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Inspiron 15 3520 Service Manual

Removing the hard drive

Prerequisites

NOTE:Systems with a 4-cell battery configuration do not support a hard drive.
  1. Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
  2. Remove the SD card.
  3. Remove the base cover.

About this task

The following images indicate the location of the hard drive and provide a visual representation of the removal procedure.

Removing the hard drive

Steps

  1. Disconnect the hard drive cable from the system board.
  2. Remove the four (M2x3.5) screws that secure the hard drive assembly to the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
  3. Lift the hard drive assembly and its cable from the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.
  4. Disconnect the hard drive cable from the hard drive assembly.
  5. Remove the four (M3x3) screws that secure the hard drive to the hard drive bracket.
  6. Slide and remove the hard drive from the hard drive bracket.

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