Service Manual
Table Of Contents
- Inspiron 3501 Service Manual
- Working inside your computer
- Removing and installing components
- Recommended tools
- Screw list
- Major components of Inspiron 3501
- Base cover
- Solid-state drive
- Memory module
- Wireless card
- Battery
- Hard drive
- I/O board
- Coin-cell battery
- Speakers
- Heat sink (integrated graphics)
- Heat sink (discrete graphics)
- Fan
- Power button with optional fingerprint reader
- Fingerprint-reader board
- Display assembly
- Display bezel
- Display panel
- Camera
- Touchpad
- System board
- Power-adapter port
- Palm-rest and keyboard assembly
- Drivers and downloads
- System setup
- Entering BIOS setup program
- Navigation keys
- One time boot menu
- System setup options (10th generation Intel Core processor)
- System setup options (11th generation Intel processors)
- Updating the BIOS in Windows
- Updating the Dell BIOS in Linux and Ubuntu environments
- Flashing the BIOS from the F12 One-Time boot menu
- System and setup password
- Troubleshooting
- Getting help and contacting Dell
Steps
1. Align the slot on the memory module with the notch on the memory module slot on the system board.
2. Slide the memory module into the slot on the system board.
3. Press down on the memory module to snap it into place.
4. Ensure that the securing clips have locked the memory module into place.
NOTE:
If the securing clips are not locking the memory module into place remove the memory module from the slot and
repeat steps 1 to 3.
5. Repeat the procedure above for the second memory module, if applicable.
Next steps
1. Install the base cover.
2. Follow the procedure in After working inside your computer.
Wireless card
Removing the wireless card
Prerequisites
1. Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
2. Remove the base cover.
About this task
The following images indicate the location of the wireless card and provides a visual representation of the removal procedure.
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Removing and installing components