Dell XPS 8300 Manuale utente

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.

____________________

Information in this document is subject to change without notice.

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 3

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

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.

Inside View of Your Computer

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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

12 3 4567

14 13

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