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Vostro 3405 Service Manual
Removing the hard drive
Prerequisites
- Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
- Remove the SD card.
- Remove the base cover.
- Disconnect the battery.
About this task
The following images indicate the location of the hard drive and provides a visual representation of the removal procedure.
Steps
- Disconnect the hard-drive cable from the system board.
- Remove the four screws (M2x4) that secure the hard-drive assembly to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
- Lift the hard-drive assembly and its cable from the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
- Disconnect the hard-drive cable from the hard drive.
- Remove the four screws (M3x3) that secure the hard-drive bracket to the hard drive.
- Slide and remove the hard-drive bracket from the hard drive.
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