Dell Vostro 3055 User Manual

Dell Vostro 20–3055
Owner's Manual

Regulatory Model: W15B
Regulatory Type: W15B001

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.

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Working on Your Computer

Before Working Inside Your Computer

Use the following safety guidelines to help protect your computer from potential damage and to help to ensure your personal safety.
Unless otherwise noted, each procedure included in this document assumes that the following conditions exist:

• You have read the safety information that shipped with your computer.

• A component can be replaced or--if purchased separately--installed by performing the removal procedure in reverse order.

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.

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
regulatory_compliance

CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform troubleshooting and
simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or telephone service and
support team. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow
the safety instructions that came with the product.

CAUTION: 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 the back of the computer.

CAUTION: Handle components and cards with care. Do not touch the components or contacts on a card. Hold a card by
its edges or by its metal mounting bracket. Hold a component such as a processor by its edges, not by its pins.

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; if you are disconnecting this type of cable, press in on the locking tabs before you
disconnect the cable. As you pull connectors apart, keep them evenly aligned to avoid bending any connector pins. Also,
before you connect a cable, ensure that both connectors are correctly oriented and aligned.

NOTE: The color of your computer and certain components may appear differently than shown in this document.

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To avoid damaging your computer, perform the following steps before you begin working inside the computer.

1. Ensure that your work surface is flat and clean to prevent the computer cover from being scratched.

2. Turn off your computer (see Turning Off Your Computer).

CAUTION: To disconnect a network cable, first unplug the cable from your computer and then unplug the cable
from the network device.

3. Disconnect all network cables from the computer.

4. Disconnect your computer and all attached devices from their electrical outlets.

5. Press and hold the power button while the computer is unplugged to ground the system board.

6. Remove the cover.

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.

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Recommended Tools

The procedures in this document may require the following tools:

• Small flat-blade screwdriver

• Phillips screwdriver

• Small plastic scribe

Turning Off Your Computer

CAUTION: To avoid losing data, save and close all open files and exit all open programs before you turn off your
computer.

1. Shut down the operating system:

• In Windows 8:

– Using a touch-enabled device:

a. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, opening the Charms menu and select Settings.

Select the and then select Shut down

b.

– Using a mouse:

a. Point to upper-right corner of the screen and click Settings.

b. Click the and select Shut down.

• In Windows 7:

1. Click Start .

2. Click Shut Down.

or

1. Click Start .

2. Click the arrow in the lower-right corner of the Start menu as shown below, and then click Shut Down..

2. Ensure that the computer and all attached devices are turned off. If your computer and attached devices did not automatically
turn off when you shut down your operating system, press and hold the power button for about 6 seconds to turn them off.

After Working Inside Your Computer

After you complete any replacement procedure, ensure you connect any external devices, cards, and cables before turning on your
computer.

1. Replace the cover.

CAUTION: To connect a network cable, first plug the cable into the network device and then plug it into the
computer.

2. Connect any telephone or network cables to your computer.

3. Connect your computer and all attached devices to their electrical outlets.

4. Turn on your computer.

5. If required, verify that the computer works correctly by running the Dell Diagnostics.

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Removing and Installing Components

This section provides detailed information on how to remove or install the components from your computer.

Removing the Stand

1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer.

2. Place the computer on a flat surface, display facing downwards.

3. Pry and remove the hinge cover from the computer.

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4. Perform the following steps as shown in the illustration:

a. Remove the screws that secure the stand to the computer [1].
b. Slide the stand from the computer [2].

5. Remove the stand from the computer.

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Installing the Stand

1. Align the stand on the computer, and tighten the screws to secure the stand to the computer.

2. Place and press the hinge cover on the computer until it clicks into place.

3. Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer.

Removing the Optical-disk Drive

1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer.

2. Remove the stand.

3. Perform the following steps as shown in the illustration:

a. Press on the tab indicated using a scribe [1].
b. Slide the optical-disk drive (ODD) out of the computer [2].

4. Remove the screws that secure the optical-disk drive bracket, and remove it from the optical drive [1,2].

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Installing the Optical-disk Drive

1. Tighten the screws to secure the optical-disk drive bracket to the optical drive.

2. Insert the optical-disk drive into its slot until it clicks into place.

3. Install:

a. stand

4. Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer.

Removing the Back Cover

1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer.

2. Remove:

a. stand
b. optical-disk drive

3. Perform the following steps as shown in the illustration:
a. Pry the edge of the base cover [1].

b. Remove the back cover from the computer [2].

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Installing the Back Cover

1. Align and press the back cover, until it clicks into place.

2. Install:

a. optical-disk drive
b. stand

3. Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer.

Removing the Hard Drive

1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer.

2. Remove:

a. stand
b. optical-disk drive
c. back cover

3. Perform the following steps as shown in the illustration:
a. Disconnect the hard-drive cable from the computer [1].

b. Remove the screw that secures the hard-drive to the computer [2].
c. Slide the hard-drive [3].

4. Remove the hard-drive from the computer.

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5. Remove the screws that secure the hard-drive to the bracket, lift the hard-drive from bracket [1,2]

Installing the Hard Drive

1. Place the hard-drive in the bracket.

2. Tighten the screws that secure the hard-drive to the bracket.

3. Slide the hard-drive into the screw holes of the display bracket.

4. Tighten the screw that secures the hard-drive to the computer.

5. Connect the hard-drive cable.

6. Install:

a. back cover
b. optical-disk drive
c. stand

7. Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer.

Removing the Power-Switch Board

1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer.

2. Remove:

a. stand
b. optical-disk drive
c. back cover

3. Perform the following steps as shown in the illustration:
a. Press the locking tab that secures the power-switch to the computer [1].

b. Lift the power-switch board [2].
c. Lift the lock tab and disconnect the power switch cable from the computer [3.4].

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Installing the Power-Switch Board

1. Connect the power-switch cable to the power-switch board. Insert the power-switch board into its slot on the computer.

2. Install:

a. back cover
b. optical-disk drive
c. stand

3. Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer.

Removing the System-Board Shield

1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer.

2. Remove:

a. stand
b. optical-disk drive
c. back cover

3. Perform the following steps as shown in the illustration:
a. Remove the screws that secure the system-board shield to the computer [1].

b. Lift the system-board shield from the computer [2].
c. Remove the system-board shield from the computer [3].

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Installing the System-Board Shield

1. Align the system-board shield on the system board. Tighten the screws to secure it to the computer.

2. Install:

a. back cover
b. optical-disk drive
c. stand

3. Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer.

Removing the Memory

1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer.

2. Remove:

a. stand
b. optical-disk drive
c. back cover
d. system-board shield

3. Pry the retention clips away from the memory module until it pops-up. Lift and remove the memory module from its connector.

Installing the Memory

NOTE: Please use DIMM 2 slot if there is only one memory module available.

1. Align the notch on the memory-card with the tab on the system-board connector.

2. Press down on the memory module until the release tabs spring back to secure them in place.

3. Install:

a. system-board shield
b. back cover
c. optical-disk drive
d. stand

4. Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer.

Removing the System Fan

1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer.

2. Remove:

a. stand
b. optical-disk drive
c. back cover
d. system-board shield

3. Perform the following steps as shown in the illustration:
a. Disconnect the system fan cable from the system board [1].

b. Remove the screws that secure the system fan to the computer [2].

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