Dell XPS 8500 User manual

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Dell™ XPS™ 8500
Owner’s Manual
Regulatory model: D03M
Regulatory type: D03M005
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Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better
use of your product.
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.
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2012 - 04 Rev. A00
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Contents
1 Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Turn Off Your Computer and Connected Devices . . . . 13
Safety Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Recommended Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2 After Working Inside Your Computer. . . . 15
3 Technical Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Front View of Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Back View of Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Inside View of Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
System-Board Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4 Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Removing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Replacing the Computer Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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5 Memory Module(s). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Removing Memory Module(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Replacing Memory Module(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
6 Front Bezel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Removing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Replacing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
7 Graphics-Card Bracket (optional) . . . . . 35
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Removing the Graphics-Card Bracket. . . . . . . . . . 35
Replacing the Graphics-Card Bracket. . . . . . . . . . 36
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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8 Graphics Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Removing the Graphics Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Replacing the Graphics Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
9 PCI-Express x1 Card(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Removing the PCI-Express x1 Card(s) . . . . . . . . . . 44
Replacing the PCI-Express x1 Card(s). . . . . . . . . . 46
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
10 Wireless Mini-Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Removing the Mini-Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Replacing the Mini-Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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11 Mini-Card Antennas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Removing the Mini-Card Antennas . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Replacing the Mini-Card Antennas . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
12 mSATA Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Removing the mSATA Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Replacing the mSATA Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
13 Hard Drive(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Removing the Primary Hard-Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Replacing the Primary Hard-Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Removing the Hard Drive Cage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Replacing the Hard Drive Cage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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Removing the Secondary Hard-Drive . . . . . . . . . . 65
Replacing the Secondary Hard-Drive . . . . . . . . . . 66
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
14 Optical Drive(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Removing the Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Replacing the Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Secondary Optical-Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Installing a Secondary Optical-Drive . . . . . . . . . . 70
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
15 Media-Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Removing the Media-Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Replacing the Media-Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
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16 Top Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Removing the Top Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Replacing the Top Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
17 Top I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Removing the Top I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Replacing the Top I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
18 Front USB Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Removing the Front USB Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Replacing the Front USB Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
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19 Power Button Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Removing the Power Button Module . . . . . . . . . . 90
Replacing the Power Button Module . . . . . . . . . . 91
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
20 Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Removing the Chassis Fan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Replacing the Chassis Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
21 Processor Fan and Heat-Sink Assembly . 97
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Removing the Processor Fan and Heat-Sink Assembly. 97
Replacing the Processor Fan and Heat-Sink Assembly 99
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
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22 Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Removing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Replacing the Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
23 Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Removing the Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Replacing the Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
24 Power-Supply Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Removing the Power-Supply Unit . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Replacing the Power-Supply Unit . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
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