Dell XPS 8300 User manual

Dell™ XPS™ 8300 Service
Manual
Model: D03M Series Type: D03M001
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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 either potential damage to hardware or loss of
data and tells you how to avoid the problem.
WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal
injury, or death.
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Information in this document is subject to change without notice.
© 2010 Dell Inc. All rights reserved.
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.
Reproduction of these materials in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc.
is strictly forbidden.
Regulatory model: D03M series Regulatory Type: D03M004
December 2010 Rev. A00
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Contents
1 Technical Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Inside View of Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
System Board Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2 Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Turning Off Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3 Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Removing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Replacing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4 Memory Module(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Removing the Memory Module(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Replacing the Memory Module(s) . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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5 Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Removing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Replacing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
6 Graphics Card Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Removing the Graphics Card Bracket . . . . . . . . . . 31
Replacing the Graphics Card Bracket . . . . . . . . . 32
7 Wireless Mini-Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Removing the Mini-Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Replacing the Mini-Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
8 PCI Express Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Removing the Card Retention Bracket . . . . . . . . . 37
Replacing the Card Retention Bracket . . . . . . . . . 38
Removing PCI Express Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Replacing PCI Express Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Configuring Your Computer After Removing or Installing the PCI
Express Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
9Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Removing the Primary Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . 45
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Removing the Hard Drive Cage . . . . . . . . . . 46
Removing the Secondary Hard Drive . . . . . . . 47
Replacing the Secondary Hard Drive . . . . . . . 48
Replacing the Hard Drive Cage . . . . . . . . . . 49
Replacing the Primary Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . 49
Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Removing the Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Replacing the Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Removing the Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . 54
Replacing the Media Card Reader . . . . . . . . . 56
10 Top Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Removing the Top Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Replacing the Top Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
11 Top I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Removing the Top I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Replacing the Top I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
12 Front USB Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Removing the Front USB Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Replacing the Front USB Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
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13 Bluetooth Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Removing the Bluetooth Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Replacing the Bluetooth Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . 71
14 Power Button Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Removing the Power Button Module . . . . . . . . . . 73
Replacing the Power Button Module . . . . . . . . . . 75
15 Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Removing the Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Replacing the Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Processor Fan and Heat-Sink Assembly . . . . . . . . 79
Removing the Processor Fan and Heat-Sink Assembly 79
Replacing the Processor Fan and Heat-Sink Assembly 81
16 Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Removing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Replacing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
17 Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Removing the Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Replacing the Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
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18 Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Removing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Replacing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
19 System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Replacing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Entering the Service Tag in the BIOS . . . . . . . . . . 101
20 System Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Entering System Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . 103
System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Clearing Forgotten Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Clearing CMOS Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
21 Flashing the BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
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Technical Overview 9
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Technical Overview
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
www.dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
WARNING: To avoid electrostatic discharge, ground yourself by using a wrist
grounding strap or by periodically touching an unpainted metal surface (such as a
connector on your computer).
CAUTION: Only a certified service technician should perform repairs on your
computer. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by
your warranty.
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10 Technical Overview
System Board Components
1 front bezel 2 primary hard drive
3 graphics card bracket (optional) 4 secondary hard drive
5 system board 6 card retention clamp
7 power supply 8 primary optical drive
9 secondary optical drive
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