Dell 7537, P36F User Manual
Inspiron 15
7000 Series
Owner’s Manual
Computer model: Inspiron 7537
Regulatory model: P36F
Regulatory type: P36F001
Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better
use of your computer.
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss of
data if instructions are not followed.
WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage,
personal injury, or death.
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Contents
Before Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . . . 7
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Recommended Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
After Working Inside Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Removing the Base Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Replacing the Base Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Removing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Removing the Memory Module(s). . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Replacing the Memory Module(s). . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Removing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Replacing the Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Contents | 3
Removing the Wireless Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Replacing the Wireless Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Removing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Replacing the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Postrequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Removing the Bottom Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Replacing the Bottom Cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Removing the Coin-Cell Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Replacing the Coin-Cell Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Removing the Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Replacing the Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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Removing the Thermal-Cooling Assembly . . . . . 34
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Replacing the Thermal-Cooling Assembly . . . . . 36
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Removing the USB Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Replacing the USB Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Removing the Power-Adapter Port . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Replacing the Power-Adapter Port . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Replacing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Entering the Service Tag in the BIOS. . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Removing the Display Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Replacing the Display Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Contents | 5
Removing the Display Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Replacing the Display Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Removing the Display Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Replacing the Display Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Removing the Display Hinges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Replacing the Display Hinges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Removing the Palm Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Replacing the Palm Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Postrequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Flashing the BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
6 | Contents
Before Working Inside Your Computer
Before You Begin
CAUTION: To avoid data loss, save and close all open files and exit all open
programs before turning off your computer.
1 Save and close all open files, exit all open programs, and turn off your computer.
Point to the lower or upper-right corner of the screen to open the Charms sidebar
and click Settings→ Power→ Shut down.
NOTE: If you use a different operating system, see the documentation of your
operating system for shut-down instructions.
2 After the computer shuts down, disconnect it from the electrical outlet.
3 Disconnect all cables — such as power and USB cables — from your computer.
4 Disconnect all peripherals connected to your computer.
Recommended Tools
The procedures in this document require the following tools:
• Phillips screwdriver
• Torx #5 (T5) screwdriver
• Plastic scribe
Before Working Inside Your Computer | 7
Safety Instructions
Use the following safety guidelines to protect your computer from potential damage and
ensure your personal safety.
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety
information that shipped with your computer. For more safety best practices,
see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
WARNING: Disconnect all power sources before opening the computer
cover or panels. After you finish working inside the computer, replace all covers,
panels, and screws before connecting to the power source.
CAUTION: Only a certified service technician is authorized to remove the
computer cover and access any of the components inside the computer. See the
safety instructions for complete information about safety precautions, working
inside your computer, and protecting against electrostatic discharge.
CAUTION: To avoid damaging the computer, make sure that the work surface is
flat and clean.
CAUTION: When you disconnect a cable, pull on its connector or on its pull-tab,
not on the cable itself. Some cables have connectors with locking tabs or
thumb-screws that you must disengage before disconnecting the cable.
When disconnecting cables, keep them evenly aligned to avoid bending any
connector pins. When connecting cables, make sure that the ports and
connectors are correctly oriented and aligned.
CAUTION: To avoid damaging the components and cards, handle them by
their edges and avoid touching pins and contacts.
CAUTION: Before touching anything inside your computer, ground yourself
by touching an unpainted metal surface, such as the metal at the back of the
computer. While you work, periodically touch an unpainted metal surface to
dissipate static electricity, which could harm internal components.
CAUTION: Press and eject any installed card from the media-card reader.
8 | Before Working Inside Your Computer
After Working Inside Your Computer
CAUTION: Leaving stray or loose screws inside your computer may severely
damage your computer.
1 Replace all screws and make sure that no stray screws remain inside your
computer.
2 Connect any cables, peripherals, and other parts you removed before working on
your computer.
3 Connect your computer to the electrical outlet.
4 Turn on your computer.
After Working Inside Your Computer | 9
Removing the Base Cover
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information
that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in "Before Working Inside
Your Computer" on page 7. After working inside your computer, follow the
instructions in "After Working Inside Your Computer" on page 9.
For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at
dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Procedure
1 Close the display, and turn the computer over.
2 Loosen the captive screws that secure the base cover to the palm-rest assembly.
3 Remove the screws that secure the base cover to the palm-rest assembly.
4 Using a plastic scribe, pry the base cover out of the bottom cover.
1
4
3
1 screws (2) 2 base cover
3 plastic scribe 4 captive screws (2)
10 | Removing the Base Cover
2
Replacing the Base Cover
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information
that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in "Before Working Inside
Your Computer" on page 7. After working inside your computer, follow the
instructions in "After Working Inside Your Computer" on page 9.
For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at
dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Procedure
1 Slide the tabs on the base cover into the bottom cover and snap the base cover
into place.
2 Replace the screws that secure the base cover to the bottom cover.
3 Tighten the captive screws that secure the base cover to the bottom cover.
4 Turn the computer over, open the display, and turn on the computer.
Replacing the Base Cover | 11
Removing the Battery
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information
that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in "Before Working Inside
Your Computer" on page 7. After working inside your computer, follow the
instructions in "After Working Inside Your Computer" on page 9.
For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at
dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Prerequisites
Remove the base cover. See "Removing the Base Cover" on page 10.
Procedure
1 Remove the screws that secure the battery to the bottom cover.
2 Using the pull-tab, lift the battery off the bottom cover.
1
2
3
1 screws (3) 2 battery
3pull tab
3 Turn the computer over, open the display, and press the power button for about
five seconds to ground the system board.
12 | Removing the Battery
Replacing the Battery
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information
that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in "Before Working Inside
Your Computer" on page 7. After working inside your computer, follow the
instructions in "After Working Inside Your Computer" on page 9.
For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at
dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Procedure
1 Align the screw holes on the battery with the screw holes on the bottom cover and
press on the battery to connect it to the system board.
2 Replace the screws that secure the battery to the bottom cover.
Postrequisites
Replace the base cover. See "Replacing the Base Cover" on page 11.
Replacing the Battery | 13
Removing the Memory Module(s)
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information
that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in "Before Working Inside
Your Computer" on page 7. After working inside your computer, follow the
instructions in "After Working Inside Your Computer" on page 9.
For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at
dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Prerequisites
1 Remove the base cover. See "Removing the Base Cover" on page 10.
2 Remove the battery. See "Removing the Battery" on page 12.
Procedure
1 Use your fingertips to carefully spread apart the securing-clips on each end of the
memory-module connector until the memory module pops up.
2 Remove the memory module from the memory-module connector.
3
2
1
1 securing-clips (2) 2 memory-module connector
3memory module
14 | Removing the Memory Module(s)
Replacing the Memory Module(s)
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information
that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in "Before Working Inside
Your Computer" on page 7. After working inside your computer, follow the
instructions in "After Working Inside Your Computer" on page 9.
For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at
dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Procedure
1 Align the notch on the memory module with the tab on the memory-module
connector.
2 Slide the memory module firmly into the connector at a 45-degree angle
and press the memory module down until it clicks into place.
NOTE: If you do not hear the click, remove the memory module and reinstall it.
Postrequisites
1 Replace the battery. See "Replacing the Battery" on page 13.
2 Replace the base cover. See "Replacing the Base Cover" on page 11.
Replacing the Memory Module(s) | 15
Removing the Hard Drive
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information
that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in "Before Working Inside
Your Computer" on page 7. After working inside your computer, follow the
instructions in "After Working Inside Your Computer" on page 9.
For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at
dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
CAUTION: To avoid data loss, do not remove the hard drive while the computer is
in Sleep or On state.
CAUTION: Hard drives are extremely fragile. Exercise care when handling the
hard drive.
Prerequisites
1 Remove the base cover. See "Removing the Base Cover" on page 10.
2 Remove the battery. See "Removing the Battery" on page 12.
Procedure
1 Remove the screws that secure the hard-drive assembly to the bottom cover.
2 Using the pull-tab, carefully lift the hard-drive assembly and then disconnect the
hard-drive cable.
3
1 pull-tab 2 hard-drive assembly
3screws (2)
1
2
16 | Removing the Hard Drive
3 Remove the screws that secure the hard drive to the hard-drive bracket.
4 Lift the hard-drive bracket off the hard drive.
3
1
2
1 screws (4) 2 hard drive
3 hard-drive bracket
Removing the Hard Drive | 17
Replacing the Hard Drive
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information
that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in "Before Working Inside
Your Computer" on page 7. After working inside your computer, follow the
instructions in "After Working Inside Your Computer" on page 9.
For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at
dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
CAUTION: To avoid data loss, do not remove the hard drive while the computer is
in Sleep or On state.
CAUTION: Hard drives are extremely fragile. Exercise care when handling the
hard drive.
Procedure
1 Align the screw holes on the hard drive with the screw holes on the
hard-drive bracket.
2 Replace the screws that secure the hard drive to the hard-drive bracket.
3 Connect the hard-drive cable to the hard-drive assembly.
4 Align the screw holes on the hard-drive assembly with the screw holes on the
bottom cover.
5 Replace the screws that secure the hard-drive assembly to the bottom cover.
Postrequisites
1 Replace the battery. See "Replacing the Battery" on page 13.
2 Replace the base cover. See "Replacing the Base Cover" on page 11.
18 | Replacing the Hard Drive
Removing the Wireless Card
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information
that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in "Before Working Inside
Your Computer" on page 7. After working inside your computer, follow the
instructions in "After Working Inside Your Computer" on page 9.
For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at
dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Prerequisites
1 Remove the base cover. See "Removing the Base Cover" on page 10.
2 Remove the battery. See "Removing the Battery" on page 12.
Procedure
1 Disconnect the antenna cables from the wireless card.
2 Remove the screw that secures the wireless card to the system board.
3 Remove the wireless card from the system board.
2
3
1 screw 2 antenna cables (2)
3 wireless card
Removing the Wireless Card | 19
1
Replacing the Wireless Card
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information
that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in "Before Working Inside
Your Computer" on page 7. After working inside your computer, follow the
instructions in "After Working Inside Your Computer" on page 9.
For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at
dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Procedure
CAUTION: To avoid damage to the wireless card, do not place any cables under it.
1 Align the notch on the wireless card with the tab on the wireless-card connector.
2 Press the wireless card down into the slot on the system board and replace the
screw that secures the wireless card to the system board.
3 Connect the antenna cables to the wireless card.
NOTE: The color of the antenna cables is visible near the tip of the cables.
The following table provides the antenna-cable color scheme for the wireless card
supported by your computer.
Connectors on the wireless card Antenna-cable color
Main (white triangle)
Auxiliary (black triangle)
white
black
Postrequisites
1 Replace the battery. See "Replacing the Battery" on page 13.
2 Replace the base cover. See "Replacing the Base Cover" on page 11.
20 | Replacing the Wireless Card
Removing the Keyboard
WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information
that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in "Before Working Inside
Your Computer" on page 7. After working inside your computer, follow the
instructions in "After Working Inside Your Computer" on page 9.
For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at
dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
Prerequisites
1 Remove the base cover. See "Removing the Base Cover" on page 10.
2 Remove the battery. See "Removing the Battery" on page 12.
Procedure
1 Remove the screw that secures the keyboard to the palm-rest assembly.
1
1screw
Removing the Keyboard | 21
2 Turn the computer over and open the display as far as possible.
3 Using a plastic scribe, release the latches that secure the keyboard to the palm-rest
assembly.
4 Carefully turn the keyboard over and place it on the palm-rest assembly.
1
2
1 plastic scribe 2 keyboard
22 | Removing the Keyboard
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