Setting aside the driver that handy label called for, we whip out a T5 and dispatch the case screws.

We spoke too soon—there are clips, too, and hefty ones at that. As we wrestle with the case, we're left wondering if Dell went for the trifecta: screws, clips, and glue?

We finally remove the stubborn lower case, and it turns out that it was just some serious clippage fighting us. Definitely one of those "easier-when-you-know-how" opening procedures.