for the help!

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Chris Says:April 9th, 2009 at 3:28 pm

I am having a problem I dropped my laptop and the hard drive popped out (the screws weregone) so now when i turn it on the powerlight comes on but the screen remains black and thehard drive doesn’t make any noise. Do you have any idea what could be the problem?

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Usually when a hard drive receives impact. It’s a goner and chances of reviving it is extremelyslim.

However, if only the hard drive is dead, your computer will still boot up and tell you that itcan’t detect any hard drive.

For your case, I have a feeling that more than just the hard drive is spoilt. I suggest phoning dellto see if they have any solutions to the problem. At this stage the best person to ask for help isDell personnels.

QuoteSmarak Says:April 17th, 2009 at 1:56 am

Hi James,Thanks for this brilliant guide. My dell inspiron 6400 has been ne’er persistent attack from my10 month old daughter. It started freezing every now and then so I had to power off and restartmany times. Since yesterday the poor fellow (my 6400) refuses to power up (perhaps as aprotest to the constant torture!)when I try to switch it on, it starts for about three seconds, I can hear the fan and then it goesback in to coma. It is outside the warranty period. Spoke to. Dell. They suggest reseating thememory. I will try that. Could something be loose on the mother board? Could it be the videocard? I am scared that the mother board is affected. If reseating the RAM does not solve, whatare my options?

ThanksSmarak

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James Says:April 17th, 2009 at 3:06 am

Smarak,I have never experienced before any PC/Laptop that starts up for 3 seconds and stopsafterward. Usually it starts up forever without displaying anything or does not start up at all.

To answer your question, if reseating the RAM doesn’t work, I afraid there’s a larger probleminvolved. Like you said, motherboard, hard drive, etc.

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Smarak Says:April 17th, 2009 at 4:29 am

Thanks James for your quick reply. Sorry if I sid not convey my question properly. Actuallynothing appears on the screen. I can only hear the laptop trying to power up but just the LEDsblink for about three seconds.

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James Says:April 17th, 2009 at 1:54 pm

Smarak,If you read above, at Vinod and Wap’s post, they also had a LEDs blink for a few seconds.

Those are indicators that one of your component is not working properly. I actually asked DellSupport whether they have a copy of those LED error codes online or not. They said they don’thave it. So it’s better that if you can explain what LED is blinking to the Dell Support so that

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they can guide you through it.

Also, reseat your RAM before doing that. Most of the time it’s the deoxidization of the copperpins of the RAM.

QuoteSmarak Says:April 19th, 2009 at 7:27 pm

I reseated the RAMs and it worked. The freezing of the monitor is also gone now. Thanks matefor your help.

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Christy Says:April 20th, 2009 at 12:37 pm

Hi, quick question here. I took my computer apart for the first time following your directions,and I’m fairly sure I got it back together right, however the touch pad isnt working on thelaptop anymore. Is there something that I forgot to reconnect?

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James Says:April 20th, 2009 at 1:23 pm

Hi Christy,Yes I’m pretty sure you’ve forgotten to connect the cable that is supposed to be located rightbeside the coin sized battery (First picture of Step 6).

Don’t worry I bumped into this problem before as well. Just disassemble again, connect thecable properly and wholla!

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Dharmin Says:April 21st, 2009 at 4:26 pm

Hi James,

My 6400′s screen is loose from the hinges and it starts swinging even when a sit below the fan.I have never ever opened a laptop before how can I fix this problem without risking my laptop?

Thanks in advance!!

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James Says:April 21st, 2009 at 7:44 pm

There’s no way this can be fixed completely. However, you can screw the hinge so that it’s alittle tighter.All you need to do is :1. Take off the hinge cover2. Screw the hinge located at both sides of the LCD screen.

This will make the screen a little tighter. Like I said there’s no way to fix this unless you changethe whole LCD screen, which is impossible under a warranty because this is classified as wearand tear situation I think.Give it a try and see how it turns out :)

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Dharmin Says:April 22nd, 2009 at 7:36 am

Thanks for the neat step by step tips. I cleaned my laptop and assembled it again to be fullyfunctioning.

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Brenton Says:April 22nd, 2009 at 6:30 pm

Hi I have a 6400 that wont power up at all. Pushing the battery inicator level shows all greenlights. My cable lights green when plugged in to power but goes out when plugged intocomputer. Have contacted dell they suggest extending warrantee for 12 months for $480 AUDand get technician to sort it out. Anty ideas?

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James Says:April 22nd, 2009 at 7:02 pm

Extending warranty for a crazy $480? That’s not worth it, you might as well get a new laptop.:D

By the way, try reseating the RAM and see how it goes from there. Usually it will work.

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sauce Says:April 24th, 2009 at 7:11 pm

I took my Dell E1505 laptop apart as you showed above. Once I put it back together it won’tboot up. When I press the power button the LED light blinks once but nothing happens. WhenI connect the A/C power cord the LED indicator light, blinks once but will not stay steady.Either way with the power cord attached or not attached it won’t boot up. Any suggestions?I’ve tried most of what you have suggested in other post…but still have a dead laptop.

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James Says:April 24th, 2009 at 7:49 pm

Well, power cord plugged or not does not matter as long as a fully charged battery is in there.

Unless Dell gives me their list of LED light indicator else I wouldn’t know what is wrong withyour laptop. However, I would try reseat the RAM first. If it does not work, I will contact Delland ask them for some ideas.

I hope that your computer is alright … after the disassembly.

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Marcia Says:April 25th, 2009 at 10:04 am

Thanks, although my laptop is the 7000, and there is nothing anywhere for it, i was able tosomewhat find the inside of it. do you have anything on the 7000? To give you somebackground on it, it was given to me dead. lol I was told it was struck by lightening, but what itlooks like now that i have it apart, is that they had it plugged into the phone jack for theinternet. I’m going to try to get that out, or bypass it, to see if the laptop works.. There is powerto it, there is nothing wrong with the screen or backlight ( I had it checked), the signal just isnt’getting to the right places. I hope this works, do you have any suggestions?

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QuoteJames Says:April 25th, 2009 at 12:12 pm

Marcia,Sorry, I do not have anything on the 7000. A laptop getting struck by lightning, that’s rare.Unfortunately, I’ve never encountered these before so I don’t have the ability to give anysuggestions.

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Sauce Says:April 26th, 2009 at 11:20 am

Thanks James for your reply. I tried it all again and still nothing. If you could ask your contactsat Dell if they have a suggestion that would be great. Otherwise I guess I’ll ask the IT guys atwork or take it to a computer repair shop close by.

Thanks again for your time.

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Fritz Says:April 27th, 2009 at 3:08 pm

My laptop has a problem.. Some key on my laptop is not working like the minus, equal, home,delete…. I don’t know what happened on it…. any solution on this except of replacing anotherkeypad…

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James Says:April 27th, 2009 at 6:27 pm

Fritz,There was once when I noticed that my shift and my tab button is not working properly, as in Ican’t press it completely downwards. I took advantage of my Dell Full Cover warranty toreplace the keyboard.

Months later, when I disassemble my laptop, I realized that some other keys had the samesymptoms as the one before. I used the brush to brush off the dirt inside and it was workingfine again.

I don’t know if you have the same problem or not. But I do hope it is the same as mine becauseit is not a major problem and can be fixed easily.

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David Says:May 2nd, 2009 at 9:11 pm

James,

I have a E1505 that likes to crash shortly after the power charger is plugged into the back ofthe laptop.

The laptop runs perfect on battery power for hours with no problems. When i plug the chargerin the back to charge the battery, minutes later the computer freezes and automatically restarts,or the screen just goes black and freezes. When the screen goes black, the only way to fix it isto hold the power button until the computer shuts down to restart.

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yet. Reinstalling the OS did not help. I have tried so many different things but nothing helps. Ieven took the battery out and ran the laptop with the power cord only. It still froze up on me.

Any ideas?

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David,Does the fan switches itself on very quickly when you turn on your PC?

Because from what I’ve experienced before, battery powered E1505 only runs at about50-70% of the max performance. The processor would only run at 100% when the power cordis connected. That generates lots of heat.

I suspect that the laptop is overheating itself thus shutting freezes/shutting off to save itself.That’s the reason why I asked you about the fan earlier.

Many laptops lose their performance all because of dust clotting in the air vents.

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David Says:May 3rd, 2009 at 1:05 pm

The fan turns on shortly after turning the laptop on while running off the battery. The fan seemsto be working properly.

The issue talked about in the forum linked below is almost exactly what is happening to my pc,but their solution in the ATI control panel did not solve my problem.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=78772

I appreciate your suggestions though. Thanks for the help!

Quote(James on May 3rd, 2009 at 1:03 am):David,

Does the fan switches itself on very quickly when you turn on your PC?

Because from what I’ve experienced before, battery powered E1505 only runs atabout 50-70% of the max performance. The processor would only run at 100%when the power cord is connected. That generates lots of heat.

I suspect that the laptop is overheating itself thus shutting freezes/shutting off tosave itself. That’s the reason why I asked you about the fan earlier.

Many laptops lose their performance all because of dust clotting in the air vents.

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James Says:May 3rd, 2009 at 1:23 pm

David,Hmm, I think I misunderstood your question.Well the only time I got monitor turns itself off is when the power cord is plugged and I leavethe laptop idle for a long period of time. I’ll revive it by closing the LCD lid and open it upagain, then the screen switches itself up.63.

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If this doesn’t help, follow every instructions from the link you gave me.

Quotegary vinson Says:May 10th, 2009 at 9:28 am

James, I want to be sure I don’t break something, so I need to be clear. Ive got all screws loosefor a cleaning. I’m worried prying my virgin open. Can you post a couple of pics or something.It doesn’t want to open the first time like you say and it does seem like if I pull with pressure itmight give, but I need to be sure how you want us to these virgins wide open. You’re my onlyhope Obi-Wan.

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James Says:May 10th, 2009 at 1:06 pm

Gary Vinson,Obi-Wan is a big name there.Anyways back to reality, I will guide you through opening your virgin. Start from the back, prythe part that I show you in the last picture. If it doesn’t work, try it with much more force.

To help ease up the job, maybe you can pull up both the corners at the back first.

I afraid with limited resources I don’t have the pictures or videos of me doing it. Just be brave,virgins like brave men.

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Jamil Says:May 15th, 2009 at 2:17 am

Hi James

great tutorial,,,,, I followed and cleaned a heap of dust from inside,,,, but after assembling itback,,,,, laptop is not powering on. LEDs lit of few seconds and then it turned off. Same is theresult with + On key. Even Battery/charging LED is not litting, do u have any idea ??

Thanks in advance

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James Says:May 15th, 2009 at 10:10 am

Jamil,Try reseating the RAM, if that doesn’t work. Contact Dell.

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Jason Says:May 16th, 2009 at 6:43 pm

Hi James.

Just read your guide and found it rather helpful.

Me and my dad just bought a Spare/Repairs Dell Inspiron 6400 for £35.

The computer works perfect everywhere but the only major problems is the cosmetics andsound card.

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We are in need of replacing.Top Lid.Keyboard SurroundHingesKeyboardPalm Rest and touchpad.Do you have any ideas on how we could remove the said parts on this Laptop and replacingthem with new parts.?

Also the sound card is acting up.

Vista will detect the Sound card but no sound will come out from the speakers. do you know ifthis is a speaker problem or a sound card problem?

Thanks you.

QuoteJames Says:May 16th, 2009 at 6:54 pm

@Jason,You should have the replacements ready.1. LCD Panel Cover2. Keyboard3. Hinge Cover4. Palm Rest (comes with touch pad I think)5. Speaker

My bet is the speaker is broken, normally Window XP or an OS as new as Vista would be ableto have a proper driver for the speaker.

All the disassembling methods are shown above except for the LCD panel cover.

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Dan Says:May 17th, 2009 at 2:04 am

James, my e1505 works fine with no system problems, however my screen has a few lines thatrun down the screen when it is on. I have bent(only slightly) the screen a little and one goesaway for a second. Upon researching online about the problem I have calculated that it mightbe a simple bit of loose wiring, Where would that be. Since the PC works fine I don’t want tomess it up over some obnoxious lines. WHat sould I look for?Your help is greatly appreciated.

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James Says:May 17th, 2009 at 3:11 am

@Dan,If you still have the warranty for your E1505, call up dell and get it replaced.There isn’t any way to fix these kinds of problems and I have yet to experience such problemsbefore.

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Jason Says:May 18th, 2009 at 7:02 am

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Hi again James.

I recently told you about the sound in my earlier post on this Dell inspiron 6400.

Now here it is in more detail.

Vista will detect the sound card in the laptop and will Automatically install the driver needed.

but when we go to play music no sound will come out of the speakers.Even the little icon in the bottom right, when highlighted, will do the little green bar thing toshow that sound is playing.

We have also tried putting headphones inside the jack but even then we hear no sound throughthe headphones.

Do you know what to suggest we do?

Thanks =]

QuoteJames Says:May 18th, 2009 at 1:35 pm

@Jason,That’s odd, try go to your volume control.1. Make sure all the mute checkboxes are not checked.2. Make sure the Volume slider is not 0.3. Make sure the Wave slider is not 0.

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Jason Says:May 18th, 2009 at 4:50 pm

already tried it all but still nothing.

do yu think t could be a problem with sound card?or maybe even the motherboard..

thanks

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James Says:May 18th, 2009 at 4:58 pm

@Jason,It could be. But I have never tinkered with the motherboard before so I can’t give you a 100%answer. Also because detecting problems on the motherboard is like searching for a needle in ahaystack.

Well, I can tell you what I would do if I’m in your position though. When I can’t identify theproblem, I would always phone up Dell to ask for advice.

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Aaron Garrett Says:May 20th, 2009 at 6:32 pm

Just used this guide as a road map to help troubleshoot and fix a black screen after my wife76.

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dropped her laptop on the concrete. I took way more than I needed to apart first, and thenfound your website when I got a little nervous. Was able to correctly disassemble the keyboardand panel below the screen to find the wire running along the base unplugged from theconnector site. It was the “break” I had been hoping for. Plugged it in, powered it up andtaaa-daaa! Fixed.

1 drawback– I think the wife (or pooooossibly myself) lost the two screws for the hard drive(m3x3mm). Any suggestions on where to get some and what to do in the meantime???

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@Aaron Garrett,I’m not too sure if it’s you or your wife who lost the screws. Because I also realized myharddisk is in there without a screw as well.

Well you’ve already named the screw yourself, M3 x 3mm. Any screws as big as that can fitinto the hole.

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Subbu Says:May 21st, 2009 at 4:39 pm

Thanks for the snaps. I was succussful in following instruction for Dell Inspirion 1505

Thanks for your work. Please keep doing if possible. it helps lot of people

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James Says:May 21st, 2009 at 4:42 pm

I’m glad my guide helps a lot of people. Yes this is one of AhWee.com’s project and I wouldcontinue doing for more laptops.

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Samer Says:May 23rd, 2009 at 7:12 am

I would like to thank you, yes it was so useful, I was have a problem on my LCD, I will try tofix it after disasseble my laptop.thanks again!

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Ghol Says:May 25th, 2009 at 5:53 pm

Video Tutorial Part 1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD6WDt-goiU

Video Tutorial Part 2http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGFI9dQu7Po

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Andy Says:May 30th, 2009 at 10:30 am

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Managed to get my wife’s Laptop apart after reading this to clean some dried up orange juicefrom the PCB from ages ago. It had gotten all round the AMP chip and caused the sound tostop working.

A bit of a clean with a small paintbrush dipped in warm water, a dab and a blow to dry it andwe have perfect crystal clear sound again!

QuoteRobin Says:May 31st, 2009 at 12:09 am

Thanks for this guide. haven’t tried it out, but i’m sure i’m gonna need to soon because ofcertain problems.

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James Says:May 31st, 2009 at 12:32 am

I’m Glad this article worked for you Andy.

Robin, definitely ! It’s going to be here forever so no worries mate.

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Jiang Says:June 1st, 2009 at 1:12 am

Superb ! works perfectly fine ..

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ryan Says:June 13th, 2009 at 1:50 am

hi i just want to take out old keyboard and put in new one how would i do that

cheers ryan

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James Says:June 13th, 2009 at 2:06 am

@Ryan,Yeap, to change your keyboard you will only need to follow step 3 and 4.Good luck !

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ryan Says:June 17th, 2009 at 3:34 am

yeh i spilt water on the keyboard laptop still works but some keys don’t will replacing thekeyboard fix the problem

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James Says:June 17th, 2009 at 11:16 am

@RyanYes, replacing the keyboard would solve that problem. Just make sure all the keys in your newkeyboard works.

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Bohra Says:June 22nd, 2009 at 2:23 am

I am having problem with my inspiron lid !

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When i try to close lid ,something is pushing back of my lid (side with dell logo) near bottomright hand outside and creating gap .

How to handle this issue ?

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@BohraHmm, that is a little hard to visualize.

Do check if there’s any rocks or any thing that could prevent the latch from latching itself withthe base?

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Gora Ghosh Says:June 24th, 2009 at 2:14 am

Dear James.

I have a Dell 6400 laptop. It was working well. suddenly the battery is not charging and even itis not working directly. As I have checked, the connector and adaptor are OK. I charged thebattery with my friend’s laptop and when I put it in my laptop, it is working through the battery.What is the problem? Is it the bad soldering problem of the connector to the motherboard?

Please give me your advice.ThanksGora Ghosh

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James Says:June 24th, 2009 at 2:18 am

@Gora Ghosh,Whoa, even this problem seems to occur in the 6400?

Yes that is what I suspect, soldering problem. It has happened in XPS1210 and D610. There isa link there that leads to the solution to the problem.

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Gora Ghosh Says:June 24th, 2009 at 8:50 am

Dear James,

Thanks

G Ghosh

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Andrew Says:June 26th, 2009 at 2:00 am

Thank you for the information.

I had though my superb Inspiron 6400 was coming to the end of its life due to the screenmoving about near the hinges, sometimes powering up the laptop from sleep and also crashing

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it. Hinge screws were loose – tightened them up and off we go again.

Job done – thank you for the info on how to dissassemble the hinge cover.

QuoteQichang Says:June 26th, 2009 at 10:20 pm

Nice tutorial. Help me save tons of time and avoid the traps

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david Says:June 27th, 2009 at 6:17 am

not sure what i did wrong but my keyboard and mousepad dont work, i dont see where toconnect the thin cable or if it ever is or was

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James Says:June 27th, 2009 at 2:18 pm

@DavidWhat do you mean they don’t work, is this after you disassembled or before?

If it is after, then the cable must have not been connected properly.

If it is before, then I guess they are dead?

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Marcel Says:June 27th, 2009 at 6:48 pm

Thanks for the thorough descriptions. I missed two deep screws on the back, after those thepalmrest got loose easily… No dust inside so nothing looked wrong.

My 6400 shows three leds, continuesly on for about 2 seconds.With no memory it blinks ‘no memory’The hard drive turns on.No hard drive in system, same leds, but no sound whatsoever.

According to post codes (leds), three ‘blinking’ leds means ‘system motherboard error’. In mycase the three leds do not blink but stay on until the system shuts down. I have seen that samecomment in above posts. Anyone definite answer when they fixed that?

It could be hard drive related error.

Thanks!

At the moment it will be considered

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James Says:June 27th, 2009 at 7:02 pm

@MarcelDell don’t provide these LED codes to the public. Thus I have no idea.

I have a suggestion though, phone up dell customer service. They will definitely be able to help100.

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you out because they have the reference to the LED codes.

QuoteMarcel Says:June 27th, 2009 at 10:45 pm

Problem solved!

Symptom:Three lock leds turn on, hard drive spins, but after two seconds system turns off.

Solution:Experiment with moving only one memory module in the memory slots. If system starts withone module, then the other needs cleaning or is defect.

Found this at Dell.http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins6400/en/sm/cpu.htmmaybe more of this also there at Dell.I found blink codes, but cannot find link again.

Thanks!Marcel signing off

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Jason Says:July 4th, 2009 at 8:18 am

Hi James

I was having trouble with my keyboard every now and then when you typed the letters “Y”“O” or “U” it would cause the cursor to jump back in the sentence thus inserting my text in themiddle of senteces. I thought the keyboard was screwed so I followed your great instructionsand replaced my keyboard myself but it didn’t fix the problem. What else do you think it couldbe?…is it getting too hot perhaps?…the fan rarely comes on….any ideas?

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James Says:July 4th, 2009 at 2:42 pm

@JasonHmmm, that’s weird. That shouldn’t have any concern with the keyboard or the fan.

Try this, reformat your laptop and see if the the problem still persists.It is clearly a software issue, not hardware.

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Eric Says:July 9th, 2009 at 3:17 am

James, Im looking to upgrade the processor and have all the information needed as what willwork and so forth. My question to you since youve seen the guts. How exactly does theprocessor chip remove after taking the heatsink off. Can i get to it under the keyboard. Thanksand great detailed instructions. Its going to help alot.

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@EricThat’s very daring of you.

Anyways, here are the steps1. Do all the steps above.2. Remove the Heat sink3. Use a flat bladed screwdriver to unlock the processor socket. The screw locks the processorto the socket. Then remove the processor vertically (don’t bend the pins)

Don’t forget you will need some thermal compound for your new processor as well.

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Hi James,

I believe I have a LCD backlight inverter problem but I was wondering if you could confirm ordeny my findings.I have a Dell Inspiron 6400 and over the past 2 months my screen would flicker randomly bothon Battery Power or Plugged in from the adapter. The flickering has gotten worse as time hasgone on. Three days ago I started hearing a faint buzzing sound on power up and after I openthe LCD screen. Now finally today as I opened the LCD screen the buzzing sound was louderthe screen was bright for about 1 second and then went Black. I could faintly see what wasloaded on screen. I closed the screen then reopened it again and the same thing happenedagain. This time I closed the screen unplugged the adapter so it was just running on battery.Now I tried to open the screen and the screen stayed on as it was set to the lowest brightsetting. It has stayed this way the whole time I am typing this comment. I as well plugged backin the power adapter and the back light stayed on full bright with no buzzing.So I guess I would like to know if it is the inverter is it hard to replace and where is the inverterlocated in the laptop.Thanks for any help you can give me.

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James Says:July 9th, 2009 at 2:13 pm

@MarkI haven’t experience things like this before. Can’t really help you out.But if I did experience stuff like these I would have just replaced the LCD screen.

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Jesse Says:July 15th, 2009 at 5:02 am

I have a problem with this laptop my computer will boot into windows fine then freeze andmake a loud beeping sound, do you think cleaning the laptop would rectify this problem?

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Jesse Says:July 15th, 2009 at 5:03 am

this happens after a certain period of time.

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James Says:July 15th, 2009 at 2:01 pm

@Jesse,Nope I don’t think cleaning would solve the problem.

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Jesse Says:July 16th, 2009 at 12:45 am

well what do you think it could be? i think maybe it is overheating and it is doing this to protectitself. The fans have been spinning fine but maybe one of them died on me. I am also going tosee if one of ram memory sticks has failed and see if that fixes it because on several forums Isaw it could be a bad sector in my ram.

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James Says:July 16th, 2009 at 3:01 am

@JesseThere is only 1 fan in the Inspiron 6400. Well try to borrow a cooling pad from a friend or keepthe room temperature low to see if your laptop shuts itself off or not.

Yeah, try the RAM and the cooler part.If your laptop runs longer (or does not shutdown) due to cooling, you might need todisassemble and clean it.If your laptop runs fine after a memory change, then you dont need to disassemble it.

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Mike Says:July 18th, 2009 at 9:50 am

Excellent tutorial on the 6400.

I have upgraded a bog-standard 1.66Ghz (2mb cache) / 120GB HDD / 1Gb RAM / NEC DVDRW as follows:

New Specs: 2.0Ghz (4mb cache) / 500GB HDD / 4Gb RAM (Reads 3.24 on XP) and a newSamsung IDE DVD +/-RW.

Massive improvement in performance for not a lot of cash :-)

Thanks for your help.

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Marc Says:July 18th, 2009 at 9:42 pm

Hi,

thank you very much for this detailed and excellent tutorial. Yesterday I cleaned my laptop andit is now quiet, cool and fast.

Greetings from Germany!

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Hi,I am trying to figure out if taking the hinge apart will fix my problem. The top of my laptop isopening on one side. On the seam close to the hinge. It can close, but when closed you can seethe seam opens alot more. It is very hard to describe. I have pictures, if there is an option toattach. I have not been closing it lately. I was wondering if this would eventually hurt mymonitor. Any thoughts. Thanks

QuoteIrina Says:July 22nd, 2009 at 7:07 pm

Hello James,

Last night I took apart my Inspiton 1405 following your instructions. Thanks a lot. In fact, Ididnt remove completely the hthe palm rest (two cables remained connected) because when Iremoved processor cooling I discovered a dust rug on the rediator, so I stopped there, withpartally opened palm rest, just cleane a little pit this part of fan wich I was able to reachwithout disconnectin the cables.

But, after I put everithing on place, The laptop is not working.The 3 indicators light up for a second, and then coputer is turning off. During this 1 second,nothing happens. The Hard disk and fan are not moving, there is a complete silence inside.I suppose I did not attach everythin or somewhre is not good contact. Pleace, help withpossible diagnostics!I afraid to go in cervice and to say I try alone and now is not working

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James Says:July 22nd, 2009 at 8:20 pm

@LynnNo I doubt that would hurt the monitor. Try to speak to Dell Customer Service and see whatthey can do about it.

@IrinaTry reseating the RAMs and see if it helps. Usually these problems occurs when the RAMs arenot seated properly.

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Tony H Says:July 31st, 2009 at 7:58 pm

Hi James, followed your instructions to part dissassemble my daughters 6400 laptop as has aproblem with hinge closing – same as Blaine 12/2/09, Bohra 22/6/09 and Lynn 21/7/09 above.

The problem is the hinge, as shown partly in your photo above step 6 in your article, hasbecome disconnected from the display frame (you can see this if you carefully remove thedisplay surround by using a small, sharp screwdriver and unclipping.When you close the screen the hinge no longer rotates and the two parts to the hinge pass overone another forcing the screen frame apart – hence the gap.

The hinge is two part – part 1 ‘pop riveted’ to the display frame, screw connected to part 2which is in the laptop base.You can separtate the two part by undoing and removing the screws – you then have to find away to ‘re connect’ part 1 to the display frame.I have tried various ‘super glues’ and ‘epoxy glue’ but to no avail – whilst the stick the two118.

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parts back together when you re connect all screws and close the display screen the pressure onthe hinge is too great and the glued connection fails again.

If you could take internal pressure off the hinge when closing this would help greatly.Options now appear to be1 Live with it :-(2 Find a ‘super super glue!’ that will really ‘weld’ the metal together3 Remove internal pressure from hinge so hinge rotates (but screen may become looser)4 Obtain replacement Display

Hope this helps – any further advice appreciated.

QuoteAls Says:August 1st, 2009 at 3:48 am

Hi james, explendid guide and very detailed, helped out since the last thing to take out was thatone little screw that you said not even magnetic screwdrivers could take out. But since that wasthe only thing stopping me from take out the palm rest and now thanks to your guide I havebeen able to gain access to my fan and dust it out. My only concern is if you happened to knowby any chance what happens when your screen is really really dark and can barely seeanything, everything does show up but really faintly. Does this mean that I connectedsomething wrong? any of the LCD screen cables? Because everything works fine except for thescreen display which is really really dark but faintly able to see the contents, any tips or adviceon what to do?

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James Says:August 1st, 2009 at 3:52 am

@AlsDark screen? Did that happened after the disassemble process? Never experienced that before…

Try Fn + Up Button.

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Christopher Says:August 9th, 2009 at 3:50 am

Thanks! I found this after searching the 6400 docs and the web. I printed this out and will gocleaning! Thanks for putting this up for us noobs. – Chris

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InspironUser Says:August 15th, 2009 at 8:41 am

Nice summary. For anyone wanting an easier way to remove the palm rest clips, just slide anold credit card (or other PLASTIC edge, not metal, metal will scratch the plastic) and slide italong the seam between the white palm rest and the black base and it’ll pop right off.Thanks!

ALS: If the screen is really really dim, it sounds like the backlight may not have power going toit, Don’t know if you tried taking it apart to disconnect and reconnect the monitor cable. Itmight work, it might not. I wouldn’t expect that any disassembly would damage the screenunless it was dropped or handled without care.

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QuotePaul Dylan Says:August 15th, 2009 at 2:32 pm

Hi James,

I have a Dell Inspiron 6400, i have had it for 2 years or so and it is starting to run very hot. Iassume this is the dust.

I want to do the above tutorial to take it apart and clean, but i am not well off enough toreplace the laptop if afterwards it does not power up again, as seems to have happened to a fewpeople.

Is there much risk involved if i follow the tutorial to the letter?

I realise you can offer no guarantee, but even just a bit of reassurance might help!

Cheers, and thanks for the guide in advance.

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GREG Says:August 24th, 2009 at 9:56 am

Hi I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY 6400. WHEN I PLUG IN THE POWER ADAPTOR TOTHE LAPTOP THR GREEN LED GOES OUT AND THE LAPTOP DOESN’T POWER UP.IF I UNPLUG AND RECONNECT THE ADAPTOR, THE GREEN LED COMES BACK ON.I DISMANTLED THE UNIT AND THE SAME THING HAPPENS WITH JUST THEMOTHERBOARD. IS THIS A FAULTY MOTHERBOARD AND CAN IT BE REPAIRED ORDO I HAVE TO BUY A NEW ONE.

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James Says:August 24th, 2009 at 8:59 pm

@GregIt is easier to read if you comment without capital letters.Anyways, which is the green LED?

If the motherboard is faulty you will have to replace it.

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Deb Says:August 24th, 2009 at 11:59 pm

James, since you opened your laptop once I would to like to ask, did you notice where on themotherboard the EEPROM chip (24C02) is located? I understand that depending on the modelit may either be on the up side or may be at the bottom side of the motherboard.

I need to reset the BIOS password on my Inspiron 6400 but I need to figure out where this chipis exactly located on this model. I want to disassemble the least possible parts to achieve myobjective.

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It is easier to read if you comment without capital letters.Anyways, which is the green LED?

If the motherboard is faulty you will have to replace it.

Hi james,sorry about the caps. The green light i refered to is on the ac adaptor.

QuoteJames Says:August 25th, 2009 at 11:04 am

@GregThe AC adapter? If the problem lies with the AC adapter I highly doubt it is the motherboard’sproblem. I think there’s something wrong with the AC adapter.

@DebI’ve checked online and they say you can’t find the EEPROM chip in the 6400. One said if youwant to reset the BIOS password you could phone up Dell with your service tag.

Hope this helps.

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robert Says:August 30th, 2009 at 12:32 am

thanks for the tutorial, just what i needed. water spilt in mine and now it won;t start sogoing to take it apart and try to figure out what is broken

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Darrell Says:September 2nd, 2009 at 11:14 am

James, great tips. However, I only need to repair my left mouse button on my Dell, seems notas “clicky” as it was yesturday. It still works, but doesn’t have the click

Thanks, Darrell

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James Says:September 2nd, 2009 at 3:02 pm

@DarrellTo do that you have to do all the steps above.But do keep this in mind, the left click on your laptop is not as clicky does not necessary meanthat it is spoilt or something. It could be worn out due to excessive use and might not berepairable.

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Elizabeth Says:September 4th, 2009 at 3:18 pm

Thanks for this!

My sound card appears to have bitten the dust. I’ve done all the basic audio troubleshooting,tried headphone jacks, system restore, and uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers. Still nosound, and it’s not recognizing the audio device. I suspect that the soundcard is part of themotherboard, though, and not a separate piece. Could you confirm this? Thanks!

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QuoteJames Says:September 4th, 2009 at 3:24 pm

@ElizabethI did not pay so much attention to the sound cards but yes the speakers are connected to themotherboard. So I believe they are one piece.Dell’s technical support team would be able to tell you even more.

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James Says:September 5th, 2009 at 5:06 am

Thank you very much for taking the time to photo and write a description. I needed to changemy keyboard for an inspirion 9300. Yours was the first site I chose. and did the exchange inless than 10 minutes. I appreciated the warning about the cover piece, so I was very careful asnot to break it. Thanks again. James

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Sri Says:September 11th, 2009 at 7:07 am

Hi James,

I am facing a problem with my laptop Inspiron 6400 as follows. Due to hard handling, the rightside of the front hinge cover (Just under the indentation) has come out loose and will not clampdown on pressing.

Subsequently the LCD screen is kind of loose and wobbles in the open position. When thishappens, for some reason Windows Vista shuts down by itself and upon restart comes up withstartup options.

It says windows was shut down prematurely, yada yada do you want to start normally or in theother modes.

I have just got a printout of your article and hoping to see what is wrong.

Thanks again for your detailed article.

Sri

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James Says:September 11th, 2009 at 12:09 pm

@SriI have recently posted a guide on how to fix the wobbling screen. Do take a look at it as well.http://ahwee.com/how-to-fix-wobbling-screen-dell-inspiron-6400-e1505

That should help you fix the wobbling screen.

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Thomas Says:September 13th, 2009 at 7:13 am

First off nice tutorial. For a living i fix small appliances and on the side i deal withXbox/ps3/pc’s all kinds of gaming systems n what not. Let me strees to anyone who is going totry to take apart their laptop. IT IS VERY EASY. Just keep track of the screws and keep them137.

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together with whatever part u remove. Once again just wanted to say thnx for the tutorial justgot a free dell laptop gonna tear it apart n turn it into a briefcase laptop since the casing isdamaged.

QuoteJake Says:October 1st, 2009 at 2:13 pm

I’ve got an e1505. I’m a novice at taking apart a laptop, and want to make sure I’m doing whatI should before actually doing it. My laptop screen is getting darker than it should, I have madesure it’s not my colors messed up and my refresh rate is correct. Any suggestions?

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James Says:October 1st, 2009 at 2:19 pm

@JakeYour LCD screen is getting darker has nothing to do with disassembling the laptop. So don’tdisassemble your laptop at all.

Are you sure it is not the fn+up/down button that is causing your screen to go darker?

Even if it is a hardware problem you wouldn’t be able to fix it by disassembling the laptop.

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Jake Says:October 5th, 2009 at 12:20 am

I figured it may be the cable being loose. My wife dropped it about a week before she startedcomplaining of the darkness. Yeah, I’m pretty sure it’s something different than thefn+up/down.

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James Says:October 5th, 2009 at 12:30 am

@JakeWell, here’s what I will suggest you to do,If you still have warranty for your 6400, phone up Dell to get your LCD changed or fixed.

If not, try disassembling see and try your luck if you really want to fix the problem.

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Tim Says:October 7th, 2009 at 3:42 am

Listen i wanted to upgrade the CPU of my 1.6ghz inspiron 6400 to a t7700,the latest bios6/25/2007 allows core2 duos however the t7700 runs at 800mhz i figure it shouldn`t be aproblem,because although the chipset supports 667mhz only the CPU will still run at systemspeed of 667 or allowable supported FSB.Has anyone upgraded the CPU yet to a similar CPU and is the above dismantelling proceedurenecessary.

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I’m not sure if the laptop can support the new CPU you’re trying to get, but the abovedismantling procedure is needed to install your CPU.

QuoteBrandonB Says:October 17th, 2009 at 8:32 am

Hey James… First of all thanks for this forum.. I have been searching around and can’t findany info about this laptop. I have the e1505. Well Let me back up. My friend gave me thislaptop. He said the hard drive was failing. If I got the data off, I could keep the laptop. I did,and bought 2 gig and a 320 gig Seagate Momentus harddrive. The screen wouldn’t turn oneither.

I took it apart and the connection was loose. The monitor is now fixed.

I never got the computer to boot up. The bios says no hard drive detected. Do I need to changejumpers generally? I tried multiple hard drives and I can’t get any to detect to format. Its beenawhile and I can’t remember if this computer had a interposer connector to connect the harddrive. I don’t think so, but maybe. Anyways, any suggestions? I am thinking motherboard, but Icould be wrong. He said he never dropped it, but there is a small crack on the corner of thelaptop.

Please James! Help me get a free laptop!

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BrandonB Says:October 17th, 2009 at 8:42 am

Once more thing… I know that formatting with XP you have to load SATA Drivers thought afloppy drive if it was vista before. I have tried installing xp and vista, with no luck.

Also, someone suggested resetting the cmos? How would this be done? Anyways, thanks.

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Mike Says:October 25th, 2009 at 2:43 am

Hi James

I have an Inspiron E1505 which overheats and falls over on a hot day. I downloaded ‘speedfan’software which shows temperatures (high). On my desktop it also gives fan speeds but does notdetect a fan at all on the laptop. I am about to start disassembly of the laptop to see if there is afan connected and working, but as the instructions you give are fairly complex I wouldwelcome advice first on what steps are needed to access the fan.

Many thaksMike

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James Says:October 25th, 2009 at 9:43 am

@MikeAll the steps. They are not complex actually, they just look complex. :)Good luck

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Robert Says:October 25th, 2009 at 11:05 pm

Hi James,I did clean my Dell laptop as well and fixed wobbling screen following your directions. GoodJob. When I start it up, I noticed my LCD screen is little bit blury, its possible to read the text,but seemsl like blue collor is missing. Is it possible that I connect something improperly?

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James Says:October 25th, 2009 at 11:13 pm

@RobertIt is possible something is wrong, but don’t take my words for granted.

Disassemble your laptop again to see if you missed out something or some connectors are notconnected properly.

If problem still persists, phone up Dell customer service and ask for assistance :)

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Robert Says:October 26th, 2009 at 12:05 am

This is solved, Cable from LCD wasnt clicked properly to mother board slot. Everything workfine now.2 good things when you disassemble your laptop more often: a) all parts are easy to pull out, b)I saved one screw, dont know from where :)Thank you James

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Mike Says:October 27th, 2009 at 9:44 pm

Excellent instructions. Fairly easy to disassemble and, just as important, to re-assemble.However, after a good clean my fan still does not work.At the risk of appearing a complete fool, can anyone tell me whether the E1505 fan should beon continuously or should it just come on when the temperatures are high enough? Speedfanshows temperatures but does not detect a fan. If the fan was not working I would haveexpected it to show zero fan speed. So I do not know whether I need a replacement fan, ordoes the problem lie with the connection to the fan or a temperature sensor? I would begrateful for any advice.

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James Says:October 27th, 2009 at 10:57 pm

@MikeYou could try opening a lot of processes and see if the fan turns on or not. If that does notwork, try to take the fan out and give it a direct current to see if it works.

If the fan is dead, ebay always have replacements.

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I finally found what I been looking for, I have a problem with my laptop, I restartsautomatically and I know no virus or any malware that infected my system. I suspected that itwas caused by the cooling fan not working anymore. Am I correct with that? about the fan thecauses the problem?

QuoteRavi Says:November 27th, 2009 at 8:25 pm

Hi,

Please help me out. My laptop was running out of warrenty.When i swith on, it says

No bootable device found, strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for setup utilitypress F5 to run onboard diagonistics

1. If i press F1 again same error message is been displayed.2. If i press F2, everything seems normal and again i restart the same error is coming.3. When pressing F5, it stating doing system test. Quick test fails when it runs on hard drive.

Whether the hard drive might have crashed? I dont think so. It may be some bad virus ormalware or due to some other reason?

I tried to re install the OS, but it couldnt recogonise the hard drive to store the OS.

Do i need to disassemble and fix the hard drive back to solve the problem?Or what shall i do to make my system work again. Please help.

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James Says:November 27th, 2009 at 11:52 pm

@RaviI am pretty sure your harddisk died. Try connecting your harddisk to an external USB harddiskcover to confirm if it’s dead or not.

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Ravi Says:November 30th, 2009 at 3:50 pm

Hi James,

Thanks for your response. Am worried now due to the data loss (3 years data).

I have removed the hard disk from the laptop as per your instructions. Please tell me how toconnect the same hard disk in the USB port? Do i need to buy some cable? Will the same harddisk can act as an external hard drive?

Rgrds,

Ravi.

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Yes, you will need to buy an external harddrive casing (that comes along with the correctconnector of your harddisk eg. SATA/PATA).

Or you could just borrow it from a friend.

Plug it in, then if you are lucky, you might be able to retrieve all the data in another PC.

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Hi I have looked at a lot of websites lately trying to find out what is wrong with my dell e1505.It powers up fine but after about 20 mins it will freeze and make a really loud humming noiseand the only way I can power down the computer is to unplug it and remove the battery. Mycomp is also starting to run slower than normal. I have run virus scans and spy ware scans overand over and it comes up nothing. If you could possibly tell me what is going on with mycomp..This is my 3rd dell in 5 years and I am not ready to replace this one too.

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used tires Says:December 2nd, 2009 at 2:45 am

Quote(J-Lynn on December 1st, 2009 at 8:07 pm):Hi I have looked at a lot of websites lately trying to find out what is wrong with mydell e1505. It powers up fine but after about 20 mins it will freeze and make areally loud humming noise and the only way I can power down the computer is tounplug it and remove the battery. My comp is also starting to run slower thannormal. I have run virus scans and spy ware scans over and over and it comes upnothing. If you could possibly tell me what is going on with my comp..This is my3rd dell in 5 years and I am not ready to replace this one too.

J-Lynn It sounds to me like your computer is over heating.

Till then,

Jean

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Al Zeety Says:December 2nd, 2009 at 11:19 pm

Hey man, you mentioned above that you can help me disassemble my pc laptop dell studiomonitor. Yeah, the monitor is all I’m interested in because the one year warranty is done in amonth and since I am already due to get shit replaced or fixed b/c from the getgo there havebeen mad problems and I have tried their help services so many times I can’t waste time withanother outsourcer in Kuaola Laumpur who thanks me 1,ooo times and then asks if I’ll talkwith his supervisor just before we get off the phone as a quality assurance thing I guess.So because it’s a WLAN all the time and because I turned down some offers in an unintendedway (at a poker table in ac) they have been using their tech to surreptitiously sabatoge me. So Ihear you if you don’t wanna help me, but I wanna remove what I beleive to be a covert cambehind the monitor. I have disassembled the first few things like the frame and actually that’s it.If you won’t help, maybe you can suggest that if I get a covert cambehind the lcd monitor orwhatever what I should do them besides enjoy some free counter-surveillance equipment (forthem its surveillance b/c they’re like that i guess; it’s their mistake and covert problem. no jokedude. thanks. later….

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Ravi Says:December 4th, 2009 at 8:01 pm

Hi James,

Thanks for your response. I bought a external hard drive casing and received the same error.No bootable device found!!! So i have bought a new hard drive and it stated working proplelyas a internal hard drive.Problem solved.

But the old hard drive seems to be dead!!!

Rgrds,

Ravi.

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Erik Says:December 15th, 2009 at 6:02 am

hiya James,Great stuff, saved myself some money today! Screen of my 6400 went dead yesterday, after atoy of the kids crashed onto it. With the help of you excellent guide, managed to disassembleand assemble it all together again, and working! The plug of the antenna/display wasunplugged, and the sticky stuff inside wasn’t sticky anymore, it kinda unwrapped. I took a minidrop of glue, almost invisible, but enough to make it sticky again, and its back together.Plugged it in, and about 30 mins later my 6400 works like a charm again!@Ravi: Any way to add the seemingly broken HDD as a Slave? I recovered data of seeminglybroken HDD’s by adding it as an Slave to a new Master HDD multiple times.

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James Says:December 30th, 2009 at 9:28 am

I am pretty sure everything that is need to know about disassembling the Inspiron 6400/E1505is available in this article.

Thus, this topic will be closed to prevent spam.

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