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Before You Begin: Dell Latitude D830 Service Manual

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Before You Begin

Dell™ Latitude™ D830 Service Manual

Recommended Tools

Turning Off Your Computer

Before Working Inside Your Computer

Computer Orientation

This chapter provides procedures for removing and installing the components in your computer. Unless otherwise noted, each procedure assumes that the following conditions exist:

You have performed the steps in Turning Off Your Computer and Before Working Inside Your Computer.
You have followed the safety information in the Product Information Guide.
A component can be replaced by performing the removal procedure in reverse order.

Recommended Tools

The procedures in this document may require the following tools:

Small flat-blade screwdriver
Phillips screwdriver
Small plastic scribe
Hex nut driver
Flash BIOS-update program CD

Turning Off Your Computer

NOTICE: To avoid losing data, save and close any open files and exit any open programs before you turn off your computer.

Shut down the operating system:
1. Save and close all open files and exit all open programs.
1. In the Microsoft® Windows® XP operating system, click Start® Shut Down® Shut down.
  
  In Microsoft® Windows Vista™, click the Windows Vista Start button , click the arrow in the lower-right corner of the Start menu as shown below, and then click Shut Down.

The computer turns off after the operating system shutdown process is complete.

Ensure that the computer and all attached devices are turned off. If your computer and attached devices did not automatically turn off when you shut down your operating system, press and hold the power button for about 4 seconds to turn them off.

Before Working Inside Your Computer

Use the following safety guidelines to help protect your computer from potential damage and to help ensure your own personal safety.

CAUTION: Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions in the Product Information Guide.

CAUTION: Handle components and cards with care. Do not touch the components or contacts on a card. Hold a card by its edges or by its metal mounting bracket. Hold a component such as a processor by its edges, not by its pins.

CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that came with the product.

NOTICE: When you disconnect a cable, pull on its connector or on its pull-tab, not on the cable itself. Some cables have a connector with locking tabs; if you are disconnecting this type of cable, press in on the locking tabs before you disconnect the cable. As you pull connectors apart, keep them evenly aligned to avoid bending any connector pins. Also, before you connect a cable, ensure that both connectors are correctly oriented and aligned.

NOTICE: To avoid damaging the computer, perform the following steps before you begin working inside the computer.

Ensure that the work surface is flat and clean to prevent the computer cover from being scratched.
Turn off your computer (see Turning Off Your Computer).

NOTICE: To disconnect a network cable, first unplug the cable from your computer and then unplug it from the network wall jack.

Disconnect any telephone, network, and USB cables from the computer.
Disconnect your computer and all attached devices from their electrical outlets.
Turn over the computer.

NOTICE: To avoid damaging the system board, you must remove the main battery before you service the computer.

Remove the battery.
1. Slide the battery-bay release latch on the bottom of the computer toward the back of the computer until the latch is engaged.
1. Grasp the battery by the battery tab and slide the battery horizontally toward the side of the computer.
2. Lift to remove the battery from the bay.

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battery

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battery-bay release latch

Press the power button to ground the system board.
Remove any installed ExpressCards, PC Cards, or smart cards from the computer Using Cards.

Computer Orientation

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front

2

left

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back

4

right

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