Dell latitude 3500 Teardown

ID: 158571

Description: Just a step by step guide on how to teardown a...

Steps:

1. 10 screws total
2. The screws don't come the whole way out of the cover, but you will feel when they are loosened enough.
3. A spudger will make quick work of removing the cover, but you may have to open the laptop to find a spot for it to fit.
4. Sometimes the cover can snag when you go to pull it off: a snap may have caught again, or a screw may be hanging on by a thread.

5. 4 screws total
6. Unplug it from the motherboard.

7. Carefully push the metal latches on each side of the module outwards.

8. One screw holds an aluminum plate in place over the SSD to disperse heat.
9. Another screw holds the actual SSD in place.

10. 2 screws
11. Carefully lift the black tab to free the ribbon cable from it's connection to the motherboard.
12. On the underside is where the CMOS battery is located.

13. Unplug the small fan header from it's slot on the motherboard
14. 2 screws total holding the fan in place.

15. 2 screws total
16. the cable can be unplugged from the motherboard by carefully pulling up on the connector

17. 1 screw total, holds a small bracket in place over the antennas.
18. Use a tool to carefully lift the antennas upwards from their connections.

19. There's a small amount of tape that needs peeled back
20. 7 screws total
21. There's also a small lip on the top edge of the touchpad that will catch if you pull it out at an angle.

22. 7 screws total
23. The screws are numbered to spread the thermal paste the most evenly across each die.

24. 2 screws on each side
25. These hinges hold the 2 halves together, so it will slide when you lift them up

26. There should be three connectors still attached to the motherboard.

27. 4 screws total

28. Spudge around the edges, even the hinge.
29. Thin(but strong) adhesive is placed around the border of the screen.
30. 4 screws holding screen in place.