Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Series, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...Dell Precision 15 7000 series 7510 Owner s Manual Regulatory Model P53F Regulatory Type P53F001 ...

Page 2: ... by U S and international copyright and intellectual property laws Dell and the Dell logo are trademarks of Dell Inc in the United States and or other jurisdictions All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies 2015 11 Rev A00 ...

Page 3: ...tification Module SIM card 11 Installing the Subscriber Identification Module SIM card 12 Removing the keyboard 12 Installing the keyboard 13 Removing the secondary memory 14 Installing the secondary memory 14 Removing the primary memory 14 Installing the primary memory 15 Removing Wireless Wide Area Network WWAN card Optional 15 Installing the WWAN card Optional 16 Removing the Wireless Local Are...

Page 4: ...ving the display assembly 27 Installing the display assembly 29 Removing the system board 29 Installing the system board 30 3 System setup 32 Boot Sequence 32 Navigation keys 32 System setup options 33 Updating the BIOS 44 System and setup password 44 Assigning a system password and setup password 45 Deleting or changing an existing system and or setup password 45 4 Diagnostics 47 Enhanced Pre Boo...

Page 5: ...epairs as authorized in your product documentation or as directed by the online or telephone service and support team Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty Read and follow the safety instructions that came with the product CAUTION To avoid electrostatic discharge ground yourself by using a wrist grounding strap or by periodically touching an unpaint...

Page 6: ... Before touching anything inside your computer ground yourself by touching an unpainted metal surface such as the metal at the back of the computer While you work periodically touch an unpainted metal surface to dissipate static electricity which could harm internal components Recommended tools The procedures in this document require the following tools Small flat blade screwdriver Phillips 0 scre...

Page 7: ...er you complete any replacement procedure ensure you connect any external devices cards and cables before turning on your computer CAUTION To avoid damage to the computer use only the battery designed for this particular Dell computer Do not use batteries designed for other Dell computers 1 Connect any external devices such as a port replicator or media base and replace any cards such as an Expres...

Page 8: ...it from the computer Slide the SD card out of the computer Installing the SD card 1 Push in the SD card into its slot until it clicks into place 2 Follow the procedure in After working inside your computer Removing the battery cover 1 Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer 2 Perform the following steps as shown in the illustration a Slide the release latch to unlock the batter...

Page 9: ...to unlock the battery 1 b Lift and remove the battery from the computer 2 Installing the battery 1 Slide the battery into its slot until it clicks into place 2 Install the battery cover 3 Follow the procedure in After working inside your computer Removing the base cover 1 Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer 2 Remove the a battery cover b battery 3 Perform the following step...

Page 10: ...ollow the procedure in After working inside your computer Removing the hard drive 1 Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer 2 Remove the a battery cover b battery 3 Perform the following steps as shown in the illustration a Remove the screws that secure the hard drive to the computer 1 b Lift the hard drive latch to the unlock position 2 c Slide and lift the hard drive from the...

Page 11: ...Insert the hard drive into its slot in the computer 3 Tighten the screws to secure the hard drive to the computer 4 Install the a battery b battery cover 5 Follow the procedure in After working inside your computer Removing the Subscriber Identification Module SIM card 1 Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer 2 Remove the a battery cover b battery c base cover 11 ...

Page 12: ...lace 2 Install the a base cover b battery c battery cover 3 Follow the procedure in After working inside your computer Removing the keyboard 1 Follow the procedures in Before working inside your computer 2 Remove the a battery cover b battery c hard drive 3 Peel the tape to access the cable 1 Lift the tab and disconnect the keyboard cables from the system board 2 3 12 ...

Page 13: ...oard 1 Press and align the keyboard to its compartment 2 Tighten the screws to secure the keyboard to the computer 3 Slide in the keyboard trim from the front and align it to its position on the computer Ensure that the keyboard trim clicks into its place 4 Connect the keyboard data cable to the system board NOTE Ensure that you fold the keyboard data cable in perfect alignment 5 Affix the tape on...

Page 14: ...ps up 3 d Lift the memory module and remove it from the computer 4 Installing the secondary memory 1 Insert the secondary memory into the memory socket 2 Press the clips to secure the memory module to the system board 3 Place the memory shield in its original position on the computer and tighten the screw to secure it to the computer 4 Install the a keyboard b hard drive c battery d battery cover ...

Page 15: ...er b battery c battery cover 4 Follow the procedure in After working inside your computer Removing Wireless Wide Area Network WWAN card Optional 1 Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer 2 Remove the a battery cover b battery c base cover 3 Please perform the following steps to remove the WWAN card a Disconnect and remove the antenna cables connected to the WWAN card 1 b Remove...

Page 16: ...After working inside your computer Removing the Wireless Local Area Network WLAN card 1 Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer 2 Remove the a battery cover b battery c base cover 3 Please perform the following steps to remove the WLAN card from the computer a Remove the screw that secures the WLAN card to the computer b Remove the shield that secure the antenna cables c Discon...

Page 17: ...tery cover 5 Follow the procedures in After working inside your computer Removing the M 2 Solid State Drive SSD 1 Follow the procedures in Before working inside your computer 2 Remove the a battery cover b battery c base cover 3 Perform the following steps as shown in the illustration a Remove the screw that secures the shield to the computer b Remove the shield from the computer c Remove the scre...

Page 18: ...eld to the computer 5 Install the a base cover b battery c battery cover 6 Follow the procedure in After working inside your computer Removing the coin cell battery 1 Follow the procedures in Before working inside your computer 2 Remove the a battery cover b battery c base cover 3 Disconnect the coin cell battery cable Pry the coin cell battery upward and remove it from the computer 18 ...

Page 19: ...e its compartment 3 Install the a base cover b battery c battery cover 4 Follow the procedure in After working inside your computer Removing the hard drive cable 1 Follow the procedures in Before working inside your computer 2 Remove the a battery cover b battery c base cover d hard drive 3 Remove the screws that secure the hard drive connector to the system board and remove it from the computer 1...

Page 20: ...llow the procedure in After working inside your computer Removing the power connector port 1 Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer 2 Remove the a battery cover b battery c base cover 3 Perform the following steps as shown in the illustration a Disconnect the power connector cable from the computer 1 b Remove the screw to remove the bracket from the computer 2 c Remove the bra...

Page 21: ...emoving the palmrest 1 Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer 2 Remove the a battery cover b battery c base cover d hard drive e keyboard 3 Perform the following steps as shown in the illustration a Remove the screws M2xL3 at the bottom of the computer which secure the palmrest to the computer 1 b Lift the tab and disconnect the touch pad cable and security board cable 2 3 c D...

Page 22: ... at the bottom of the computer 5 Install the a keyboard b hard drive c base cover d battery e battery cover 6 Follow the procedure in After working inside your computer Removing the speakers 1 Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer 2 Remove the a battery cover b battery c base cover d hard drive e keyboard f palmrest 3 Perform the following steps to remove the speaker a Discon...

Page 23: ...y f battery cover 5 Follow the procedure in After working inside your computer Removing the Input Output I O board left 1 Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer 2 Remove the a battery cover b battery c base cover d hard drive e keyboard f palmrest 3 Perform the following steps to remove the I O board a Remove the screws that secure the I O board to the computer 1 3 b Remove th...

Page 24: ...dures in After working inside your computer Removing the Input Output I O board right 1 Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer 2 Remove the a SD card b battery cover c battery d base cover e hard drive f keyboard g palmrest 3 Perform the following steps to remove the I O board a Disconnect the speaker cable from the I O board 1 b Remove the screws that secure the I O board to ...

Page 25: ...rking inside your computer Removing the heat sink assembly 1 Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer 2 Remove the a battery cover b battery c base cover d hard drive e keyboard f palmrest 3 Perform the following steps as shown in the illustration a Disconnect the heat sink fan cables 1 2 b Loosen the captive screws that secure the heat sink assembly to the computer NOTE Loosen ...

Page 26: ...stem board 5 Install the a palmrest b keyboard c hard drive d base cover e battery f battery cover 6 Follow the procedure in After working inside your computer Removing the video card 1 Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer 2 Remove the a battery cover b battery c base cover d hard drive e keyboard f palmrest g heat sink 3 Perform the following steps as shown in the illustrat...

Page 27: ...ver 4 Follow the procedure in After working inside your computer Removing the display assembly 1 Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer 2 Remove the a battery cover b battery c base cover d hard drive e keyboard f WLAN card g WWAN card h palmrest 3 Perform the following as shown in the illustration a Remove the screws that secure the display hinge cap to the computer 1 b Remov...

Page 28: ... cables through the routing hole 2 5 Perform the following as shown in the illustration a Remove the screw that secures the eDP cable bracket 1 b Remove the eDP cable bracket 2 c Peel off the tape on the heat pipe and disconnect the eDP cable from the system board 3 4 d Remove the screws that secure the display assembly to the computer and remove it from the computer 5 6 28 ...

Page 29: ... of the computer 6 Align the display hinge cap and tighten the screws to secure it to the computer 7 Route and connect the antenna cables to their connectors 8 Install the a palmrest b WWAN card c WLAN card d keyboard e hard drive f base cover g battery h battery cover 9 Follow the procedure in After working inside your computer Removing the system board 1 Follow the procedure in Before working in...

Page 30: ... cable 3 4 d Lift the tab and disconnect the power connector cable 5 6 e Remove the screws that secure the system board to the computer 7 f Lift and remove the system board away from the computer 8 Installing the system board 1 Align the system board into its original position on the computer 2 Tighten the screws to secure the system board to the computer 3 Connect the following cables a power con...

Page 31: ...h WWAN card i WLAN card j primary memory k HDD cable l keyboard m hard drive n base cover o battery p battery cover q SD card 5 Follow the procedure in After working inside your computer 31 ...

Page 32: ...on Self Test POST when the Dell logo appears you can Access System Setup by pressing F2 key Bring up the one time boot menu by pressing F12 key The one time boot menu displays the devices that you can boot from including the diagnostic option The boot menu options are Removable Drive if available STXXXX Drive NOTE XXX denotes the SATA drive number Optical Drive Diagnostics NOTE Choosing Diagnostic...

Page 33: ... on your computer and its installed devices the items listed in this section may or may not appear Table 2 General Option Description System Information This section lists the primary hardware features of your computer System Information Memory Information Processor Information Device Information Battery Information Displays the charge status of the battery Boot Sequence Allows you to change the o...

Page 34: ...Disabled Enabled Enabled w PXE Default Setting Parallel Port Allows you to define and set how the parallel port on the docking station operates You can set the parallel port to Disabled AT Default Setting PS2 ECP Serial Port Identifies and defines the serial port settings You can set the serial port to Disabled COM1 Default Setting COM2 COM3 COM4 NOTE The operating system may allocate resources ev...

Page 35: ...nfiguration Allows you to define the USB configuration The options are Enable USB Boot Support Enable External USB Port Enable Thunderbolt Port Enable Thunderbolt Boot Support Always Allow Dell Dock Enable Thunderbolt and PCIe behind TBT Pre boot Default Setting Highlighted options are enabled USB PowerShare Allows you to configure the behavior of the USB PowerShare feature The option is disabled ...

Page 36: ...y power 5 seconds 10 seconds Default settings 15 seconds 30 seconds 1 minute 5 minute 15 minute Never Touchscreen This field controls whether the touchscreen is enabled or disabled The option is enabled by default Unobtrusive Mode When enabled pressing Fn F7 will turn Off all light and sound emissions in the system Press Fn F7 to resume normal operation The option is disabled by default Enable Uno...

Page 37: ...word and the hard drive password NOTE Successful password changes take effect immediately Default Setting Not set System Password Allows you to set change or delete the system password NOTE Successful password changes take effect immediately NOTE Requires the password be entered when the system is powered on Default Setting Not set Strong Password Allows you to enforce the option to always set str...

Page 38: ... so that it cannot be used When you re enable this option the TPM will function exactly as it did before it was disabled This option is enabled by default NOTE Changes to this option take effect immediately TPM On Clear PPI Bypass for Enable Commands PPI Bypass for Disable Commands Computrace R Allows you to activate or disable the optional Computrace software The options are Deactivate Default Se...

Page 39: ... have one or all cores enabled The performance of some applications will improve with the additional cores This option is enabled by default Allows you to enable or disable multi core support for the processor The options are All Default Setting 1 2 3 Intel SpeedStep Allows you to enable or disable the Intel SpeedStep feature Default Setting Enable Intel SpeedStep C States Control Allows you to en...

Page 40: ...ows the computer to power up from the off state when triggered by a special LAN signal Wake up from the Standby state is unaffected by this setting and must be enabled in the operating system This feature only works when the computer is connected to AC power supply Disabled Does not allow the system to power on by special LAN signals when it receives a wake up signal from the LAN or wireless LAN D...

Page 41: ...ll be most heavily used Setting the Work Period to 0 means the system will only be lightly used that day This option is disabled by default Enable Advanced Battery Charge Mode Primary Battery Configuration Allows you to define how to use the battery charge when AC is plugged in The options are Adaptive Default settings Standard Express Charge Primarily AC use Custom You can set the percentage to w...

Page 42: ...decide configuration initialization performed during the boot Extend BIOS POST Time This option creates an additional pre boot delay This allows the user to see POST status messages 0 seconds Default Setting 5 seconds 10 seconds Table 10 Virtualization Support Option Description Virtualization This option specifies whether a Virtual Machine Monitor VMM can utilize the additional hardware capabilit...

Page 43: ...tag if an asset tag is not already set This option is not set by default BIOS Downgrade This field controls flashing of the system firmware to previous revisions Allow BIOS Downgrade Data Wipe This field allows users to securely erase data from all the internal storage devices Wipe on Next Boot Selecting this operation will securely erase all devices installed in the system The following is a list...

Page 44: ... locate or find the Service Tag click the Product Category of your computer 6 Choose the Product Type from the list 7 Select your computer model and the Product Support page of your computer appears 8 Click Drivers Downloads 9 On the Drivers and Downloads screen under the Operating System drop down list select BIOS 10 Identify the latest BIOS file and click Download File 11 Select your preferred d...

Page 45: ...0 through 9 Only lower case letters are valid upper case letters are not allowed Only the following special characters are allowed space Re enter the system password when prompted 4 Type the system password that you entered earlier and click OK 5 Select Setup Password type your system password and press Enter or Tab A message prompts you to re type the setup password 6 Type the setup password that...

Page 46: ...enter the new password when promoted If you delete the System and or Setup password confirm the deletion when promoted 5 Press Esc and a message prompts you to save the changes 6 Press Y to save the changes and exit from System Setup The computer reboots 46 ...

Page 47: ...ons to provide extra information about the failed device s View status messages that inform you if tests are completed successfully View error messages that inform you of problems encountered during testing CAUTION Use the system diagnostics to test only your computer Using this program with other computers may cause invalid results or error messages NOTE Some tests for specific devices require us...

Page 48: ... that they can be useful as a diagnostic tool when there s a possible failure to the system The following table lists how to read the LED codes when possible errors occur Table 15 LED lights Storage LED Power LED Wireless LED Fault Description Blinking Solid Solid A possible processor failure has occurred Solid Blinking Solid The memory modules are detected but has encountered an error Blinking Bl...

Page 49: ...he battery light operates as follows Alternately blinking amber light and white light An unauthenticated or unsupported non Dell AC adapter is attached to your laptop Alternately blinking amber light with steady white light Temporary battery failure with AC adapter present Constantly blinking amber light Fatal battery failure with AC adapter present Light off Battery in full charge mode with AC ad...

Page 50: ... Specification System Chipset Intel SKL PCH H CM236 Interrupt Levels Interrupt Controller Supports up to eight legacy interrupt pins Supports PCI 2 3 Message Signaled Interrupts Integrated IO APIC capability with 24 interrupts Supports Processor System Bus interrupt delivery BIOS Chip NVRAM 128 Mb 16 MB Table 17 Processor Feature Specification Processor type Intel Core i5 and i7 Quad Core 6th gene...

Page 51: ...n Type MXM type A add in card Data bus PCIE x16 Gen3 Video controller and memory AMD FirePro W5170M 2GB GDDR5 Nvidia Quadro M1000M 2GB GDDR5 Nvidia Quadro M2000M 4GB GDDR5 Table 20 Audio Feature Specification Integrated dual channel High Definition audio Table 21 Communication Feature Specification Network adapter network interface card capable of 10 100 1000 Mb s communication Wireless internal w...

Page 52: ... 3 0 four Video 19 pin HDMI connector Mini DisplayPort connector Memory card reader SD 4 0 Docking port one Micro Subscriber Identity Module Micro SIM port one Smart card optional one Table 24 Display Feature Type FHD 1920 x 1080 UHD 3840 x 2160 Size 15 6 inches Dimensions Height 210 mm 8 26 inches Width 359 80 mm 14 16 inches Diagonal 396 24 mm 15 60 inches Active area X Y FHD 1920 x 1080 UHD 384...

Page 53: ...a X axis 99 5 mm Y axis 53 mm Table 27 Camera Feature Specification Type CMOS Sensor Still Resolution 1280 x 720 Pixels Maximum Video Resolution 1280 x 720 Pixels 30 Frame Per Seconds Maximum Diagonal 74 degrees Table 28 Storage Feature Specification Storage Storage Interface SATA 1 1 5 Gb s SATA 2 3 0 Gb s SATA 3 6 Gb s PCIe express Drives configuration one internal 9 5 7 0 5 0 mm SATA HDD SSD SA...

Page 54: ...entry 11 1 V 6 cell upsell LCL 11 4 V Life span 300 discharge charge cycles 1000 discharge charge cycles LCL Temperature range Operating Charge 0 C to 50 C 32 F to 158 F Discharge 0 C to 70 C 32 F to 122 F Non operating 20 C to 65 C 4 F to 149 F Coin cell battery 3 V CR2032 lithium ion cell Table 30 AC Adapter Feature Specification Input voltage 100 VAC to 240 VAC Input current maximum 2 34 A Inpu...

Page 55: ...fire Table 32 Physical Dimension Physical Specification Height Touch Front 28 4 mm 1 12 inches Back 33 7 mm 1 33 inches Non touch Front 27 7 mm 1 09 inches Back 33 0 mm 1 30 inches Width 378 mm 14 88 inches Depth 261 mm 10 28 inches Weight Minimum 2 80 kg 6 17 lb Table 33 Environmental Feature Specification Temperature range Operating 0 C to 40 C 32 F to 104 F Storage 40 C to 65 C 40 F to 149 F Re...

Page 56: ...ture Specification Maximum shock Operating 140 G 2 ms Non operating 163 G 2 ms Altitude Storage 0 m to 10668 m 0 ft to 35 000 ft Airborne contaminant level G1 or lower as defined by ANSI ISA S71 04 1985 56 ...

Page 57: ...upport and service options Availability varies by country and product and some services may not be available in your area To contact Dell for sales technical support or customer service issues 1 Go to Dell com support 2 Select your support category 3 Verify your country or region in the Choose a Country Region drop down list at the bottom of the page 4 Select the appropriate service or support lin...