Dell Inspiron N4110 Motherboard Replacement

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Dell Inspiron N4110 Motherboard Replacement

Schwierigkeitsgrad

Moderate

Schritte

Zeitaufwand

40 - 45 Minuten

Einleitung

Is your motherboard damaged or are you looking for an upgrade? if so, this guide will show you how to locate and replace a motherboard.

Werkzeuge

Schritt 1

Make sure the laptop is off and unplugged before starting this step.
Locate the battery on the underside of the laptop.
Push the two battery clips following the direction of the arrows.

Schritt 2

Push upward from the base of the battery.

Schritt 3

Pull battery away from computer until it is fully removed.

Don’t forget to remove the two screws in the battery compartment before attempting to pry off the top case!

Wils - 07/04/20

Schritt 4

Remove the 10 2.5x5 mm screws from the base of the laptop.

Schritt 5

Unscrew the final 2.5x5 mm screw attached to the cover.
The screw does not detach from the cover. Make sure the screw is fully unscrewed before attempting to remove the cover.

Schritt 6

Remove the cover from the laptop.

Schritt 7

Unscrew the 2.5x5 mm screw inside the RAM compartment.

Schritt 8

Remove the disk drive from the side of the computer.
There is no need to press the button, the drive will come out.

Schritt 9

Unscrew the two 2x3 mm screws inside the disk drive compartment.

Schritt 10

Flip the computer over, and open the laptop.
Use a plastic opening tool to begin to remove the keyboard.
Use your hands to finish separating the keyboard from the laptop.
This can be a bit challenging, but it will come loose.

Just the Keyboard: Removing the base cover is next.

Morris Stevens - 15/12/20

Schritt 11

Lift the black clip from the tan connection for the keyboard.
Pull the the connection away from the clip.
Move the keyboard away from the laptop.

Schritt 12

Lift the black clips from the tan connections for all 3 locations marked.
Remove the connections from the clips.

Schritt 13

Unscrew the five 2.5x5 mm screws.

Schritt 14

Use plastic opening tools to remove base cover.
Use your hands to fully remove cover from the base.
This may be difficult, but it is possible.

Schritt 15

Disconnect the two cables that connect the speaker and the fan.
These can just be pulled out, they do not have clips.

Schritt 16

Unscrew the 2.5x5 mm screw from the fan.

Disconnect the ribbon cable over the crew to reveal it. Flip up the latch and pull gently on the ribbon to remove it from the connector.

Wils - 07/04/20

Schritt 17

Pull up and remove the fan from the laptop.

Schritt 18

Unscrew the six 2.5x3mm screws from the motherboard.

This step is also incorrect. The screw sizes here are not 2.5x3 mm, they are all 2.5x5 mm.

apocalypse612 - 17/05/18

Schritt 19

Disconnect the black and yellow cable from the motherboard.

Also remove the grounding screw next to it.

Morris Stevens - 15/12/20

The grounding cable was already removed in the previous step it was one of the six screws he said to remove

Little Kobold - 09/03/21

Schritt 20

Begin to separate the motherboard from the laptop
Pull up to separate from the other internal pieces, and then pull to the right away from the case

When reinstalling motherboard, Insure the two connectors under back RH corner of MB are precisely aligned with the daughterboard below. If slightly misaligned, you will bend pins.

Morris Stevens - 15/12/20