How to Disassemble Dell Inspiron N4010. Removing Hard Drive. __ Inside My Laptop

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How to disassemble Dell Inspiron N4010. Removing harddrive.

In this guide I explain how to disassemble a Dell Inspiron N4010 laptop.

My goal is removing and replacing the hard drive.

Dell Inspiron N4010 doesnt have easy access to the hard drive. Its mounted deep inside, under the motherboard.

In order to remove and replace the hard drive Ill have to disassemble the entire laptop and remove the motherboard.

In this guide Ill go through the following major disassembly steps:STEP 1-3 : Accessing both RAM modules and removing the DVD drive.STEP 4-11 : Disconnecting and removing the keyboard.STEP 12-15 : Removing top cover assembly.STEP 16-18 : Disconnecting and removing the cooling fan.STEP 19-23: Removing the motherboard and hard drive.

If you need to remove and replace the LCD screen, check out my second guide for Dell Inspiron n4010

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STEP 1.

First of all make sure the laptop is turned off.

Unlock and remove the battery.

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STEP 2.

Remove one screw securing the memory cover.

Lift up and remove the cover.

STEP 3.

Remove one screw securing the DVD drive.

Pull the DVD drive and remove it.


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STEP 4.

Remove two screws securing the keyboard on the bottom.

On the front side the keyboard secured by three plastic tabs.


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STEP 5.

Insert a thin object (Im using plastic stick) between the keyboard and top cover assembly.

Slide the keyboard towards the touchpad about 1-2 millimeters.

STEP 6.

Lift up the keyboard.

Continue removing the keyboard with your fingers.


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STEP 7.

Carefully lift up the top side of the keyboard and move the keyboard towards the screen.

STEP 8.

Now you can access the keyboard cable connector.


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STEP 9.

Before you pull the cable its necessary to unlock the connector.

Lift up the left side of the retainer with your finger nail. The retainer will open up at a 90 degree angle.

STEP 10.

Now you can pull the keyboard cable from the connector.


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STEP 11.

Remove the keyboard.

STEP 12.

Remove screws from the bottom.


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STEP 13.

Disconnect the power button board cable (1) and touchpad cable (2).

Use same technique as for disconnecting the keyboard cable. Unlock the connector and pull the cable.


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STEP 14.

Start separating the top cover assembly from the bottom case. Im using the guitar pick for that.

STEP 15.

Remove the top cover assembly.


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Heres the bottom side of the top cover assembly.

Here you can access the power button board and touchpad.

When the top cover removed you can get access to the following internal components:- Cooling fan.- Wireless card.- Bluetooth card.- CMOS battery.


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STEP 16.

Disconnect the I/O board cable from the motherboard.

STEP 17.

Remove two screws securing the cooling fan.

Unplug the cooling fan cable from the motherboard.


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STEP 18.

Remove the cooling fan.

STEP 19.

Disconnect the following cables from the motherboard:- Video cable (1).- DC jack cable (2).- Speaker cable (3).


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The video cable connected the same way as the keyboard cable.

Unlock the connector and pull the cable from the connector.

STEP 20.

Carefully lift up the right side of the motherboard and separate it from the daughter card.


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STEP 21.

Remove the motherboard.

On the following picture you can see the base without motherboard installed.


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STEP 22.

Turn the motherboard upside down.

Now you can access and remove the hard drive.

Remove two screws securing the hard drive assembly to the motherboard.

STEP 23.

Remove the hard drive assembly.

Now the hard drive is ready for the replacement.


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32 Comments

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32camille Says:July 25th, 2014 at 6:32 am

Even though I wasnt replacing the hard drive, I needed to figure out how to get to my speakers since that is what Iwas replacing. And this showed me where they were and how to get them.

31 Nitya narayan gautam [DANIAL] Says:May 31st, 2014 at 6:34 pm

This was really very helpful. Thnx a lot.

30 Len Says:May 25th, 2014 at 5:24 am

This is awesome. Not a tech type, but I successfully replaced a bad hard drive and had only one screw left over atthe end. (!) Two hours to disassemble and 1.75 hours to re-assemble. It works, too. Much easier than what I had to

do next: re-installing an OEM Windows 7 with no drivers (separate drivers disk with 12 install programs) andhaving to re-install 145 updates Thanks so much.

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March 4th, 2014 at 8:21 pm

Thank you! This was legit!

28 Mike Says:September 8th, 2013 at 1:01 pm

Thanks so much for this. The step-by-step instructions was very helpful. One other warning I would give is thatsome of the screws are easy to strip, so be careful when unscrewing.

27Gibu Says:August 19th, 2013 at 10:44 am

Worked perfectly. Thank you very very much!

26 Dario Gonzalez Says:August 4th, 2013 at 2:33 pm

GreatIt works..Thanks for this guide! it was extremely helpful!

25mark strelecki Says:July 26th, 2013 at 8:25 am

I am about to embark on doing this to replace the HD with a new Momentus 1TB hybrid hard drive. Your instructions are BY FAR the clearest I found on the web. IF THIS WORKS and we are successful, your donationwill on its way IMMEDIATELY, if not sooner. Thank You very much for taking the time to put this up and make iteasy to find via a Google search. You are a great example of what makes the Internet so Great.

MARK STRELECKIAtlanta, GA. USA

24 IML Tech Says:July 6th, 2013 at 8:34 am

@ Richard Hay,I have no idea why they designed the laptop this way. Its hard to access the hard drive for a regular user. Im glad itworked well for you.

23 Richard Hay Says:July 6th, 2013 at 5:56 am

Well I am happy to say this is an excellent guide. Just less than an hour to get in, install HDD and then reassemble.Will give it a write up on my website to reference others to your work.

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