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This guide will allow you to replace a defective motherboard for the Dell Inspiron 17-5755. Please ensure that the battery is removed before performing this replacement.
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Find the battery release latch on the bottom side of the computer.
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Slide the latch to the left until you hear a "click". This indicates that the battery has been released.
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Safely remove the battery from the laptop.
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Open the display of the laptop as far as possible, and locate the tabs which secure the keyboard to the laptop.
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Use a plastic opening tool to gently release the tabs that secure the keyboard to the laptop.
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Carefully lift the keyboard from the laptop, being mindful of any attachments that it may have.
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Lift the zero insertion force (ZIF) tab that secures the keyboard back light ribbon cable
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Afterwards, carefully detach the backlight cable from the laptop.
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Gently release the ZIF tab that secures the keyboard ribbon cable to the laptop.
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Afterwards, carefully slide the cable out of its slot.
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Now that the keyboard is detached from the laptop, you may safely remove it.
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Use a Phillips #0 screwdriver to unscrew the two 8mm screws which secure the base cover.
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Locate the tabs that hold the base cover to the laptop and use a plastic opening tool to gently release the base cover.
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Now with the base cover removed, you may lift it off of the laptop and continue.
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Disconnect the hard drive ribbon cable from the laptop by lifting the latch which secures it.
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Use a Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the four 8mm screws which secure the hard drive assembly to the laptop.
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Carefully remove the hard drive and its assembly from the laptop.
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Remove the 3mm screw which secures the wireless card bracket.
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After removing the screw, remove the wireless card bracket, along with the antenna cables secured to the wireless card.
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Afterwards, you may slide and remove the wireless card from the motherboard.
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Gently spread apart the securing clips on each end of the memory-module slot until the memory module pops out.
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Slide and remove the memory module afterwards.
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Use a plastic opening tool to gently pry the CMOS battery found at the bottom right of the laptop out of the socket.
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Use a Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the 3mm screw which secures the optical-drive assembly to the computer base
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Turn the computer over and using a plastic opening tool, push the optical-drive assembly out of the optical drive bay.
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Afterwards, safely pull the optical-drive assembly out of the optical-drive bay.
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Turn the computer over
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Lift the latch securing the optical drive ribbon cable, and disconnect it from the motherboard.
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Afterwards, use a Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the four 5mm screws.
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Turn over the laptop, and safely disconnect the speaker cable.
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Remove the antenna cables from the routing guides on the computer base.
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Use a Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the 15 screws that secure the computer base to the palm rest assembly.
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Afterwards, safely pry the computer base from the palm rest assembly using a plastic opening tool.
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Use a Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the 5mm screw that secures the I/O board to the palm-rest assembly.
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Lift the I/O board and turn it over.
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Afterwards, lift the ZIF latch and disconnect the I/O-board cable from the I/O board.
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Disconnect the fan cable from the motherboard.
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Use a Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the heat-sink screws in sequential order, as indicated by the numbers on the heat-sink assembly.
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Afterwards lift the heat-sink assembly off the motherboard.
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Turn the computer over and open the display as far as possible.
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Lift the latches for the power button board cable and disconnect it along with the touchpad cable from the motherboard.
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Close the display and turn the computer over.
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Proceed to lift the latch which secures the ZIF display cable to the motherboard.
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Disconnect the display cable from the motherboard.
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Use a Phillips# 0 screwdriver to remove the 3mm screw that secures the motherboard to the palm-rest assembly.
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Afterwards, carefully peel the I/O board cable off the palm-rest assembly.
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Turn the motherboard over.
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Lift the latch to disconnect the I/O-board cable from the motherboard.
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Disconnect the power-adapter port cable from the motherboard.
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Afterwards you may safely remove the motherboard from the laptop.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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