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Article Number: 000144929

Latitude 5404 Rugged Teardown and Removal Guide for Customer Replaceable Units (CRUs)

Summary: This article provides information about how to safely remove the customer replaceable units (CRUs) in a Latitude 5404 Rugged.

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Article Content

Symptoms

Table of Contents:

  1. CRU Removal Guide
  2. Removal Instructions

Cause

Not applicable

Resolution

Removal Guide

 

These guides take you step by step through the safe removal of the customer replaceable unit (CRU) parts of a Latitude 5404 Rugged. CRUs are the parts of the computer that should not need an engineer to remove or replace.

The guides also include figures to reference what is involved.

If these guides do not cover what you are looking to do, then reference your System Manual.

The article below provides information about safe practices to consider before working with electrical equipment.


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Removal Instructions

 

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Recommended Tools

 

Recommended tools

1 Small Phillips head screwdriver 2 Plastic Scribe
3 Small flat head screwdriver    

 

  1. Pre-removal instructions before removing the battery:

    1. During installation or removal of any hardware, always ensure that all data is backed up properly.

    2. Disconnect any telephone, network, or USB cables from the computer.

    3. Disconnect the computer and all attached devices from their electrical outlets.

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Battery removal establishing image

  1. Press and hold in the battery release latch (1) and simultaneously pull on the blue mylar tab to slide the battery out of the computer.

Removing the battery

  1. Complete.

Battery removal complete

 

  1. Pre-removal instructions before removing the optical drive (CD-ROM/DVD):

    1. During installation or removal of any hardware, always ensure that all data is backed up properly.

    2. Disconnect any telephone, network, or USB cables from the computer.

    3. Disconnect the computer and all attached devices from their electrical outlets.

    4. Remove the Battery.

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Optical drive removal establishing image

  1. Remove the two screws on the base of the computer. One screw is located between the service tag label and the corner of the computer. The other is the second screw away from the docking connector. Both screws are on a diagonal line passing through the label.

Optical drive screw removal

  1. Use something blunt to push the optical drive out and away from the computer.

Pushing the optical drive

  1. Pull the optical drive from the module bay.

Removing the optical drive

  1. Complete.

Optical drive removal complete

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  1. Pre-removal instructions before removing the hard disk drive:

    1. During installation or removal of any hardware, always ensure that all data is backed up properly.

    2. Disconnect any telephone, network, or USB cables from the computer.

    3. Disconnect the computer and all attached devices from their electrical outlets.

    4. Remove the Battery.

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Hard disk drive removal establishing image

  1. Press and hold down the hard drive release latch and simultaneously pull on the bracket handle to pull the hard drive bracket out of the computer.

Pulling the hard drive bracket

  1. Remove the two screws securing the bracket to the hard drive.

Removing the two screws from the hard drive bracket

  1. Remove the bracket from the hard drive.

Removing the hard drive bracket

  1. Complete.

Hard drive removal complete


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Article Properties

Affected Product

Latitude 5404 Rugged

Last Published Date

06 Jul 2023

Version

5

Article Type

Solution

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