Dell XPS 14 Manuel utilisateur

Dell XPS 14

Owner’s Manual

Computer model: XPS L421X

Regulatory model: P30G

Regulatory type: P30G001

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Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better

use of your computer.

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss of

data if instructions are not followed.

WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage,

personal injury, or death.

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Trademarks used in this text: Dell™, the DELL logo, and XPS™ are trademarks of Dell Inc.;

Microsoft®, Windows®, and the Windows start button logo

are either trademarks or

registered trademarks of Microsoft corporation in the United States and/or other countries;

Bluetooth®is a registered trademark owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and is used by

Dell under license.

2012 - 06 Rev. A00

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Contents

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Turn Off Your Computer and Connected Devices. . . . . 9

Safety Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Recommended Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

After Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . 11

Removing the Base Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Replacing the Base Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Removing the System Badge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Replacing the System Badge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Removing the Battery-LED Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Replacing the Battery-LED Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Removing the Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Replacing the Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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Removing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Removing the Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Replacing the Memory Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Removing the Wireless Mini-Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Replacing the Wireless Mini-Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Removing the mSATA/WWAN Mini-Card. . . . . . . 34

Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Replacing the mSATA/WWAN Card . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Removing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Replacing the Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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Removing the Power/Battery Status-Light Board 40

Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Replacing the Power/Battery Status-Light Board 42

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Removing the Coin-Cell Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Replacing the Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Removing the Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Replacing the Fan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Removing the Processor Heat-Sink . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Replacing the Processor Heat-Sink . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Removing the I/O Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Replacing the I/O Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

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Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Replacing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Entering the Service Tag in the BIOS. . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Removing the Air Vent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Replacing the Air Vent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Removing the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Replacing the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Removing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Replacing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Removing the Palm Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Replacing the Palm Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

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Flashing the BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

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Before You Begin | 9

Before You Begin

Turn Off Your Computer and Connected Devices

CAUTION: To avoid losing data, save and close all open files and exit all open

programs before you turn off your computer.

1Save and close all open files and exit all open programs.

2Click Start and click Shut down.

Microsoft Windows shuts down and then the computer turns off.

NOTE: If you are using a different operating system, see the documentation

of your operating system for shut-down instructions.

3Disconnect your computer and all attached devices from their electrical outlets.

4Disconnect all telephone cables, network cables, and attached devices from

your computer.

Safety Instructions

Use the following safety guidelines to protect your computer from potential damage and

ensure your personal safety.

WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety

information that shipped with your computer. For additional safety best

practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at

dell.com/regulatory_compliance.

WARNING: Disconnect all power sources before opening the computer cover or

panels. After you finish working inside the computer, replace all covers, panels,

and screws before connecting to the power source.

CAUTION: To avoid damaging the computer, ensure that the work surface is flat

and clean.

CAUTION: To avoid damaging the components and cards, handle them by their

edges and avoid touching pins and contacts.

CAUTION: Only a certified service technician is authorized to remove the

computer cover and access any of the components inside the computer. See the

safety instructions for complete information about safety precautions, working

inside your computer, and protecting against electrostatic discharge.

CAUTION: Before touching anything inside your computer, ground yourself by

touching an unpainted metal surface, such as the metal at the back of the

computer. While you work, periodically touch an unpainted metal surface to

dissipate static electricity, which could harm internal components.

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CAUTION: When you disconnect a cable, pull on its connector or on its pull-tab,

not on the cable itself. Some cables have connectors with locking tabs or

thumb-screws that you must disengage before disconnecting the cable. When

disconnecting cables, keep them evenly aligned to avoid bending any connector

pins. When connecting cables, ensure that the connectors and ports are correctly

oriented and aligned.

CAUTION: To disconnect a network cable, first unplug the cable from your

computer and then unplug the cable from the network device.

CAUTION: Press and eject any installed card from the media-card reader.

Recommended Tools

The procedures in this document may require the following tools:

•Phillips screwdriver

•Torx #5 (T5) screwdriver

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