Guide for Hard Drive replacement

Installing SSD's requires Trim Support and or to turn things off.

Otherwise the Drive will be used up in a few hours and then dead.

See:

 

Making XP pro SSD friendly

Documentation ... Inspiron™ 14 .N4020 ...

Removing the System Board

1. Follow the instructions in Before You Begin.
   
   
2. Press and eject any installed cards or blanks from the 7-in-1 media card reader.
   
   
3. Remove the battery (see Removing the Battery).
   
   
4. Follow the instructions from step 3 to step 4 <ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed from this post by Dell> in Removing the Optical Drive <ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed from this post by Dell>. 
   
   
5. Remove the module cover (see Removing the Module Cover).
   
   
6. Remove the memory module(s) (see Removing the Memory Module(s)).
   
   
7. Remove the keyboard (see Removing the Keyboard).
   
   
8. Remove the palm rest (see Removing the Palm Rest).
   
   
9. Remove the coin-cell battery (see Removing the Coin-Cell Battery).
   
   
10. Remove the thermal fan (see Removing the Thermal Fan).
    
    
11. Remove the Bluetooth card (see Removing the Bluetooth Card).
    
    
12. Disconnect the AC adapter cable and the speakers cable from the connectors on the system board.
    
    
13. Disconnect the display cable from the connector on the system board, and remove the display cable grounding screw.
    
    
14. Remove the nine screws that secure the system board assembly to the computer base.
    
    

 

 

 

 

1. Lift the system board assembly to disconnect the connector on the system board from the connector on the daughter board.
   
   

 

 

 

 

1. Turn the system board assembly over.
   
   
2. Follow the instructions from step 3 to step 5   in Removing the Hard Drive.
   
   
3. Remove the thermal cooling assembly (see Removing the Thermal Cooling Assembly).
   
   
4. Remove the processor module (see Removing the Processor Module).
   
   

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Removing the Hard Drive

1. Follow the instructions in Before You Begin.
   
   
2. Follow the instructions from step 2 to step 16 in Removing the System Board.
   
   

CAUTION: When the hard drive is not in the computer, store it in protective antistatic packaging (see "Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge" in the safety instructions that shipped with your computer).

1. Remove the two screws that secure the hard-drive assembly to the system board.
   
   
2. Slide the hard-drive assembly to disconnect it from the connector on the system board.
   
   
3. Lift the hard-drive assembly away from the system board.
   
   

 

 

 

1

screws (2)

2

hard-drive assembly

 

1. Remove the four screws that secure the hard-drive bracket to the hard drive.
   
   
2. Lift the hard-drive bracket off the hard drive.
   
   

 

 

 

1	screws (4)	2	hard drive
3	hard-drive bracket

Johnkosa,

Dell does not have any "How to Guide" on this subject.