Dell 1510 - Vostro - Core 2 Duo 2.1 GHz User manual

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DELL CONFIDENTIAL – PRELIMINARY 9/4/09 – FOR PROOF ONLY
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Dell™ Vostro™ 1510
Service Manual
Model PP36L

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Notes, Notices, and Cautions
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of
your computer.
NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data
and tells you how to avoid the problem.
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential for property damage, personal injury,
or death.
If you purchased a DELL™ n Series computer, any references in this document
to Microsoft
®
Windows
®
operating systems are not applicable.
____________________
Information in this document is subject to change without notice.
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Windows,Windows Vista, 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 of Bluetooth SIG Inc.
Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming
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trade names other than its own.
Model PP36L
September 2009 Rev. A01

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Contents
1 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Troubleshooting Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Diagnostic Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Hardware Troubleshooter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Solving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Battery Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
IEEE 1394 Device Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Lockups and Software Problems . . . . . . . . . 21
Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Sound and Speaker Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Video and Display Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Dell Technical Update Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Dell Support Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Accessing the Dell Support Utility . . . . . . . . . 26
Clicking the Dell Support Icon . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Double-Clicking the Dell Support Icon . . . . . . . 27
2 Before Working on Your Computer . . . . . 29
Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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What You Need to Know for Your Safety . . . . . . . . 29
3 Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Removing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Replacing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4 Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) Card 37
Removing a WLAN Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Replacing a WLAN Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
5Fan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Removing the Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Replacing the Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
6 Processor Thermal-Cooling Assembly . . 43
Removing the Processor Thermal-Cooling Assembly . 43
Replacing the Processor Thermal-Cooling Assembly . 44
7 Processor Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Removing the Processor Module . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Replacing the Processor Module . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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8Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Removing a Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Replacing a Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
9 Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Removing the Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Replacing the Hinge Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
10 Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Removing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Replacing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
11 Power Button and Multimedia Button Pads 61
Removing the Power Button and Multimedia Button Pads 61
Replacing the Power Button and Multimedia Button Pads 62
12 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Display Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Removing the Display Assembly . . . . . . . . . . 65
Replacing the Display Assembly . . . . . . . . . . 67
Display Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Removing the Display Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Replacing the Display Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

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Display Inverter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Removing the Display Inverter . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Replacing the Display Inverter . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Display Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Removing the Display Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Replacing the Display Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Display Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Removing the Display Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Replacing the Display Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Camera and Microphone Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Removing the Camera and Microphone Assembly 76
Replacing the Camera and Microphone Assembly 77
13 Palm Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Removing the Palm Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Replacing the Palm Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
14 Fingerprint Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Removing the Fingerprint Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Replacing the Fingerprint Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
15 Internal Card With Bluetooth®Wireless
Technology 87
Removing the Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Replacing the Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

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16 Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Removing the Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Replacing the Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
17 System Board Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Removing the System Board Assembly . . . . . . . . . 95
Replacing the System Board Assembly . . . . . . . . . 96
18 Speaker Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Removing the Speaker Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Replacing the Speaker Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
19 USB Daughter Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Removing the USB Daughter Card . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Replacing the USB Daughter Card . . . . . . . . . . . 104
20 Battery Latch Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Removing the Battery Latch Assembly . . . . . . . . . 107
Replacing the Battery Latch Assembly . . . . . . . . . 108
21 Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Removing the Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

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8Contents
Replacing the Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
22 Flashing the BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Flashing the BIOS From a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Flashing the BIOS From the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . 116

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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting Tools
Diagnostic Lights
CAUTION: Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the
safety instructions that shipped with your computer.
Your computer has three keyboard status lights located above the keyboard.
During normal operation, the keyboard status lights display the current status
(on or off) of the Num Lock, Caps Lock, and Scroll Lock features. If the
computer starts without error, the lights flash, and then turn off. If the
computer malfunctions, however, you can use the status of the lights to help
identify the problem.
NOTE: After the computer completes POST, the Num Lock light may remain on,
depending on your BIOS settings. For more information on using the system setup
program, see the Dell™ Technology Guide on your computer or at support.dell.com.
Diagnostic Light Codes During POST
To troubleshoot a problem with your computer, read the sequence of the
keyboard status lights in order from left to right (Num Lock, Caps Lock, and
then Scroll Lock). If the computer malfunctions the individual lights display
a status of either On , Off , or Flashing .

10 Troubleshooting
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Light Pattern Problem Description Suggested Resolution
No memory modules
are detected.
• If two or more memory modules are
installed, remove the modules (see
"Removing a Memory Module" on
page 49), then reinstall one module
(see "Replacing a Memory Module" on
page 51) and restart the computer. If
the computer starts normally,
continue to install additional memory
modules (one at a time) until you
have identified a faulty module or
reinstalled all modules without error.
• If available, install working memory of
the same type into your computer (see
"Memory" on page 49).
• If the problem persists, contact Dell
Support.
Memory modules are
detected, but a
memory failure has
occurred.
• If two or more memory modules are
installed, remove the modules (see
"Removing a Memory Module" on
page 49), then reinstall one module
(see "Replacing a Memory Module" on
page 51) and restart the computer. If
the computer starts normally,
continue to install additional memory
modules (one at a time) until you
have identified a faulty module or
reinstalled all modules without error.
• If available, install working memory of
the same type into your computer (see
"Memory" on page 49).
• If the problem persists, contact Dell
Support.
A possible processor
failure has occurred.
• Reseat the processor (see "Removing
the Processor Module" on page 45).
• If the problem persists, contact Dell
Support.