How to upgrade and dismantle a Dell 17R N7110

[spicelandsmokeandsear]

Still helpful after 10 years! I love keeping older devices useful. Thanks for the video.

[tnypxl]

I used a butter knife and a phillips screwdriver. lol. Its ridiculous what it takes to just get out the harddrive. Bless your soul for knowing how to do this. I love the internet.

[umpalumpas]

thank you for the vid mate, after 10 year I did a repaste and replace the hdd for ssd. It is a brand new laptop now. I am impressed and I would never did it without your video. Cheers

[TravelPro]

Just replaced the hard drive in my Dell. This video was invaluable! Thanks for the insight and help - appreciate it!!!!

[ziodavide]

I was trying to help my 'lawyer/accountant' sister to upgrade her Windows 2007 Dell 17R N7110 to Windows 10 and I found this video just in time to help me upgrade different other issues, including changing out the CMOS battery and other cleanup stuff. This video was a God send and help to keep breaking other stuff trying to get to the CMOS slot. This was a real answer to some serious prayers that were going up at the time. Thanks soooo much!

[sonofrichardscobee]

I just finished the replacement of the back cover of a Dell Inspiron 17 N7010. This video was so easy to follow even though there were a few differences. As far as I could tell there were only two things 1. the motherboard came apart in 2 pieces and 2. there were some screws in different places. Your instructions were so easy to follow. Thank you for the time and effort on your part.

[davidpieratt]

Im just posting a comment of video here is 10 out of 10. Your zoom in's, detailed info on screw placements too how to remove ribbons is outstanding. I bet a newborn that could speak and understand English could follow your instructions. High Five!!!

[AllMuscle]

I helped a work colleague to upgrade her system as she liked the display and large screen, so having a video like this was invaluable! Thank you!

[garyturner]

What in the heck was Dell Accessing the hard drive was difficult but successful. jR your instructions were right on. Thank you Sir.!

[saajingrey]

I was really hoping I could get this hard drive out a little more easily but hey, that's life.
Very well done video, thank you.

[valicianxandalast]

excellent video, first time opening laptop. 20 min later cooling fan replaced! great job!

[trexinvert]

Thanks. This video really came in handy. My ten year old 17R is alive, again. The CMOS battery died(because of age and I run on batteries a lot) and I had to turn on through bios set-up(F2> F10 > enter). Worked for a month, but now the keyboard is totally ignored on power up. Anyways, your video came in handy.
Here's my short-cut to getting to the cmos battery. Note: I only turn the laptop over once, during disassy:
a.) Flip upside down:
i.) remove 1x screw and slide out DVD drive
ii.) remove 2x screw in battery compartment(per video)
iii.) remove 9x screws along perimeter(per video)

b.) Flip laptop back "right side up"
i.) pop out keyboard & disconnect ribbon cable(per video technique)
ii.) remove 4x screws(per video)
iii.) disconnect ribbon cables 3x
iv.) remove HD(per video)
v.) disconnect subwoofer
vi.) disconnect front speaker
vii.) disconnect status LED pcb
viii.) unscrew fan 2x, disconnect connector, and pullout.
ix.) Now power connectors 2x are exposed. Pull out and 1x has orange kapton tape.
x.) disconnector ribbon cable to display monitor panel
xi.) remove 5x or 4x(my laptop only)...per video
xii.) "pull hard/carefully" the pin connection 2x on right side of pcba.

That's it. I just needed to replace the cmos battery, which is on the "bottom" of the mainboard.
Also, there was so much dust/lint near the fan. Looked like 90% clogged.
No wonder my laptop would "shut down" when getting too hot and also power supply would be cooking.
Anyways, it's a great feeling to be able to "control the world".

[shellycean]

Thank you for the video! I could not have replaced the hard drive on my Inspiron myself without it. Very very well done!!

[Sloyfa]

I did a HD swap how-to on the same laptop, but this guy has way more technical knowlege than I do. Great tutorial!

[douglasjohnston]

I found that I did not have to remove the LCD assembly to remove the main board. In the spot where the "missing" screw number 6 is supposed to be, I could see that it is a friction fit between the main board and the daughter card. With the right sized flat blade screwdriver, one can twist the blade between them and gently pry the two of them apart. This saves a lot of time and aggravation.

[digitalroadz]

This is an excellent step by step video...just replaced my HD with an SSD...thanks for the help!

[MsKllers]

this was very helpful, I had gotten this from a friend who said it was broken and didn't want it, so I fixed it up and now it runs like new!

[Grumpygeek]

Thank you for posting this, made HD replacement a breeze.

[jesseparris]

I have to replace my power jack socket. Now I see it's just a matter of one screw and replacing the whole plug instead of having to solder pins. Thanks for this great video, I will use it when my part arrives. I hope those who gave you a thumbs-down get hard-drive failure. :>) Added appreciation for no music.

[pault]

Thank you so much, for having this video up. I needed to swap out my friends hard drive with a SSD and knowing where all the places that have "snaps" and just the screws that are needed to just get to the hard drive...., thank you, thank you, thank you.
-Paul