Dell Inspiron 7000 Service Manual

Removing and Replacing Parts 4-27
Assemblies
Base Assembly, 13.3” ASSY,NBK,BASE,I7000,13.3,OEM
Base Assembly, 14.1”  ASSY,NBK,BASE,I7000,14.1,OEM 
Floppy Disk-Drive Assembly  ASSY,FD,1.44M,11MM,COMBO,I7000
DVD-ROM Assembly  ASSY,DVD,17G,2X,INT,MKE,I7000 
Display Assembly, 13.3”  ASSY,LCD,XGA,13.3,I7000,LG 
Display Assembly, 14.1” ASSY,LCD,XGA,14.1,I7000,LG 
System Board Assembly  ASSY,SYS,PLN,I7000 
Bottom Plastic Assembly  ASSY,CVR,BTM,PLSTC,I7000 
Palmrest Assembly  ASSY,PLMRST,PLSTC,BLK,I7000...

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The hard-disk drive resides in a carrier that mounts in the hard-disk drive com-
partment in the bottom of the computer (see Figure 4-18). Four screws secure 
the drive inside the carrier. 
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To remove the hard-disk drive from the carrier, follow these steps:
1. Remove the hard-disk drive assembly.
See “Precautionary Measures” found earlier in this chapter.
2. Remove the four 3-mm screws securing the hard-disk drive...

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The combo module contains either a CD-ROM drive or a DVD-ROM drive on 
top of a floppy diskette drive. The combo module (see Figure 4-19) resides in a 
carrier that slides into the options bay on the left side of the computer. 
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To remove the CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive from the plastic carrier, follow 
these steps:
1. Remove the combo module.
See Figure 4-11 found earlier in this chapter.
2. Remove the two 3-mm screws...

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To remove the side mounting bracket from the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive, fol-
low these steps (see Figure 4-19):
1. Remove the two 2.5-mm screws from the side of the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM 
drive.
2. Remove the side mounting bracket.
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To remove the diskette drive from the plastic carrier (see Figure 4-20), follow 
these steps:
1. Remove the two 3-mm screws from the top of the metal shielding carrier.
2. Remove the two 3-mm screws from the...

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The Inspiron 7000 computer contains many screws of various sizes. To help 
keep track of the screws, use a tackle or pill box as a storage device. Use the 
location...

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This section provides the removal procedure for the keyboard.
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To remove the keyboard, follow these steps (see Figure 4-21):
1. Turn the computer over and remove the four 20-mm screws from the bot-
tom of the computer.
2. Turn the computer back over and open the display.
3. Insert a small flat-blade screwdriver or scribe along the right top of the key-
board, just above the row of function keys. Working from right to left, free...

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7. Remove the keyboard from the palmrest assembly. 

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The thermal shield serves as a heat shield for the system board, as well as an 
EMI fence for the processor board.
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This procedure assumes that you have removed the keyboard. To remove the 
thermal shield, follow these steps (see Figure 4-22):
1. Remove the hinge covers.
Open the computer to 170 degrees, supporting the display assembly. From 
the outside edge of the unit, carefully insert a...

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2. If your computer has an internal modem, disconnect the modem flex cable 
(see Figure 4-23) from connector JP20 on the system board and discon-
nect the twisted wire pair from connector JP2 on the RJ-11 card. Bend the 
cables back over the palmrest assembly to move them out of the way of 
the thermal shield.
3. Remove the four flat-head 4-mm screws and the one K-head 4-mm screw 
securing the thermal shield. Note that the K-head screw is...

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This section describes how to remove the display assemblies shown in 
Figures 4-14 and 4-15 and gives removal and replacement procedures for the 
components of the display assembly. 
The display assembly consists of the following components:
‡Front bezel
‡LCD panel and hinges
‡LCD brackets
‡Carrier tray
‡Inverter board
‡Back cover