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Display improvements continued into 2015 and the was the first of the XPS lineup to sport an InfinityEdge display with ultra-thin bezels and a QHD+ resolution along with new Intel Broadwell processors ( Core i5-5200U, Core i7-5500U). The InfinityEdge display design in the provided a whole new level of immersion but came with a major hiccup - webcam placement in the bottom bezel.
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The XPS 13 元22X continued to offer the 22nm Intel Ivy Bridge CPUs ( Core i5-3337U, Core i7-3537U etc.) and the rest of the other components were also relatively unchanged, including soldered RAM modules.Ģ014 saw the introduction of a touchscreen with the and an upgrade to Intel Haswell processors ( Core i5-4200U). This new panel offered improvements in brightness, color-gamut coverage, and viewing angles.
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Eventually it should turn on to the BIOS setup menu where you have to enter the correct date and time.Sensing that users were clearly upset with a lackluster 768p TN panel, Dell upgraded the XPS 13's display to a 1080p IPS panel in the 2013 Dell XPS 13 元22X. The laptop has to go through the the initialization process and it will restart a few times during the initialization. When you restart the laptop after the complete disassembly, it might take a while to boot the OS. Here’s the top case assembly with the motherboard and the display panel removed. Here’s the other side of the motherboard. Start removing the motherboard from the top case assembly. Pull the cable out of the connector (yellow arrow). Unlock the connector by lifting up the locking tab (red arrow).Ģ.
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Here’s how to disconnect the flat cables.ġ. The BIOS battery can be removed too but I will leave it connected to the motherboard in order to preserve the BIOS settings. Remove ten screws attaching the motherboard to the top case.ĭisconnect the following color-coded cables:
Remove one screw securing the headphones jack.ĭisconnect the headphones jack cable from the motherboard. If you have a failed LCD screen it’s necessary to replace the entire display assembly. In Dell 9380 laptop the display panel is a sealed unit and the LCD screen cannot be removed. Separate the display panel from the top case and remove it. Remove four screws securing the display panel hinges. Open the display panel 90 degrees and place the laptop upside down on the edge of the desk. Lift up the connector by the black tab located on the top. Lift up and remove the bracket.ĭisconnect the display cable from the motherboard. Remove two screws from the display cable bracket. In order to disconnect the antenna cables simply lift them up and un-snap from the connector on the wireless card. The wireless card is integrated into the motherboard and cannot be removed or replaced. Display assembly removalĭisconnect two antenna cables from the wireless card. Both fans are permanently mounted so if one of them fails it’s necessary to replace the entire assembly.ĭell spare part number for Dell 9380 fan assembly: 0980WH. Here’s the other side of the fan assembly.
Pull the cooling fan assembly from under the heatsink and remove it. Disconnect both fan cables from the motherboard. Remove two screws securing the cooling fan assembly. Pull it up to unplug the cable from the connector on the motherboard. There is a black tab on the top of the connector. Remove one screw securing the webcam and wireless antenna cover.ĭisconnect the webcam cable from the motherboard. Before removing the cooling fan assembly we have to disconnect the webcam cable because it’s routed above the left fan. Cooling fan assembly removalĭell 9380 has two cooling fans merged into one assembly. Here’s the other side of the SSD with a layer of thermal pad applied to it. Lift up the right side of the SSD and pull it out of the slot. It might be necessary to apply a little bit of force to separate the SSD from the motherboard. There is a layer of thermal pad under the SSD. When the shield is separated from the SSD, pull the left side from under the metal knob (yellow arrow). Remove one screw securing the SSD shield/heatsink. It might be necessary to apply a little bit of force to separate the shield from the SSD because the thermal pad is sticky. There is a layer of thermal pad between the shield and the SSD. The solid stat drive is mounted under the black shield/heatsink.
Solid state drive removalĭell 9380 laptop supports PCEe/NVMe Gen 3×4 M.2 solid state drives (type 2280). Lift up the battery and disconnect the battery cable from the motherboard.ĭell 9380 battery model: DXGH8. Remove four large screws (red) and one small screw (yellow) attaching the battery to the top case.