Inspiron 3655 Service Manual

Procedure

1. Open the side-chassis.

   

   1. side-chassis

2. Disconnect the hard-drive cable and power cable from the hard drive.
3. Disconnect the optical-drive cable and the power cable from the optical drive.

   

   1. hard-drive cable
   2. hard drive
   3. hard-drive power cable
   4. optical-drive power cable
   5. optical-drive cable
   6. optical drive

4. Close the side-chassis.
5. Remove the screw that secures the optical-drive assembly to the side-chassis.
6. Gently slide the optical-drive module out of the optical-drive bay on the front of the chassis.

   

   1. side-chassis
   2. screw
   3. optical-drive assembly

7. Remove the screws that secure the optical-drive bracket to the optical drive.

   

   1. optical-drive bracket
   2. optical drive
   3. screws (2)

8. Gently pull and disconnect the optical-drive bezel from the optical drive.

   

   1. optical-drive bezel
   2. optical drive